TAIWAN – Great Britain’s Shanaze Reade struck gold at the BMX World Championships in Taiwan and in the process secured her place at the Olympic Games. The 19-year-old, who was defending the title she won last year in her first season as a senior, is now favourite to win the gold medal in Beijing. Reade, a two-time world champion on the track in the team sprint, will compete solely in the BMX discipline in August. Reade has won five successive BMX world crowns at junior and senior level. UK – The Cliffhanger extreme sports (12-13 July 2008) show is the UK’s largest outdoor “outdoor-pursuits” festival; it takes place in one of Sheffield’s biggest green spaces. Competitors and spectators will come from across the country – it’ll be a great day out for the family. Featuring The British Bouldering Championships, Come-And-Try-It Climbing Walls, Open Air Market, Reverse Bungee And Other White Knuckle Rides, Orienteering Races, A Guinness World Record Dyno Competition, Demonstration Events, Scuba Diving, Mountain Biking, A Massive Bargain Area, Music, Children’s Rides, And Much, Much More… People living around Millhouses Park who opposed the show did not succeed in blocking the event – approved by Sheffield Council, but a decision has been made not to apply for an alcohol licence. USA – for the first time in the MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour’s 17-year history Pro Women’s wakeboarding was featured in Fort Worth, so it was no surprise that thousands of fans were at Lake Moser at Texas MasterCraft to witness the girls’ debut. Fans were also happy to wait in line for hours to take photos and receive autographs from the talented female rippers. Nearly 20 of the world’s best female wakeboarders took to the water for the opening round of the Pro Women’s Division. After all five heats ended, only the top-two riders from each heat advanced to the semi-finals. The 10 semi-finalists battled it out in two heats of five with the top-three riders from each heat advancing into the finals – which resulted in a top-notch band: 2008 Wake Games champion Nicola Butler (Cape Town, South Africa), current women’s wakeboard world champion Amber Wing (Sydney, Australia), ESPN Espy winner Dallas Friday (Orlando, Florida), 2007 Pro Tour titlist Shelby Kantar (Sacramento, California), Australia Pro Tour champ Hayley Smith (Sydney, Australia) and X Games gold medalist Emily Copeland Durham (Denver, Colorado) became the first-ever Pro Women’s finalists in Fort Worth. South African Nicola Butler, 16, won with a perfect 100. Surfing Want to win a custom built surfboard? Get your entries in to win your brand new “Gold Coast Surfboards ” surfboard, custom made for this competition – the surfboard will be delivered to the winner, anywhere in the world. Mark Occhilupo revived memories of his 1999 victory in Fiji with a second-round triumph over fellow Australian Kai Otton – he won Fiji’s inaugural world championship event nine years ago en route to claiming the world title. Gold Coaster Occhilupo battled drugs, depression and a weight problem before his 1999 career highlight and now he’s "freshly retired" and just having fun. His amazing career inspired NSW rugby league team assistant coach Andrew Johns to invite the surfer to give a motivational talk to the Blues before their Origin I win over Queensland in May.