Freeride Entertainment and Red Bull Media House give us Where the Trail Ends, a new feature film based on the natural terrain progression of riding in remote international locations. Filmed in the Gobi Desert and in China, this clip features riders Darren Berrecloth, Kurt Sorge and James Doerfling.
Category: Wheel
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San Francisco, Urban Racing Playground
A DC Shoes film, Gymkhana FIVE: Ultimate Urban Playground showcases Ken Block rocking the streets of San Francisco. Filmed over four days. Look out for a Travis Pastrana cameo!
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Alastair “Ali C” Clarkson Mountain Bike Tricks
Filmed over 3 weekends at a variety of locations around the northwest of England, this video documents Alastair “Ali C” Clarkson’s early experiments with brakeless trials riding on-board his Inspired street bike. Go Ali C go.
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Inside the Livestrong Foundation
Let’s set aside the fact that Lance Armstrong has been asked to return $4 million in Tour de France prize money. It’s the “most sophisticated doping scheme in sports history,” they say.
Let’s focus on the good that Lance Armstrong has done for the world. If it wasn’t for him the Lance Armstrong Foundation, now called the Livestrong Foundation, wouldn’t exist. To date, over $450 million has been raised to inspire and empower people affected by cancer.
The Livestrong Foundation, based in Austin TX, was started in 1997. Aside from inspiring and empowering those affected by cancer, the Livestrong Foundation seeks to provide practical information and tools. At one point, they used to offer funding for direct cancer research, but that is no longer the case.
In October of 2012, in the wake of a cycling doping scandal, Lance Armstrong voluntarily stepped down as chairman of the foundation. “”To spare the foundation any negative effects as a result of controversy surrounding my cycling career, I will conclude my chairmanship,” he provided in a statement.
At the moment, Doug Ulman serves as president and CEO of the Livestrong Foundation. Armstrong no longer sits on the board of directors.
And we can’t talk about the foundation without mentioning the wristband.
The Livestrong wristband was launched in May 2004 as a fund-raising item. It was developed by Nike and their advertisement agency Wieden+Kennedy. This seemingly simple yellow silicone band generated quite the following. Sold for $1 individually or in packs of 10, 100 and 1200, the goal was to raise $25.1 million, which was achieved in only six months.
By the end of 2004, the band was quite popular. John Kerry, Matt Damon and several athletes at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games were spotted wearing a Livestrong wristband. I personally remember them selling out on the website for weeks at a time.
Of course, if you’d like to make your own wristband, you can order wristbands yourself via a website like Label Yourself. Pretty easy and, who knows, maybe it’ll help you bring awareness to an important cause.
photo credit: sfxeric
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Navigating 8 Las Vegas Skateparks
While Las Vegas may be known for its casino gambling, those that live in the city know
that the city has plenty to offer for any interest, including skateboarders. There are eight
skateparks in Las Vegas with varying degrees of difficulty. Below we give you a brief
overview of the various skateparks in Vegas.
Beginner Parks
Las Vegas has five skateparks that are set up for beginner to intermediate skateboarders.
Many of these parks are simple setups with little to no supervision and many do not even
have phones so parental guidance is suggested.The largest of the beginner parks is Duck Creek Park located on Pollack Dr. The park is
an impressive 10,000 square foot in size and even has some shaded areas to allow skaters
to cool off some during the Vegas summer. While the park is primary for the beginner to
intermediate skater, there are some advanced aspects to the park.Winchester Park on South McLeod Drive is a gated skate park that is a bit better
maintained than most of the beginner parks. The park can be used day or night, has water
fountains on site, and has 8,000 in square footage.Intermediate Parks
There are two parks in Vegas that are exclusively intermediate to advanced level parks.
These are Silverado Ranch Park on Gillespie St and Desert Breeze Park on Spring
Mountain Rd.Desert Breeze Park is an intermediate to advanced level park that also has 2 hockey
rinks on-site. These are used for Extreme Thing, Fox’s 54321, and the Tony Hawk Tour.
Silverado Ranch Park is not quite as fancy as Desert Breeze Park, but is located in one of
the higher end areas of Vegas.Hollywood Skatepark
The only advanced level skatepark in Vegas is Hollywood Skatepark on South
Hollywood. This park has supervision on premises and is only open during supervised
hours. In addition, this park offers Skateboard Clubs, BMX clubs, skateboarding classes,
and open skate.That’s just some skate parks in Vegas, some other might be underground, or only locals would
know. So yes, there are some fun things to do in Vegas other than
poker – like skate! Who knows what you’ll get yourself into.Have fun!
photo credit: Vanessa (EY) & ctbrynt
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Extreme Mountain Biking in Nepal
This clip makes me nostalgic for Nepal, a place I lived for a semester back in college. From Red Bull Media House, this clip is one small section of a gut-wrenching film called Strength in Numbers. It features a core group of extreme mountain bikers emerging out of Nepal.
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Pushing the Limits 2012 Trailer
Thierry Donard and the Nuit de la Glisse team are proud to present the full trailer for this years feature film, Pushing the Limits 2012. The world premiere, will be at the Grand Rex in Paris on December 7th. This will in turn be a live broadcast to many other cinema halls across Europe.
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ATVing Across Wadi Rum With Joel Runyon
You might recall that we have sort of a thing for adventure in Jordan – mostly influenced by the incredible time we spent there. Well, in order
to share some of that gut wrenching adventure with you I put on my video editing hat and went to work. Here’s a little taste of the adventure I got to experience while bombing down over the sand dunes of Wadi Rum. For the full immersion, you’ll have to visit Jordan for yourself. Enjoy.
The ATV adventure was THE single most surprising experience of the entire trip and certainly one of the most memorable. Wadi Rum is the place for adventure in the middle east. If you’d like find out more about my Wadi Rum Adventures visit here.
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Savage Films 2012 Reel
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Savage Films, a video production company specializing in outdoor adventure media, has come a long way. This latest reel runs through their top footage in 2012. Kudos, Savage Films, for continuing to churn out ridiculously gut-wrenching videos like this.
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Best Action Sports Films of 2012
Yikes. From Garage Entertainment, Red Bull Media House, Surf Dive ‘N’ Ski, Sony Mobile and Maxum, this trailer reel previews Sessions, a movie for Australian extreme sports fans. The film is made up of 2012’s most gut-wrenching action sports clips. I want in.