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After three consecutive days featuring bluebird skies and balmy temperatures, rain descended on the Lake Tahoe area, making a mess of the marquee event in the Winter Dew Tour.
The U-shaped superpipe, gleaming but dry and immaculate a night earlier for the ski superpipe final, was pelted by rain and sleet throughout Sunday afternoon’s snowboard superpipe contest at Northstar-at-Tahoe resort.
Yet, spectators showed up by the hundreds and watched red-faced and blue-lipped as the world’s premier riders rose above the slop and lesser rivals to claim top awards for the season-ending Toyota Championship and the Dew Cup superpipe series…Â More info
Pietermaritzburg-born, world downhill mountain bike champion Greg Minnaar stars in a documentary that will premiere at local cinemas on April 9.
The documentary contains footage from 16 countries, interviews and great stunts by Minnaar and other top names.
The premiere is scheduled to coincide with the first leg of the 2009 World Mountain Bike Championships to be hosted in Pietermaritzburg.
Titled The Tipping Point, the film was created, directed and produced by American Clay Porter (24)…. More info
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With the smell of new rubber in the air and Mötley Crüe’s “Dr. Feelgood” blaring through an otherwise quiet Yakima Valley SunDome early Friday afternoon, there was a feeling that this was just the calm before the metal mayhem kicked into overdrive.
“It’s going to fill up and be really packed later,” predicted Sam Douglas, who was taking advantage of the lull to casually wander through the 100 Years of Motorcycles expo, which opened Friday and runs through Sunday.
Douglas, along with Pam Oakes, both local Harley owners, were checking out the sea of chrome and rubber, of V-Twin engines and low-rider leather seats to get ideas for future builds and beautiful paint jobs.
“I build bikes as a hobby so …Â More info