Snowboarding phenomenon Shaun White dominated Park City Mountain Resort’s unique new Intelligent Design freeride contest on Saturday, inching closer to a potential second TTR World Snowboard Tour title by entering the tour’s Top 5. Close behind White was Canadian shredder Charles Reid, who finished second in Utah and moved up into World No. 7 with U.S. rider Luke Mitrani rounding out the podium in third. All three took home sizable portions of the $50,000 prize purse. …Â Details
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Thinking of teaching your S.O. or spouse to ski or snowboard? In the words of an experienced Alta ski instructor, “DON’T!” Connie Knab says, “The problem is that there may be emotional issues. Both parties have expectations of each other that would be different from a student/teacher or coach/player relationship.”
Coincidentally, Connie is married to a long time snowboard instructor at Brighton. Tim Knab advises, “Get them in a lesson first, then you can ride or ski while they’re in class, so you won’t be wishing you were out there instead of standing around while they try to learn, getting frustrated because they don’t learn faster.”
But if you still insist on trying to teach ’em yourself, here are some tips:…Â Details
The settlement could become the most expensive in legal history as a large portion of the racing boss’s money was transferred to offshore accounts in his wife’s name.
Mrs Ecclestone, 50, was granted a decree nisi in a 58-second hearing in the High Court Family Division on the grounds that the 24-year marriage had “irretrievably†broken down because of her 78-year-old husband’s “unreasonable behaviour.†… Details
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The second round of the Hannspree FIM Superbike World Championship, due to take place in Qatar this weekend, had a watery prologue today as seven top riders took to offshore boats of the Qatar Powerboat Team around the Corniche bay area of the capital, Doha.
Noriyuki Haga (Ducati), Ben Spies (Yamaha), Max Biaggi (Aprilia), Max Neukirchner (Suzuki), Troy Corser (BMW), Jonathan Rea (Honda) and Broc Parkes (Kawasaki) were all invited by Sheikh Hassan Al Thani, Qatar Marine Sports Federation President and Class 1 offshore champion on board two Nor-Tech Mercury 36′ catamarans for a different kind of speed trip, this time on water, in the build-up to this Saturday’s WSBK round. …Â Details