More than 200 Australian longboarders will participate in the 2010 Chloé Byron Memorial Longboard Championship, in Bondi Beach, on 17th October.

The surfers will pay tribute to the victims of the Bali Bombing, a tragic terrorist attack happened eight years ago in Indonesia.

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The 16-year-old Gisela Pulido has successfuly beaten a 40,000 horsepower ferry boat, linking Tarifa to Tangier.  The six-time world kiteboarding champion has fulfilled one of her dreams

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Tonight, an enthusiastic Sacramento crowd watched the young guns of BMX take on the hometown favorite and succeed as Brett Banasiewicz (South Bend, IN) and Pat Casey (Yorba Linda, CA) finished first and second in the first official MegaRamp ASA Triples (Triples) at ARCO Arena. The 15 and 16 year-olds wowed the fans with variations of their most innovative tricks to advance to the finals and meet head-to-head - a meeting which ended with Banasiewicz on top, winning his second Triples title and his fourth major contest this season. On the way to the title he landed four cash rolls, a trick he was the first to land successfully in competition just two weeks ago.

“All of this is just fun,” said Banasiewicz of his recent wins. “When I ride I have to have fun and entertain myself, so I like thinking up new stuff and adding new twists and then trying them out at these comps.”

Rounding out the top three finishers were Ryan Nyquist (San Jose, CA) and James Foster (Redlands, CA) who tied for third in tonight’s event   …  Details

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Sep

Tandems wow surfing crowd

   Categories: Surf

COCOA BEACH — Surfers brought spectators to the beach Sunday.

But it was the tandem surfers who brought them to their feet.

Clement Cetran, 26, and Dhelia Birou, 22, of Biscarrosse, France, were among 16 tandem teams to put on a show in the opening rounds of the $8,000 International Tandem Surfing Association event at the Cocoa Beach Pier.

Spectators marveled at the acrobatics while trying to understand the sport’s concept. There are nearly 60 potential maneuvers that make up …  Details

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