During the first stop in of The Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series in Wheatland, MO, Brad Parrack makes a pass for one of the last races of the day when a malfunction makes the boat hop and drive the boat into the water with crazy force. This is a unique crash that Brad was able to walk away from.
“You don’t want to sit in your rocking chair and look at the view,” said 70-year-old Billy Kidd, who won a silver in the slalom at the 1964 Olympics. “You want to remember your days of youth and you love that feeling of adrenaline and dealing with the variables of skiing.”
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS | If you’ve walked into a ski lodge the past few years, likely as not you’ve seen tables filled with gray-haired skiers wearing sweaters so old they’re back in style. That’s because the number of skiers on the far side of 50 — some on the very far side — has been creeping up each year, according to the National Ski Areas Association.
Credit advances in artificial hips and knees that make it possible for skiers to continue enjoying the sport; shaped skis, along with better snowmaking and grooming that make skiing easier; and high-speed lifts and … More
She is a woman who dares death by doing motorcycle stunt-riding in motordromes (well of death). Baby Khan, 40, from Chadayamangalam of Kollam district, is also a housewife who takes care of a big family.
On the sidelines of a carnival being held at Oachira Parabrahma temple, Baby Khan, mother of three, told DC: “I perform the stunts that a man does in a motordrome.” Her romance with bike stunt began during childhood when her poor parents took her to watch a motordrome show in Chadayamangalam. “The sound of the bikes without the silencer attracted me. When my family moved to Tirunelveli, they let me learn bike riding,” she says.
Rajiv, a bike stunt rider, taught her the first lessons of riding a bike and doing stunts. Subsequently, she … More