Europe’s first indoor Freestyle hall at the Laax base station is the new base of the Freestyle Academy. Jumps and tricks can be practised all year round. Besides trampolines and skateramps, the core of Europe’s first indoor training hall is a kicker facility for snowboards, skis and bikes. You’ll land in a large foampit.

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, pictured during a 25,000ft altitude test jump for Red Bull Stratos. He is renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career. Baumgartner spent time in the Austrian military where he practiced parachute jumping, including training to land on small target zones.

NHL 98 took the NHL series ahead by introducing full national teams, although EA could not get the Nagano Olympic Tournament license due to lack of IIHF license, which Gremlin Interactive acquired. The Olympic hockey license itself was acquired by Midway Home Entertainment. Jim Hughson returns for play-by-play, this time joined by Daryl Reaugh, who provided color commentary. EA Sports also introduces 3Dfx Glide support for the first time in the NHL series. The SNES and the Genesis versions are the final games in the series to feature 2D graphics. The Sega Saturn version has Mario Lemieux in it. He retired at the end of the 1996–97 NHL season, yet was still included in the game.

High wire artist Freddy Nock balances as he walks up on the rope of a Feuerkogel cable car in Ebensee. He is attempting to set a new world record by doing seven summits in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in seven days.

Unlike any shoe on the market today, the Vibram Fivefingers Speed is designed specifically for a more natural walking experience. Built on an entirely new platform, the Speed features a Dri-lex® covered 3mm polyurethane insole (thickest under the ball) and a 3 mm anatomical pod outsole design, that offers more plating protection and distributes forefoot impact without compromising important ground feedback, essential to a proper forefoot strike running form. A more athletic padded collar and topline, a lace closure and Mesh upper for improved ventilation.

A chess board recently unearthed in the Czech Republic takes an fresh look at the classic game by adding a third player into the action. Apparently, the game starts out like regular chess, but somewhere near the middle all hell breaks loose in an orgy of complex diagonal moves. Moreover, because their are three players, a certain amount of cooperation must take place to determine a winner.

This is the adrenaline-pumping moment surfer Fergal Smith catches a tube completely unaware he is sharing the wave with a Great White shark. The holidaymaker only realized his close encounter when photographer Phil Gallagher showed him the photo of the shark lurking under the water in front of Mr. Smith’s surfboard.

Welcome to our Snowboarding Online Course, your all-out tutorial for basic skills, techniques, and maneuvers in Snowboarding. Know How to Snowboard and learn the proper moves right from the very beginning so you will have a good foundation before venturing into the intermediate and advanced skills. Animations are also provided as we want you to see a particular move before you actually try it out. We hope that you will learn a Snowboarding Tip or two in these sections.

Jamaal RaShaad Jones Charles (born December 27, 1986 in Port Arthur, Texas) is an American football running back for theKansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chiefs in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas. Charles’ first year as a Chief was hardly in the spotlight; as a backup to halfback Larry Johnson, Charles rushed only 67 times for 357 yards. His breakout season came the following year. In his second year, Charles rushed 190 times for 1,120 yards, despite only starting 10 games after running back Larry Johnson was suspended. Shortly thereafter, Johnson was released, leaving Charles as Kansas City’s starting halfback.

After strapping the canadian ripper, Sebastien Toutant, with a head cam TTR sits down to talk about his current favorite trick: the backside 10 double cork.  He talks about how it feels to throw the back 10 double and walks us through how he executes the trick in the air. Not only that but its filmed with a head cam and in slow-mo, so you can really get a feel for it yourselves. This kid has the back 10 double on lock and goes as far as saying “now it’s like doing a Cab 9 for me, it’s easy.”  No big deal.

Most young boys who take up skateboarding generally master the ollie, maybe a kickflip, and then retire their boards as they realize they’ve reached the limit of their potential. Asher Bradshaw is not most young boys. This 6-year-old skateboarding phenomenon is already better than you will ever be. By a lot. Watch him show off some of his moves in the video, and look for him in the X-Games in a few years.