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Pro FMX Rider Ronnie Renner pays a visit to KTM’s headquarters in Mattighofen, Austria to test the new prototype “Freeride E” electric motorcycle. With the flip of a switch Ronnie and rider/filmer Steve Haughelstine quietly destroy KTM’s track—is this the future of freeride bikes? Ronnie pushes the Freeride E even further at the famous X Bowl Arena motocross track. See how it performs in some serious conditions.

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The terrifying moment a car flies into packed stands after exploding during drag race. These shocking pictures show the moment a drag racing car exploded, sending its wrecked body hurtling through the air into the watching crowd. The dramatic video footage showed race driver Robert Hight’s car explode at the beginning of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag race near Charlotte in North Carolina.

The car’s carbon fibre body is sent flying into the air by the force of the blast and lands in a stand packed with spectators.

Mr Hight was uninjured by the explosion and even managed to finish the race, 9 News reports.

Two people hit by the debris needed medical treatment for minor scrapes. Mr Hight told USA today that he was shocked by the incident.

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American-Norwegian freeskier Grete Eliassen has received the most number of votes in ESPN’s Best Female in Action Sports poll.

Voting remained opened between March 19 and April11, during which action sports enthusiasts voted feverishly for their favourite action sports athletes with the intended motivation of making them the winner.

Among the many categories of polls and brackets set up by ESPN was the poll for the most notable female athletes in ESPN. The options included the likes of five-time Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore, her fellow surfer Coco Ho, skaters Mimi Knoop and Leticia Bufoni, snowboarder Jess Kimura   …  More

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