The 4th annual Manila Surfers Association (MSA) Fun Competition in cooperation with Stoked Inc., the Philippines’ premier boardsports company, fired on all cylinders under consistent 2-3 foot surf in La Union, the island nation’s surfing capital. The 2-day event saw the fast-growing Manila surfer scene gun in out in shortboard and longboard fun competitions at the Mona Lisa Point — a softly-peeling reef-bottomed pointbreak in the South China Sea — to crown the finest surfers of the Philippine capital…Â More info
GOLD Coast surf legend Wayne `Rabbit’ Bartholomew is looking backwards and forwards at the same time.
The former world champion stars in a new surfing documentary called Bustin’ Down The Door, which charts the sport’s explosion in the early 1970s, and will sit down for a Q&A at a screening tomorrow at Birch, Carroll & Coyle Coolangatta at 6.30pm…. More info
The FIA has proposed further cost cutting measures for 2010 that would allow Formula One teams to compete for €50 million.
That figure is less than a quarter of the amount some teams were spending last season.
“Our target would be to get the cost (of competing) down to €50 million for everyone, including the manufacturer teams,†an FIA spokesman said on Wednesday.
A ‘Cost Containment Policy – White Paper’ … More info
American engineer Ken Anderson and former Williams Formula One team manager and well-known TV commentator Peter Windsor are attempting to form an American Formula One team, according to a report on Autosport.com.
The team is set to be called “USF1,” and a Web site already exists–http://www.usf1.com as of now it only displays a logo while disclosing no details of the operation…Â More info