A crew of Maui big wave surfers – led by Ian Walsh and Billy Kemper – didn’t disappoint hundreds of locals lining the cliff overlooking the wave also known as Jaws, at the 2017 Pe’ahi Challenge. The Maui Boys dominated Round One, with two other Valley Isle natives, Albee Layer and Kai Lenny, joining Walsh and Kemper in the Semifinals. Here’s a slice of some of the day’s best best action.
Do you know Siete Tazas in Chile? It’s a magical natural construction of seven bowls, in the middle of the Chilean forest. Steel Lafferty’s dominated them with an epic wakeboarding session.
This Sieta Tazas project was one of the hardest things I have done in my career. Check out what went into making this spot happen!
Motocross riders do tricks 10m in the air at the annual King of the Whip event
MTB team Trbovlje’s been really busy this winter building a world cup track and organizing the first world cup downhill race ever on Lošinj Island in Croatia. They have organized races since 1999 in hometown Trbovlje in Slovenia and five years ago they have started collaborating with local club AC Lošinj and hosting some races for Slovenian and Croatian Cup, last year also UCI C1 class race.
Preparing the whole track was pretty demanding due to not having any access for a machinery. Except for the first 200 metres from a start, the whole track was build by human power, water and all building material was carried on foot. Here is a quick look into their work and track’s progression.