 | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 Mick Fanning Posts Equal 3rd at Billabong Pro RioRead more... After nearly 10 down days in a row, the Billabong Rio Pro has wrapped. With tons of Brazilians flying everywhere, Mick Fanning and Ace Buchan still managed to crush their way through a few heats and pull in some solid results. Mick, who now sits in third overall, made his way to the Semi-Finals before taking a loss to eventual winner, Jordy Smith.Mick wasn't the only one who made it through a few rounds, and Brazil saw Ace pull in an equal 5th and his best result of the year. Whether he should have lost to Medina is another story, but that's an entire debate in itself. Relive the magi... [ more ] |
 | WEDNESDAY, MAY 08, 2013 Dragon Unveils The Floatable CollectionRead more... Dragon Unveils New Floatable Sunglasses H20 Floatable Collection Includes Top 5 Styles with Performance PolarCarlsbad, CA (May 8, 2013)- Dragon has seamlessly blended fashion with function to create the H20 Floatable Collection—its first ever line of floating sunglasses. Made for men and women who enjoy an active lifestyle in and around the water, the H20 Floatable Collection pairs 5 of Dragon’s most popular styles— including The Jam and the Double Dos—with a specially formulated injected frame designed to stay afloat in the ocean, pool or lake. Arriving just in time for summer, Dragon's... [ more ] |
 | MONDAY, MAY 06, 2013 Shane Dorian and Keala Kennelly Go Big at XXL AwardsRead more... Every year, Shane Dorian, Reef McIntosh and Keala Kennelly catch a lot of big waves, the ones that us mere mortals wouldn't even consider touching. Lucky for them, they are recognized for the size of their...waves, and honored at the Billabong XXL Awards. We suspected Shane would clean up for his performance at Jaws, and he did, taking home a check for Tube of the Year and Ride of the Year. Also on the podium was Keala, who grabbed a well deserved Women's Performer of the Year award for her backside barrel at Jaws. [ more ] |
 | WEDNESDAY, MAY 01, 2013 Shane Dorian, Mick Fanning and Beau Foster in "Anything Sing"Read more... Reef gathered their vagabond team of surfers for their newest film "Anything Sing," a gritty new flick which happens to feature Dragon riders Beau Foster, Mick Fanning and Shane Dorian. Check the boys out as they score perfect barrels in Morocco and Dorian's ender section at Jaws.Watch Anything Sing in its entirety over on What Youth. [ more ] |
 | THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 Taylor Clark Tears Lowers ApartRead more... Local grom Taylor Clarke has been turning heads for a while now, but this recent video on Surfline is making us reevaluate our choice to call him a grom...I mean, have you seen those man turns? http://www.surfline.com/video/webisodes/taylor-lately_95563 [ more ] |
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Nate Adams
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What a difference a year makes, after coming off the most successful year of Nate Adams long career in 2011 Nate struggle with a near career ending injury in 2012. Adams spent the first half of 2012 recovering from shoulder surgery to repair nerve damage caused by a crash training for X Fighters. It was a big question mark if the FMX icon could even be ready for X games LA in Aug. Adams never give up attitude enabled him to claim silver in Speed and Style making it 15 X Games medals for Mr. Adams. 2013 will a busy year for Adams were he will compete in all four X Games, select X Fighters, Nitro Circus in Australia and Europe, select Dew Tour events and a few Monster events.
Results: 15 Career X Games Medals 14 Career Red Bull X-Fighters medals 2012 2nd X Games Speed & Style 2011 1st X Games Speed & Style 1st X Games Freestyle 1st Best Whip 1st Red Bull X-Fighters, Poznzn, Poland 1st Red Bull X-Fighters, Brasillia, Brazil 3rd Red Bull X-Fighters, Dubai, UAE 2nd Red Bull X-Fighters Overall 2010 3rd X Games Speed & Style 2nd X Games Freestyle 2nd ASA World Championship of Freestyle Motocross 3rd Red Bull X-Fighters, Rome, ITA 2nd Red Bull X-Fighters, London, ENG 2nd Red Bull X-Fighters, Moscow, RU 3rd Red Bull X-Fighters, Cairo, EG 1st Red Bull X-Fighters Overall 2009 3rd X Games Freestyle 1st Red Bull X-Fighters, Londaon, GBR 2nd Red Bull X-Fighters, Madrid, SPN 1st Red Bull X-Fighters, Fort Worth, TX 2nd LG Action Champs, Pomona, CA
They call this guy “The Destroyer” but I don’t know where they got the name. Nate got his start riding motocross in a little town west of Phoenix called Surprise. And it was very much a surprise when this clean-cut, polite kid from outside the FMX mecca of southern California started winning events. Now he’s got enough X Games gold medals to make a killing on one of those Cash-For-Gold websites.
The past few seasons have been hard on Adams, physically. A string of crashes lead to broken bones, concussions and more trips to the hospital than he can remember. In fact, with all the concussions he might not remember going to the hospital at all. Despite those setbacks Nate has no intentions of slowing down. For the past two years he has been trying to qualify for a supercross night show, a dream he has had since he was young. Both attempts have ended in injury but Nate swears he won’t quit until he puts his number 741 Yamaha into the program. He was just tenths of a second from making it happen in 2010. |
