Tomas Slavik riding his qualification run in Santos, Brazil. Right on first time split his time was very good, but then suddenly his rear wheel exploded and in more than 50km/h crashed hard to the ground. Luckily he is ok with just several bruises on his body.
Thanks to massive snowfalls in the recent weeks, the Engadin valley is currently abundant with snow, offering the perfect venue for this extraordinary freeride event. Lots of big names in freeriding (skier and snowboarder) have gathered to be part of world’s only parallel freeride event.
In order to present the most dynamic pictures possible, every participant carried an onboard-camera. This clip of round 1 is filmed entirely from the perspective of onboard-cams. The event had to be stopped after round 1 because of high blowing wind. Be curious how the 12th edition of ENGADNISNOW 2014 will proceed on Sunday.
Age hasn’t slowed cyclist Robert Marchand.
The 102-year-old Frenchman broke his own world record in the over-100s category Friday, riding 26.927 kilometers (16.7 miles) in one hour, more than 2.5 kilometers better than his previous best time in the race against the clock two years ago.
By way of comparison, the current overall world record for one hour is 49.700 kilometers (30.882 miles) set by Czech Ondrej Sosenka in 2005.
Marchand, a retired firefighter and logger, also … More