Season champ Ryan Villopoto crashes early in Seattle
by Terry Wood [April 23, 2012]
It was not the homecoming Ryan Villopoto was hoping to celebrate.
Villopoto, the 23-year-old reigning Supercross champion who grew up in Poulsbo, hobbled off the track with an apparent leg injury Saturday night after falling on the first lap of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross premier division (450cc) main event at CenturyLink Field.
Villopoto went down in the sixth turn of the opening lap.
Reporters were not permitted to interview Villopoto. Reid Nordin, senior manager of Villopoto's Kawasaki racing team, issued this statement:
"Ryan didn't get such a good start. He was charging through the pack, lost the front end and ended up getting a handlebar to the gut, which knocked the wind out of him. He got a stinger when the footpeg came down on him.
"He's really bummed out and ..... [read more]
In Detroit, building a skateboard art park out of vacant homes and lots [April 20, 2012] [Skateboarding]
Alongside Detroit's East Davison Freeway, new development has been at a standstill for what seems like forever. But a new plot will recruit dollars from the community, expertise from professional skateboarders, and the work of kids in the neighborhoo .....
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Steve Peat Syndicate at Combe Sydenham, Halo BDS#1 [April 18, 2012] [Mountain Biking]
The SPS team is looking massive! They could start a football team with that many riders!
Following two days of training at UK Bike Park the SPS team compete at the first Halo British Downhill Series of the year under the wing of Steve Peat.
Hop .....
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Wakeboarding's elite kick off season in Orlando [April 16, 2012] [Wakeboarding]
High-flying airs and technical rail maneuvers are on nonstop display at the 2012 season opener of the Nautique Wake Games held at the Orlando Watersports Complex in Orlando this weekend. The Games bring a global field of the world's most talented pro .....
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xsession Files
Birthday Jump
it was the twelth of april 1998 and for my seventeenth birthday my older brother who is a pro sky-diver, promised me a sky-dive, and has been promising me since i was 12. putting on the jumpsuit and getting crap from all the guys at the airport was exciting and the five minute run through of the jump made me wonder but i got on the very small plane with six other jumpers and two other tandems and seeing how frightened they were i had a twenty minute plane ride to back out anyway, but no having guts i was handling things very well. That was until i watched the other two groups jump out of the plane and thought this is it and right then the most amazing feeling that anyone will ever experience happened to me. next year i will have enough money to do my solo coarse but i do tandem jumps as often as possible.the next thing my brother and i plan to try is either a high cliff jump or sky boarding. i'll write back in with my update .....
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Starting A Skateboarding Business On A Budget [Skateboarding]
If it was up to many skateboarders, they would do nothing else but spend eight hours per day skateboarding. Many people consider skateboarding more than just a weekend hobby. Many skateboarders enter competitions and other events to earn money. But h .....
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Mountain Bikes - A Mainstream Riding Style [Mountain Biking]
Mountain bike riders must have shock system type of bikes that include full suspension and hard tail and even no suspension. The shock system is important as because it helps to absorb the impact over rugged terrain that provide a smoother ride. Full .....
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Skateboarding In The Sixties And Seventies [Skateboarding]
One of the biggest crazes to ever hit children and teenagers of our generation has been skateboarding. But how many of you know that it actually started as early as the 1950s and its popularity coincided with the surfing mania in California at that t .....
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