I squint through a tiny windscreen spattered with rain and wind-blown spray, and try to steer our boat through the gale. Right in my line of sight sit four bikes and I peer between grimy chainrings to try not to steer a hundred thousand quid’s worth of posh boat onto unforgiving rocks. “If we go down,” I think, “should I save the Mojo HD, or just swim for it?” I hope the boat company has good insurance.
This bike ‘road trip’ is a little different. We’ve swapped the coffee-and-muffin overload and congestion of the UK’s motorways with a sedately paced, week-long cruise across Scotland … Pictures and more
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The world’s best windsurfers competed in mission number two of windsurfing’s toughest contest as nine-meter waves and storm-force winds battered the Tasmanian coastline near Marrawah.
The contest format of Red Bull Storm Chase is unique: 10 of the world’s best windsurfers competed in the first mission in Ireland – Brandon Bay. Only six out of the ten athletes solved the ticket to the second mission in Australia, Tasmania that took place last weekend. The top four of the second round will step forward to the third mission. The winner of this final mission will be crowned to the “king of the storm chase”.
Mission 2 Australia, Tasmania
Two days of waves in the nine-metre range the windsurfes threw themselves straight into the waters and twisted spins, flips and other dangerous manouevres on what was categorized the most incredible day of windsurfing ever seen.
Results: 1. Thomas Traversa (FRA), 2. Dany Bruch (GER), 3. Leon Jamaer (GER), 4. Marcilio Browne (BRA), 5. Julien Taboulet (FRA), 6. Victor Fernandez (ESP)
(Only the top four qualified for the third and final mission)
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Bikelordz is an upcoming feature film about Accra, Ghana’s small but passionate flatland BMX scene, the riders in it, and the environment in which they perform, create, hustle and work towards making their BMX aspirations a reality.
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Shea Edmondson-Wood, an 11-year-old on the autism spectrum, has been living life in a “bubble,” not interacting much with others and having a difficult time adjusting to the sights and sounds of his new home — Melbourne, Fla.
He and his family moved to the Sunshine State from Cincinnati after his father lost his job.
“Shea kind of walks around oblivious to everyone … More
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