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Fri, 25 May 2012 19:10:20 -0400

Aklfumi Sakamoto of Japan competes during the elite mens time trial at the BMX World Championships in Birmingham.

X Games Athletes Perform At Grapevine Event

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:25 -0400

Travis Pastrana ready for Nationwide Series, Global RallyCross double-header

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Travis Pastrana ready for Nationwide Series, Global RallyCross double-header

Doggy couch surfing? Website has lodging for dogs

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:50:47 -0400

When you travel and have to leave your dog behind, you can call a kennel, hire a pet sitter — or find him a new friend online.

Travis Pastrana ready for Nationwide Series, Global RallyCross racing double header

Wed, 23 May 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Travis Pastrana ready for Nationwide Series, Global RallyCross racing double header

Maloofs to bring skateboarding to SA through 2015

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:19:27 -0400

Maloof Skateboarding has agreed to a three-year contract extension to bring the Maloof Money Cup World Skateboarding Championships to Kimberley, South Africa, through 2015.

Facebook Fans Get to Pick Bonus Levels in 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD'

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:06:56 -0400

Activision is polling fans via Facebook on which levels will be included as additional downloadable content on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD.

X-Games vet Pastrana calls Darlington scary

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:57:01 -0400

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) Travis Pastrana has leaped from an airplane without a parachute and jumped a rally car nearly 300 feet off a pier to a floating barge. Yet, he's seldom felt anything as extreme as his first trip around Darlington Raceway on Friday.

Findings in NZ skydiving crash cite weight problem

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:23:00 -0400

A skydiving plane that crashed near a New Zealand glacier in 2010, killing nine people, was overloaded because modifications for it to carry passengers were poorly managed, investigators concluded.

NFL star Junior Seau remembered in surfing ceremony

Sun, 06 May 2012 20:32:47 -0400

OCEANSIDE, California (Reuters) - Hundreds of surfers paid their respects to Junior Seau on Sunday with a "paddle-out" ceremony in the Pacific, just beyond the beachfront home where the football great and avid surfer committed suicide at age 43. The death of Seau, a longtime player for the San Diego Chargers, was a blow to residents of that city where the retired linebacker was viewed as a successful native son who gave generously to his community. Seau shot himself in the chest with a revolver on Wednesday in the bedroom of his house in Oceanside, just north of San Diego, police said. ...

Police get video card of hang gliding incident

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:11:38 -0400

Police say they now have the video card from a camera that may have recorded the events leading to a woman's death after falling from a hang glider in British Columbia.

Police now have video card from hang gliding accident

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:43:19 -0400

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Police say they now have the video card from a camera that may have recorded the horrific events that saw a woman plunge to her death after falling from a hang glider.

From Skateboarding to Door-Kicking: 12 Hilarious Obama GIFs

Fri, 04 May 2012 03:47:17 -0400

1. Obama on Skateboard

Canadian Hang Gliding Pilot Swallows Memory Card After Fatal Hang Gliding Accident

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:23:04 -0400

Pilot William Jon Orders' Passenger Plummeted to Her Death from 1,000 Feet

BMX X1 invades U.S. this fall priced at $31,545

Thu, 03 May 2012 07:00:00 -0400

BMX X1 invades U.S. this fall priced at $31,545

X Games not coming to Whistler after resort shut out of ESPN's expansion plans

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:07:16 -0400

WHISTLER, B.C. - The Winter X Games will not be coming to Canada in the near future.

X Games star ready for Nationwide Series debut

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:46:55 -0400

Travis Pastrana climbs into his car before the start of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series auto race at the Richmond International Raceway, Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Richmond, Va. Pastrana, the winner of 11 X Games gold medals, is set to make his Nationwide Series debut Friday night at the Richmond track. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Travis Pastrana to make much-hyped Nationwide Series debut on Friday at Richmond

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Travis Pastrana to make much-hyped Nationwide Series debut on Friday at Richmond

New balance trainer claims to offer a more authentic surfing ride

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:36:53 -0400

If you love surfing, snowboarding, and paddle boarding, or if you just want the physique of someone who does, a new German balance board is making waves in its home country, according to Germany’s massive fitness event, FIBO, happening this week.

Why Tony Hawk Always Tweets for Himself [VIDEO]

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:28:47 -0400

Tony Hawk is one of the most recognized pro athletes in the world, with a successful video game franchise, premium Youtube channel, apparel line, charitable foundation and more.

Travis Pastrana getting plenty of face time as NASCAR's newest rising star

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Travis Pastrana getting plenty of face time as NASCAR's newest rising star

68-Year-Old Skateboarding Professor Becomes Viral Meme [PICS]

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:12:59 -0400

Tom Winter, 68-year-old University of Nebraska classics professor, rose to Internet stardom after a picture of him riding his skateboard, with a briefcase in hand, became a Reddit top post on Thursday.

Photo of Skateboarding Nebraska College Professor Goes Viral

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:45:00 -0400

University of Nebraska-Lincoln classics and religious studies professor Tom Winter has gained a reputation on campus as a skateboarding enthusiast. Now, the world knows, thanks to a photo posted on the social media website Reddit by one of his students.

Skydiver falls to death near Lodi

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:31:52 -0400

Cellphone users chatting less, doing more surfing and texting due to smartphones

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:01:33 -0400

MONTREAL - A new report says cellphone users are doing less talking and more texting, emailing and Internet surfing on their devices, habits that are being driven by the increased use of smartphones.

Travis Pastrana canes the Global RallyCross Dodge Dart: Video

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Travis Pastrana canes the Global RallyCross Dodge Dart: Video

Hang Ten! How the History of Surfing Went Digital

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:11:08 -0400

For the typical land-locked folk, all one needs to learn about surfing can be found on the Wikipedia entry for surfing. The page is filled with a bulleted history, surfing physics, maneuvers, dangers, locations and of course, a photo of the correct way to make the universal surfing Shaka sign with one’s hand.

Brick Harbor Aims to Give Skateboarding a New Digital Home [EXCLUSIVE]

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:31 -0400

Skateboarders, meet Brick Harbor. The site launched Tuesday and is aiming to carve out a niche as a go-to digital destination for skaters. It's part e-commerce site, part content source and part culture hub, says director of operations Chase Whitaker.

Golf-Skydiving Singh parachutes in to break duck at 40

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:30:30 -0400

April 2 (Reuters) - Skydiving golfer Digvijay Singh ishungry for more success following his surprise breakthroughvictory at the Panasonic Open India at the weekend.

Minn. family in fatal crash was on motocross trip

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:11:07 -0400

A Minnesota family and some friends were taking a spring break vacation to see a motocross race when the motor home in which they were traveling crashed in northeast Kansas, killing five family members, a family friend said Monday.

Golf-Skydiving Singh parachutes in to break duck at 40

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:29:14 -0400

April 2 (Reuters) - Skydiving golfer Digvijay Singh ishungry for more success following his surprise breakthroughvictory at the Panasonic Open India at the weekend. Adrenaline junkie Singh, who lost his card last season andmissed three cuts in four starts this year, made four birdies inthe final six holes on Sunday for his maiden title in Delhi. "There's no better feeling than winning an Asian Tour eventin India," the 40-year-old said on Monday before his thoughtsturned to this week's Singapore Classic. ...

Top Skateboarding Shops In Philadelphia

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:00:11 -0400

Second-Screen Experience Gives Snowboarding Fans a Shredder's-Eye View [VIDEO]

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:30:54 -0400

Extreme sports fans and Shazam app users planning to watch the Red Bull Supernatural snowboarding competition this month are in for a second-screen viewing treat.

Travis Pastrana to drive a Dodge Dart in the Global RallyCross series

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:00:00 -0400

Travis Pastrana to drive a Dodge Dart in the Global RallyCross series

S.E.A. Introduces BMX Embedded Real-time Measurement and Control Platform Based on NI LabVIEW

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:07:00 -0400

National Instruments (NI) Corporation’s longstanding Alliance Partner S.E.A. Datentechnik GmbH has launched a first-of-its-kind monitoring and control platform for embedded applications programmable with NI LabVIEW™ system design software. The BMX platform has been designed to meet the increasing needs of various industries for a cost-effective, compact and powerful solution to master local control, measurement and condition monitoring functions on a real-time operating system basis.

Skydiver Rescued From Tree In Gloucester County

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:36:55 -0400

Skydiver aims to jump from 23 miles, go supersonic

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:26:42 -0400

the Christ the Redeemer statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro, the Millau Viaduct in southern France, the 101-story Taipei 101 in Taiwan.

Skydiver jumps 13.6 miles on path to world's highest jump

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:52:02 -0400

Skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway toward his goal of setting a world record for the highest jump.

Record-seeking skydiver makes 13-mile test jump

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:40:16 -0400

Skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway toward his goal of setting a world record for the highest jump.

APNewsBreak: Skydiver makes test jump for record

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:51:42 -0400

Skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway toward his goal of setting a world record for the highest jump.