Keanu Asing Clinches Arnette Pro Junior

Keanu Asing took out the ASP North America Pro Junior Series Grade-3 Arnette All Day Antics Pro Junior while securing the highest heat total of the entire event, a 16.67 out of 20, over fellow finalists Evan Geiselman, Hawaiian Albee Layer, and Kolohe Andino.

The Arnette Pro Junior's ASP Grade-3 status offers heightened points towards qualification for the inaugural ASP World Junior Tour. Once qualified each surfer earns the right to combat the highest field of competitive global talent for the title of ASP World Junior Champion.

Wilson Given SriLankan Airlines Pro Wildcard

A fully fit and recovered Julian Wilson (Australia) is ready to launch himself onto the ASP Star Tour at next week's ASP 6-Star SriLankan Airlines Pro, which will run at the famous Arugam Bay pointbreak on Sri Lanka's superb south east coast.

Wilson is one of the world's most exciting, progressive, new-age surfers capable of outstanding performances in all conditions.

Skate 3

The Skate franchise burst onto the scene at a time when the Tony Hawk series was beginning to get a little too ambitious for its own good, and slowly losing its relevance. Skate's Flick-it system and a move back to realism captured the imagination of gamers, and by the time the second title hit shelves, it was the undisputed king of skateboarding games. Skate 3 is no different.

Air Race Pilots Thank Lucky Numbers

For some pilots in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship the number they sport on their race plane has special significance and is often linked to an inspiring hero or a family member. It might just be a coincidence but the pilots making the headlines at the moment have interesting stories behind their team identity.

Planet X Summer Games takes over the St. Kilda foreshore

Watch all the action, the tricks, the thrills and the spills as Australia’s elite Action Sports athletes go head-to-head in a knockout round competition spectacle that guarantees to WOW the audiences with gravity-defying maneuvers and awe-inspiring Jet Ski racing!

International superstar Wakeboard riders such as Daniel Watkins and Brett Eisenhaur are signed on to take the challenge to compete in the ‘Biggest Wakeboard Rail Jam’ ever to be held in an Extreme Sports game. A 150 meter long wake rail and a 3 meter high fun box right on the beach.
With the inclusion of the world’s biggest wakeboard rail jam and the Jet-Ski race, the 2008 Planet X Summer Games are destined to provide Australia with some of the finest and most technical Wakeboard and Jet Ski action you will see this year.

AUSSIE MAKES FMX HISTORY WITH DOUBLE BACKFLIPS IN TEXAS

American rider Nate Adams claimed victory at the third stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2009 in Fort Worth (Texas, USA) on Saturday night, however it was the Aussie riders that really knocked the hats of the crowd. In the Lone Star State 22,000 fans witnessed an FMX sensation as Australian Cameron Sinclair landed two double backflips in competition and rode off with third place.

Kelly Slater Rebounds to Claim Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro Over De Souza

IMBITUBA, Santa Catarina (Friday, July 3, 2009) –Kelly Slater (USA), 37, reigning nine-time ASP World Champion, has claimed the 2009 Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro over an in-form Adriano de Souza (BRA), 22, in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at the main site of Praia Vila.

Event No. 4 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Hang Loose culminated in a dramatic finale with perennial ASP World Title threats all pushing one other towards the finish line.

Parkinson Claims Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, Solidifies ASP Ratings Lead

JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Wednesday, July 15, 2009) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 28, has claimed the 2009 Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) surf over Damien Hobgood (USA), 30, strengthening his stranglehold on the ASP World Tour ratings lead.

Stop No. 5 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay will go down as one of the finest in history, with the two final days of competition enjoying pumping surf and amazing performances, culminating in today’s exciting finale.

MEGARAMPAGE

Over 9 storeys high, as long as a football field, & the biggest action sport structure in the world today.

The Megaramp….
Revered by every skater and bmx rider in the world.
And it’s coming to Melbourne.

OOKIE ROCKS RED BULL ROMANIACS!

It was a dry, hot summer-day in the Carpathian Mountains in Sibiu, Transylvania, on Wednesday, August 19, when the world’s most courageous hard-enduro riders pushed through the final showdown of the toughest of all extreme motorcycle events, Red Bull Romaniacs. But there could only be one winner, and for the first time ever, German rookie Andreas Lettenbichler took out the crown, closely followed by Kiwi Chris Birch and Frenchman Cyril Despres.

MARKO GRILC NEW SWATCH TTR WORLD TOUR LEADER

Innsbruck, Austria – December 5th, 2009: After a night full of action on the big
air jump at the 6Star Billabong Air & Style 2009/II at the Bergisel Stadium in
Innsbruck, Austria, Marko Grilc (SLO) took the top spot on the podium and is now
the new leader on Swatch TTR World Tour. Grilc was not on the original invite
list, but after two injures during practice for the main event, he was given a spotin the legendary competition. 2008/2009 Swatch TTR World Champion, Peetu
Piiroinen (FIN), took second place at the Air & Style and Andreas Wiig (NOR)
rounded out the podium in third.

Athlete Profile - Adam Harvey

Name: Adam Harvey
Age:16
Occupation: Student
Sport: Surf Kayaking

Well where can I start?.. I first started kayaking when I was about 7 years old, I went out with my family on Sunday afternoons and it has just grown since then. Some of my first memory's of surf kayaking was when my brother Chris dragged me out when it was freezing cold and blowing a gale, I complained at the time...but thank him for it now. Chris has been the person who has inspired me and helped me get to where I am today, even if he did beat me up sometimes!

World Records Fall at AIDA Freediving World Championships 2009

World records fell at the AIDA Freediving World Championships 2009 Thursday, December 3, with William Trubridge (NZL) and Natalia Molchanova (RUS) setting new marks in the men’s and women’s Constant Weight No Fins (CNF) categories at Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas.

Trubridge, 29, beat his own record set last April by two metres to reach 90m below the surface and become World Champion. The dive took 3min 40sec and it is the third time he has broken this record in two years. Second place was William Winram (CAN) with 86m and Frenchman Guillaume Nery third at 78m.

“This dive was a bigger psychological challenge than I have faced before in a record attempt because there were a lot of expectations,” said Trubridge, “but my training prior to the event had gone very well, and I was able to draw confidence from this to remain calm on the day.”

Extreme Sport News

xsession's Dan Linsell was fortunate enough to catch up with pro snowboarder Steph Hickey via email. Read the interview below:


[xsession] First of all, congratulations on some amazing results over the last few years! How are you feeling going into the last couple of events before the Olympic team is announced in January?

[SH] I’m feeling excited. I’ve worked really hard to get to this point and now I’m just trying to enjoy the journey, it’s a long, demanding, exciting, painful and exhilarating one, but I would not change it for anything!