On Saturday 12 September, Swiss rider Manuel Scheidegger set a new world record in rear wheel riding. The previous record of 25.86 km was clearly surpassed with 30.95 km. The wheelie world record is about covering as many kilometres as possible on the rear wheel in one hour. The front wheel must never touch the ground, otherwise the attempt would be aborted. The world record was set on a 400-metre athletics track in Gümligen (near Bern).
After 16 years of snowboarding and filming together Erik Leon & Kyle Schafer come together and create a romantic comedy that will keep you on edge and have you going home happy, El Sueño, in theaters this fall.
Featuring snowboarding by: Erik Leon, Frank April, Mike Liddle, Bode Merrill, Tucker Andrews & Mary Rand
Starring Hunter Hess and Alex Hall
A German doctor accused of being the mastermind of an international blood-doping network that was dismantled last year went on trial in Munich on Wednesday. Sports physician Mark Schmidt, 42, and four co-defendants who allegedly aided him, are accused of helping at least two dozen athletes undergo blood transfusions to boost performance illicitly from “the end of 2011 at the latest”, according to state prosecutors.
“We accuse this sports doctor and his helpers of using doping substances on a commercial basis and in gangs,” senior prosecutor Anne Leiding told Munich’s regional court.
If found guilty, Schmidt and his co-defendants could be … More