Jet Car Stunts Review Nov 21, 2009
If you're looking for an iPhone racer with big air and cars with heavy, tumbling physics models -- all boosted by jets -- this iPhone game's got you covered. Jet Car Stunts is a single-player racer whose two main modes, platforming and time trials, are divided into 36 unique levels complete with different play styles. (IGN Wireless Games)
Squaw Valley offers winter sports fun Nov 20, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Building for big air Nov 10, 2009
Anchorage Daily News. Daylight : 8:52 AM - 4:35 PM. (Anchorage Daily News)
2XL ATV Offroad Review Oct 26, 2009
It creates a situation that requires players to constantly focus on their steering rather than simply getting some big air, doing some crazy tricks and having fun with the game. 2XL ATV Offroad was reviewed with version 1. (IGN Wireless Games)
Slater test pilot at Bondi airshow Oct 25, 2009
Big air is what it's all about, and we've got the best in the business coming to Bondi,'' promoter and former pro surfer John Shimooka said. Bondi is one of the most iconic beaches in the world and Kelly Slater is the most iconic surfer; now the two are coming face to face. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
ADDING MULTIMEDIA ESPN Innovation Lab Opens Today at ESPN Wide World of Sports Oct 17, 2009
The technology debuted during the 2007 Arena Football season but has also been implemented at the Summer X Games enabling ESPN to capture heights achieved by athletes in the BMX and Big Air event which are then displayed on the ESPN Huck-o-Meter. . (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Busy skateboarder enjoying thrill ride Oct 14, 2009
Taylor, who placed fourth in two events at the X Games this summer, finished second in a freestyle contest in Berlin this past weekend after taking third in a Big Air mega-ramp event in Brazil. Next month, he will skate -- and surf -- at the Slater Brothers Invitational surfing contest on Cocoa Beach. (Florida Today)
Motocross champion James Stewart to make X Games debut Sep 5, 2009
Tonight's marquee competition is the Skateboard Big Air final, and look for Bob Burnquist to win for the third consecutive year. Why. (FOX61, CT)
Stunning visuals in X Games documentary Aug 22, 2009
Thankfully, the big air skateboarding competition at the end contains all the drama that the earlier segments lack. The cameras follow skateboarding innovators Bob Burnquist, Danny Way and Jake Brown everywhere - from the precipice of the top of the ramp to the medical center underneath the stadium - and the big finish alone is worth the price of admission. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Cheers & Tears: Racing Games Aug 8, 2009
The game was much like other ATV games, giving the sense of big air jumps with highly tuned machines designed to go extremely fast. The twist was with the trick mechanic, because every maneuver you pulled added additional boost for your racer. (IGN PC Games)
X Games fun, but painful for Cocoa Beach's Taylor Aug 4, 2009
Cocoa Beach skateboarder Adam Taylor, who finished fourth in both Big Air events and ninth in the Pro Skate Vert, spent an exciting few days this past week at X Games 15 in California ... He came out for the Big Air, and talked to me. (Florida Today)
Taylor places ninth in final event Aug 2, 2009
Cocoa Beach's Adam Taylor, who finished fourth in the Big Air Skate on Thursday night and fourth again in the Big Air Rail Jam, fell short Saturday night in his quest for his first X Games medal. Taylor, 19, qualified for the Skateboard Men's Vert in Carson, Calif. (Florida Today)
Canines catch air: ‘Flying' dogs return to fair Aug 1, 2009
Caddis won sixth place in the Iron Dog competition a best all-around award for Speed Retrieve, Big Air and Extreme Vertical ... Gail Landon of Dillon brought her 2 -year-old border collie cross, Mike, to enter the Big Air Wave ... The event is broken into three different canine competitions: Big Air Wave, Extreme Vertical and Speed Retrieve. (Montana Standard, MT)
Skateboard veteran Danny Way wins X Games gold medal in inaugural Big Air Rail Jam Aug 1, 2009
Should Danica Patrick make the jump from IndyCar to NASCAR. She would fit nicely in the NASCAR rank-and-file. (FOX61, CT)
2 Years After Brutal Fall, Brown Gets X Games Gold Jul 31, 2009
2 Years After Brutal Fall, Skateboarder Brown Gets Redemption With X Games Big Air Gold ... The skateboarder whose grisly, 40-foot fall to the floor of the X Games mega ramp two years ago drew gasps and became a viral video sensation, won gold Friday night in the same Skateboard Big Air competition at Staples Center. (CBS News)
Brown puts fall behind him, earns X Games gold Jul 31, 2009
The skateboarder whose grisly, 40-foot fall to the floor of the X Games mega ramp two years ago drew gasps and became a viral video sensation, won gold Thursday night in the same Skateboard Big Air competition at Staples Center. "Feels great I guess," Brown said. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Critic's corner Jul 31, 2009
Street cycling, motocross, and big air rail jam, oh my. Dog Whisperer 9 p.m. National Geographic Channel. (Boston Globe)
Ronnie Record: Motocross Star Ronnie Renner Breaks Big Air World Record at Red Bull High Rise Jul 27, 2009
Ronnie Renner breaks the motorcycle quarterpipe big air world record at Butler Field in Chicago, June 25, 2009 ... " Renner is a respected freestyle motocross veteran whose credentials include a gold medal in Moto X Step Up at the 2007 Summer X Games, and the Step Up world record. He will participate in the X Games next weekend, competing in the Moto X Step Up and Best Whip events. Renner's jump completed yet another amazing chapter of world-firsts, following the record-shattering performances... (PR Newswire)
Ronnie Renner breaks own motorcycle big air world record on quarter pipe in Windy City Jul 26, 2009
Flash Flood Watch in CT. Is Mark Buehrle a future Hall of Famer. (FOX61, CT)
Skateboarder launches mega season of fun Jul 24, 2009
In last year's X Games Big Air contest, Taylor finished fifth, qualifying for the finals despite a sprained ankle ... Adam Taylor will be among eight skaters in the X Games 15 Big Air Mega-Ramp event from Los Angeles at 8:45 p.m. Thursday, July 30 on ESPN.. (Florida Today)
Jet Set Radio Future Jul 5, 2009
Tricks can be performed during grinds or when you get big air by pressing X or Y. You don't get to choose which tricks are performed, you just gotta hope they're cool. And most of them are. (IGN Xbox)
Ride on the wild side with 'Excitebots' May 9, 2009
This is achieved by pulling off wild moves, such as catching big air on a jump, driving as long as possible near trees without crashing, drifting around turns or launching your 'bot through a series of rings. How well you perform these moves will also determine how many stars you get per trick, therefore a decent air spin might net you two stars, while a flawless spin will win you five. (USA Today -- Tech)
Missouri senator: Gay chorale resolution rejected Apr 1, 2009
unreconstructed wrote on Mar 31, 2009 6:58 PM:" here is one of your posts: "definition of a hypocrite is someone that goes to church and sins the rest of the days or puts on a big air to look important and those are not me ... waitingontheend wrote on Mar 31, 2009 1:34 PM:" Nope, I like what I see, at least I don't pretend to be someone that I'm not just to make society like me. You don't see me being a hypocrite, yep you see people push my buttons. My definition of a hypocrite is someone that... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Snowboarding: For snowboarders, Olympic qualifying is slippery slope Mar 22, 2009
This resulted in recent changes to the competition format in the Big Air, halfpipe and snowboardcross disciplines, Looze said. Judging remains a point of contention. (International Herald Tribune)
Winter: Hamelin skates to 500 victory; Ohno out Mar 8, 2009
Grimpl wins third World Cup Big Air overall title. MOSCOW (AP) -- Defending champion Stefan Gimpl dominated the final snowboarding Big Air event Saturday to earn his third career overall World Cup title ... Gimpl dominated the big air standings with 4100 points to earn the Crystal Globe. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Taking aim at Games Mar 5, 2009
Mount Sunapee will host its third annual Dummy Big Air Contest March 15, which involves launching a fake human form of a skier or snowboarder off a jump. There is a $20 entry fee per dummy, and awards will go to best designed, biggest air, and most spectacular crash. (Boston Globe)
Sunny smiles and big air at Snowbowl Cup Feb 26, 2009
By TIMOTHY ALEX AKIMOFF - The Missoulian - 02/26/09. The hillside above the Last Run Inn at Snowbowl looked like a white sand beach on Sunday. (Helena Independent Record)
Sunny skies, big air at gelande competition Feb 23, 2009
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Maloof Money Cup 2009: World's Largest Skateboarding Championship Turns Two Feb 18, 2009
Highlighting the weekends events will be the Zoo York U.S. Pro Street Championship, which will feature a $100,000 first prize and the Carls Jr. U.S. Pro Vert Championship that will award $75,000 and a tricked-out SUV to the winner who exhibits the best big air and off-the-wall tricks. The U.S. Womens Pro Street Championship will offer the largest first prize in womens professional skateboarding with $25,000 going to the winner. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
On Your Mind Feb 16, 2009
That must be a pretty big air hose. How is it possible for our new president to consider a person, who thinks paying his income tax in a timely manner is a joke, for a very responsible position as secretary of such a critical government office. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Big Air in the Big Apple: Red Bull Snowscrapers Crowns Local Snowboard Champion in New York City Feb 7, 2009
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Last night in New York City, 16 illustrious snowboarders from around the globe converged at the East River Park to fight for their share of the $100,000 Red Bull Snowscrapers prize purse. The riders dropped in from a towering nine-story structure that mirrored the dramatic New York skyline. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
