A fan’s guide to identifying pitches. I ‘m a baseball fan. I’ve watched my share of televised games and attended a few handful. After all this, I was still in the dark about the difference between pitches. I knew a curveball broke downwards, but what exactly was a circle changeup? The diagrams below are the results of skimming through baseball books and doing online research. This is not a complete guide. I’ve picked twelve of the more common pitches: Fastballs : Four-seam, Two-seam, Cutter... Read Full Story
Red Bull's New Year, No Limits series is moving from Las Vegas to La-La-Land, and this time it'll be Travis Pastrana's turn to try to wow the crowd. Pastrana will try to break the world record for the longest jump in a car. A handful of Los Angeles landmarks are being considered for the New Year's Eve stunt by the freestyle motocross star and rally car champion. Considering that this is the guy who at 15 celebrated an X Games gold medal by jumping his motorcycle into San Francisco Bay... Read Full Story
The Gladiator Games hits Prague this weekend for the 10th anniversary of one of the best action sports events on the planet. Travis Pastrana, Twitch, Robbie Maddison, Andy Bell and a whole host of who’s who in Freestyle motocross come to party and enjoy the final ever Gladiator Games…sit back and enjoy the preview of what’s to come and believe me when we say Saturday nights action will go down in history we really do mean history.
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Australian FMX rider Robbie Maddison performs a backflip over Tower Bridge at 2:55am on July 13, 2009 in London, England. (Getty Images) more pics » Freestyle motocross star Robbie Maddison (AUS) brought London to life last night as he performed a spectacular jump over the open Tower Bridge in the British capital. The 27-year-old Australian took to the air at 2:55 o’clock local time and soared an incredible 22 metres over the Thames. Play episode as : Oh, look at that. Read Full Story
Fly Focus: Short to Debut Formula MX Helmet
Andrew Short is set to debut Fly Racing’s all-new, top-of-the-line Formula MX Helmet this Saturday at Anaheim 1. Fly Racing brings you this exclusive, behind the scenes video interview where Short talks about his choice to wear the new Formula MX helmet for 2009.
For more information on the Formula MX Helmet, visit Fly Racing at www.flyracing.com .
Robbie Maddison Joins DC’s Global Motocross Team
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Daredevil and freestyle rider Robbie Maddison broke the world record for a motorcycle jump on New Year's Eve at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The successful 322 foot, 7 1/2 inch leap was completed on a Honda CR500 in spite of a 10-12 mph headwind, and Maddison dedicated the jump to the late, great Evel Knievel. "It was just such a shame [Knievel] wasn't here to see the jump as he has always said it couldn't be done," Maddison later said. And because motorcycle daredevils would lose... Read Full Story
Another cool video from the Red Bull boys this time from the X-ray comp down in Australia.
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If you missed last night’s Red Bull: New Year. No Limits. event in Las Vegas, then worry not, because Red Bull has kindly uploaded footage from the event to YouTube in HD.
(Side Note: It’s good to see a company finally understand that people want instant access to television content online and in HD so that you don’t have to sift through a bunch of low quality screen grabs that people took of their own TV!)
First, there was Rhys Millen’s truck backflip attempt:
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Red Bull just don’t seem to give up on putting together big events. A little while ago the leading FMX rider from Australia Robbie Maddison came up against the Motocross boys in a special challenge match. Here is a cool video on that event. Read Full Story
Chitter chatter with Robbie Maddison you know the one – London Bridge, Red Bull X-Fighters and Las Vegas jumpy thingy!
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