The 24-year-old surfer claimed the first event title in 10 years. The final saw four surfer girls in action. Moana Jones, Sayuri Hashimoto, Dax McGill and Hamilton.
Once upon a time contests were a place for like minded people to gather and push one another with new tricks and creativity. Somewhere along the line of uniformity and mass appeal something was lost. Snowboarding’s style pioneer Terje Haakonsen has been trying to do something about this, and recently he invited some of the best half pipe riders in the world representing all kinds of style and riding to join him in Norway for the 2014 Arctic Challenge to try to come up with a new way of looking at half pipe contests. The pipe that SPT built in Norway was a beast with hips, extensions, mailboxes and a wall ride. Terje led a jam session format with riders like Ipod, Ben Ferguson, Benji Farrow, Kent Callister, Markus Keller, Arthur Longo, Scott Blum and many more. In the end Danny Davis took home the title by demolishing everything and seemingly dropping a different run every time he rolled into the pipe. Hopefully we see many more events like this in the future.
Nike SB presents Two Up, a two man skateboarding film featuring Australian team riders Alex Campbell and Nick Boserio.
I’ve been a fan of Cyclocross for a long time, so when Mongoose said they were working on the Selous I couldn’t wait to get my hands on one and see what all the fuss was about!
It has to be one of the purest forms of off road riding. I would say back to basics but my bike was pretty damn tech as Shimano set me up with there latest electric gears and disc brakes. That aside you’re still essentially riding a beefed up road bike with skinny tyres and no suspension making every rock, root, rut and discarded Duvel bottle a potential nightmare! A lot to be learned technically from riding a cross bike, have to be on point 110% of the time, I had a lot of fun putting this together. Enjoy! NEXT!