The Race to 400 mph video series continues as Sam Wheeler gets his redesigned E-Z-Hook Streamliner up on the dyno. As documented in previous installments of the Race to 400, Wheeler’s E-Z-Hook has received significant drivetrain upgrades with a new turbo-charged Hayabusa Inline Four, auxiliary transmission and belt drive.
Now that Wheeler has the streamliner drivetrain in working condition, he puts it through the paces on the dyno. Sponsor Vance & Hines offered its dyno facilities to let Wheeler and his crew break in the new engine, with V&H’s race shop in Indianapolis having built the turbocharged Busa for its potentially record-breaking run … More
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As India’s only professional female surfer, Ishita Malaviya, opens her first surf camp, she tells us why she’d like to see more locals – especially women – take up the sport and reveals her favourite places to surf around the country
When Ishita Malaviya first picked up a surfboard, she could count all of India’s native surfers on her fingers. Now, as interest in the subcontinent’s untouched beaches begins to swell, India’s first, and only, professional female surfer is at the heart of a flourishing scene she hopes can bring real social change to the country.
“I think surfing can be a very positive thing for India … More
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For our first OFFICIAL TCU Game Of Bike we had Brandon Begin and Grant Germain face off head to head. It was a close game but ultimately only one East Coast thug prevailed.
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Olympic hype always adds fuel to fire of progression, but the Winter Games debut of snowboarding slopestyle has really upped the ante. Over the last few years, and especially since it was announced that slopestyle would be added to the Sochi schedule, we’ve seen an awe-inspiring double cork or two turn into triple cork 1440 combinations and sessions on rail sections that need trained eyes to decipher.
Unlike halfpipe, where there is a standardized venue, Sochi’s course could deem what is and isn’t doable based on jump sizes and rail arrangement. (To date, the riders’ opinions of the current setup range from “kinda sketchy” to “mad fun.” … More
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