European series of major races to replace World Cup
The last junior cross country World Cup was held in Hafjell, Norway this past weekend. Junior cross country racing is being eliminated from the World Cup for the 2014 season.
“There will not be a junior World Cup next year. There won’t be junior races, and there won’t be a series standing at the World Cup. It will only be elites and U23s,” said UCI Technical Delegate Simon Burney to Cyclingnews.
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It’s hard to be happy these days if you’re a fan of Oracle Team USA. The squad is now down eight races to one to Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) in a best-of-nine contest that should have ended today. Ultimately, an unexpected puff that was two tenths of a knot over the wind limit hit the RC’s anemometer literally seconds before the starting gun was due to fire, saving Oracle from a miserable start and a likely thumping from their Kiwi rivals.
True, Oracle could theoretically bounce back, but having to win eight straight races while facing an equally matched competitor who is … More
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The ninth edition of the Nelscott Reef Big Wave Classic and SUP Exhibition to be held at the best high performance big wave in the world will extend to March 31st and operate on 3 days notice and be held in 30′ minimum surf. 24 of the worlds best big wave surfers will participate in this ‘One Of A Kind’ event. With minimal outside support this ‘competitor supported’ event has blazed a trail in events by the surfers and for the surfers with little corporate interference keeping the focus on the surfing. Once again the Oregon Sports Authority is supporting the event.
Each surfer will be judged on … More
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Please note that this skateboard is an art piece and not really for actually using. It is rideable, but as I’m sure you can see workout, it’s not anywhere near the strength and pop of a good old 9 ply Canadian maple deck. This is not a comercial product and we’re not saying that we’re becoming the first company to manufacture 3D printed skateboards. That would be silly.**
www.3dprint-uk.co.uk – Sam Abbot is one skilled fella – he won our competition that we co-hosted with CGTrader last month. Sam won best the best portfolio catagory due to his plethora of awesome designs. We then had a few weeks of fun making his skateboard….. it wasn’t quite as strait forward as just a print as the board is longer than our build tray, meaning that we had to cut it into 3 sections, joining it together with some connector pins to ensure accuracy and to give it some strength over a simple butt joint. The final result….. the worlds first 3d printed twin tip skateboard.
…. is it ride-able? Yes… but I wouldn’t drop down many sets of stairs on it just yet!
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