West Australian surfer Taj Burrow has announced his retirement after 19 years on the world tour after coming to the realisation he was failing to “keep up”.
The 37-year-old from Yallingup made the announcement this morning after a display of good form and a solid heat win in the opening round of the Margaret River Pro.
“That heat was the best I’ve felt this year,” Burrow said of the round one performance in which he scored a combined total of 16.34.
“I was a bit shaky in the first two events but being home and happy and comfortable in my home environment, I felt good.”
When we started kiting in 2003, there were only a few of us riding. Since then, the sport has developed very quickly; it’s now known by the general public and its appeal keeps on growing. Riding virgin spots has become increasingly difficult. Discoveries tend to be chance encounters.
With this video series “Untouched Territories” we wish to embark you on a journey towards unusual landscapes and share the feelings we enjoy when kitesurfing. After 15 years of riding these sensations have remained intact.
This first episode was shot in Vinalhaven, an island of the coast of Maine in the North East of the United States. We were brought there while shooting a documentary following the steps of the artist Robert Indiana, one of the pioneers of the Pop Art movement. You must probably know his LOVE sculptures, exhibited on the streets of the world’s largest cities. The shots of this episode are taken from a web documentary that will be released this year, in 2016.
Drag racer Tommy Johnson, Jr., drove a Funny Car 326.08 mph in a thousand feet at Pomona Raceway in California late last year. Pomona is in the middle of the city, and was built when race cars weren’t so fast, and the runoff area at the end of the quarter-mile track is perilously short, and can’t be extended without rerouting roads.
That had to be the scariest ride on the circuit, right?
Changing a BMX wheel while doing an upside down manual was not an easy task but we pulled it off after a few crazy crash. Featuring Matthias Dandois, Alex Jumelin and Quentin Pelorson.