What is a Hare Scramble? Off-road motorcycle racing, hare scrambles are conducted on marked courses over rugged natural terrain. Events are run for a designated number of laps or for a prescribed race time, typically two hours. Competitive riders not only need to be fast, but also physically fit enough to maintain a race pace for hours at a time. Since hare scrambles are conducted on closed courses, operator licenses aren’t required and the machines do not need to be licensed for street use (UK). Check out the Red Bull Hare Scramble video MALAYSIA – THE Water Sports Complex at Precinct 6, Putrajaya, will be the venue for the 5th leg of the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup series from 7-9 November. The event will be held in Malaysia after Dubna (Russia), Hacienda Bay Beach (Egypt), Singapore and Chandigargh (India). The last venue will be Doha (Qatar). With the sport(s) gaining momentum the aim is to increase from 6 events to 10 in a season. It’s the first time in the country that top ranked men and women competitors will take part in disciplines like the Slalom, Shortboard and Jump.OLYMPIAN BMX – groups of eight race on a 1,150-foot course, on small bikes that have one gear and 20-inch tires. Riders start on the Beijing course shooting down an 8m ramp, racing over 20 jumps — the longest being 10-11m — and several straightaways and three hairpin curves. Ten metres wide at the start, the course narrows to five metres in spots. The race is fast, lasting 40-45 seconds.UK – Felixstowe hosted its second Xtremefest sponsored by SkiSurf last weekend. Among the attractions was a skateboard half-pipe competition, a display from the MAD mountain bike team, a synthetic ice rink, a climbing wall, Human Gyroscope, bungee run and rodeo surfboard.
Riding the real waves was the UK Windsurfing Association who performed slalom racking and tricks. SurfingSOMEWHERE, Indonesia – the swell has arrived and Round 1 of the Rip Curl Pro Search will began at 10am local time. Stop No. 6 of 11 on the 2008 ASP World Tour, the Rip Curl Pro Search awoke to solid six-to-eight foot (2 metre) swell this morning and event organizers will look to run Round 1 in its entirety before the day is through. “We’ve relocated to our secondary site today because the surf is absolutely macking at the primary site,” Neil Ridgeway, Rip Curl Pro Search Event Director, said. “Our secondary site “somewhere” in Indo is cooking right now with waves coming through in the six-to-eight foot (2 metre) range and when the tide drops, we’re all expecting some amazing waves to start coming through.” Today will see eight-time ASP World Champion and current No. 1 on the ASP World Tour Kelly Slater (USA) face off against Timmy Reyes (USA) and winner of the Rip Curl ISC Padang Cup Komang “Gogo” Suijaya (IDN), as well as reigning ASP World Champion Mick Fanning (AUS) battle Taylor Knox (USA) and wildcard Owen Wright (AUS). 2007 ASP World Tour Rookie of the Year Jeremy Flores (FRA), Jay Thompson (AUS) and Rodrigo Dornelles (BRA) will be first up when competition commences. {mosimage} Nathaniel Curran (Oxnard, CA) won the Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by O’Neill to take the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) ratings lead. The win marks Curran’s first major event victory and his first time at the top of the ASP WQS ratings. Curran beat France’s Tim Boal (Hossegor, FRA) in one-to-three foot (1 metre) surf at Huntington Beach Pier. His ASP 6-Star victory saw him defeat a field of 192 competitors at the biggest WQS event in North America and the most attended event in professional surfing. Oxbow is pleased to confirm the organization of the 2nd step of the Oxbow World Longboard Tour 2008! This time, under ASP judgment, the top 48 riders will have the chance to fight for the world title on the historic wave of San Onofre in San Clemente, California from the 4-9 November 2008.2007 reigning ASP European Women’s champion Lee-Anne Curren (FRA) is the last European and French representative in contention for the prestigious US Open of Surfing crown, one of the most coveted titles. Curren, who now faces current ASP Women’s World Tour leader and former ASP Women’s World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER), is on her first year on "the Grind" and aims at an ASP Top 17 qualification soon.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.