Kicking off a big weekend of MTB action in the Tweed Valley, the dual slalom is a part of the TweedLove Bike Festival – a big mash-up of bike events over 10 days which gets bigger every year. Amongst the riders were Steve Peat and Sven Martin, and Chris Ball took the win. Good times on a Friday night in bike valley.
The Icon, the Stylist, the Superstar and the Wunderkind. Eric Koston. Rune Glifberg. Ryan Sheckler. Curren Caples. We sent these three stars of skateboarding and a fourth-in-the-making to Australia and asked just one thing of them: kill it. And they did.
Wanna know how Jordy Smith won his first WCT event outside of South Africa? He owned Rio De Janeiro.
Remember when Jordy Smith, South Africa’s best surfer, won the Billabong Pro, Rio De Janeiro? Yeah, you remember. It was a fine hour, his first WCT win outside of his native South Africa (he’s won the Billabong Pro, J Bay twice), and one of the best competition performances we’ve see from the man.
Here we take a look at how he progressed through every heat, and hear his thoughts on the event, winning it, and what it all means to him.