Archive for 'Action Sports'
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
There’s an action sports documentary forthcoming called ‘The Mind of the Demon’ that’s getting rave reviews. Here’s an ESPN piece interviewing some of the principles including skateboard legend Duane Peters. Here’s the plot synopsis followed by the interview video:
Mind of the Demon: the Larry Linkogle Story is a dark, analytical look into the [...]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Our own Mike Wilkerson has penned..er…typed a nice tribute to Patrick Swayze’s life and career. I, for one, was surprised to learn that he had done other roles besides his career defining portrayal of Bodhi in the opus ‘Point Break’:
In life, there are often enemies that one cannot prepare for, see, or fight against, [...]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
How awesome is this? A fan made tribute to ‘Point Break’ featuring ‘Kick Start My Heart’ by Motley Crue….
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
R.I.P. Bodhi…this is a Point Break promo clip for the Dutch market but in any language it kicks ass…
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
Fun fact in last Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal–according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission there were 104,752 injuries in 2008 attributed to what we’re calling the ‘modern day bloodsport’. No, not MMA,–the trampoline. The carnage caused by the trampoline produced more injuries than volleyball, wrestling and diving *combined*.
Not hard to see [...]
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Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Our friends at Demon Factory have just done a bio page for skateboarding legend Tony Alva. Alva was one of the real pioneers of the sport and known as a guy who’d never back down from a fight. Who knows? Had he come around a few years later he might have gotten [...]
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
Here’s a helpful video explaining the basics of roller derby:
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Via the indispensable Michael David Smith, and more specifically MDS’ Twitter stream:
The hardest working man in sports journalism, Michael David Smith not only covers MMA, boxing and the NFL among other sports better than anyone in the business but is apparently not missing anything on the bullfight beat either. As we’ve noted before, if [...]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
There’s nothing more inspiring than websites that look to provide a service to the general public with no thought of getting anything in return. Our friends at Demon Factory have spared no effort and expense to keep the coastal public up-to-date with the latest in ghastly shark attacks. They’ve got it all–an interactive [...]
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