Welcome to the Yucatan jungle! For the 2nd stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2010 the worlds best 12 high divers travel to the most remote and special venue - the mystical holes on the northern Yucatan Peninsula. La Quebrada in Acapulco has been famous for cliff diving since 1934 and was location for Hollywood movies with Elvis Presley, but modern competitive cliff diving at the highest sportive level will be presented from the 27m platform on Cenote Ik Kil. Surrounding the remot...

It’s the final of the Swatch Girls Pro 2010 in Hossegor, France. The swell remains a solid 4-5ft (1-1.5m) throughout the entire day with a strong onshore wind making conditions again tough for the girls and turning heats into another battle of physical fitness as well as surfing ability. Current ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) is unstoppable as she charges to victory at the inaugural Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Swatch Girls Pro taking the title after overcomi...

The conditions on the 4th day of the Swatch Girls Pro 2010 are very contestable, the waves picked up a lot. It’s the final of the Pro Juniors. For Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) the year is going fast, but she is happy with the way she started, it’s going better than last year. All she can hope to do is to improve, she got loads of 2nd places and hopes that she can make more finals. Stephanie Gilmore, 3x ASP World Champion, really appreciates that Swatch supports surfing and put on a great event for...

50,000 spectators, 27.50 metres, 14° water temperature and an English winner - the sport’s most distinguished series of competitions started with the victory of cliff diver Gary Hunt. On May 15 the historic port of La Rochelle hosted the eagerly-anticipated high diving battle and it exceeded all expectations. The spectators’ never-ending cheering motivated the athletes to flaunt their jaw-dropping leaps from Saint Nicolas Tower. Orlando Duque (COL) and Kent De Mond (USA) finished second and t...

THE MIND THE BODY La Rochelle is the first stop in the fresh season, the divers are not used yet to the extraordinary height and the cold and hard water combined with strong winds challenges them a lot. The diver has to be ready in his mind to execute a perfect and creative leap from the edge.

It’s the 3rd day in Hossegor at the Swatch Girls Pro 2010. Conditions were small and clean with a light cross-shore sea breeze throughout the afternoon as the low tide offered waves in the 2-3ft range. Surfing further south on low tide long rights ran along the bank allowing for some high performance surfing to be laid down by the girls. The finalists for the Swatch Girls Pro Junior are decided during an action packed day of competitive surfing y the best European and overseas under-21 female...

HIGH DIVING IN “LITTLE CLIFF” Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series kicks off in La Rochelle in May 2010 The highest platform, the coldest water, the most eagerly-anticipated competition – the French city of La Rochelle compiles a long list of superlatives for high diving. After overwhelming success in its first year, the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series will again kick off in the town called “little cliff” which, after heavy winter storms, is now ready to host this dazzling competition. It wa...

Today is the Swatch Girls Pro Junior which showcases the talented mix of European and overseas under-21 junior female surfers. The girls battle tough weather conditions that batter the contest site non-stop from first light this morning. Competition runs through one complete round and the round 2 to heat 5 until the small conditions forced the organization to stop the contest at the beginning of the afternoon. Despite of the freezing conditions the girls have to face the girls still love bein...

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Swatch Girls Pro 6-Star Women's event started today with the girls battling the tough weather conditions that battered the contest site non-stop from first light this morning. Competition ran through two complete rounds until the incoming tide suddenly forced a holt to proceedings early in round 4 of this $US35.000 event. Many of the worlds best female surfers including 3-time and current ASP Womens World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) arrived...

Hossegor, France - Europe’s Mecca of surfing – hosts the Swatch Girls Pro 2010, a 6-star event of the ASP WQS Tour with the best female surfers in the world.The female elite is competing at one of the planet’s finest beach breaks from the 12th to the 16th of May 2010. The girls are going to rock the waves with unstoppable Girl Power and impress us with their skills on the boards and their beautiful looks!

French cliff divers defend Fort Boyard from British conquest. In the early 19th century it was Napoleon who built the massive Fort off the French coast to protect his country from British invaders. 200 years later French world class high divers Hassan Mouti (FRA) and Cyrille Oumedjkane (FRA) met their British rival Gary Hunt for a trial of strength only a few weeks before the start of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2010 in La Rochelle on May 15.

Mat Rebeaud is the reigning overall champion of the X-Fighters and the best FMX rider in the world. Rebeaud is famous for his versatility and consistency. In addition to his successes in numerous international contests, the 27-year-old Swiss is also the world record holder in Highest Air. With his FMX machine he flew higher than any man ever beforehand: 11 metres - as high as three storeys! By the way, he commutes between home and airport exclusively on four wheels: "Privately I only drive a...

Mat Rebeaud is the reigning overall champion of the X-Fighters and the best FMX rider in the world. Rebeaud is famous for his versatility and consistency. In addition to his successes in numerous international contests, the 27-year-old Swiss is also the world record holder in Highest Air. With his FMX machine he flew higher than any man ever beforehand: 11 metres - as high as three storeys! By the way, he commutes between home and airport exclusively on four wheels: "Privately I only drive a...

Twelve men, eight challenging competitions and 26 metres between take-off and dive. Physical mastery, pure aesthetics, deathly silence and crackling tension - that's the formula the new Red Bull Cliff Diving Series 2010 is made of. Between May and September 2010, the world's best divers will level up the sport and compete in eight different countries at impressive locations for the overall title. At the venues spread all over Europe, tens of thousands of spectators will cheer for them - and a...

THE MOST SOUTHERN, THE MOST NORHTERN, THE WILDEST, THE COLDEST AND THE MOST CLASSIC SURF CONTEST ON THE PLANET!!!!! That means the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Series are back for more!! Five exceptional surf events held in the most isolated places of four continents… Five challenging waves that have to be ridden under the most extreme and cold conditions!!

Day1: Jarrad gives us a tour of "the campervan-team". He shows us where the surfers set up camp during their week in Marrawah, Tasmania.

Jarrad Howse - one of Australia's surfsuperstars and Sam Lamiroy - Britain's top male surfer, are gonna have daily video blogs about their experience at this year's first Cold Water Classic Series tour-stop in Marrawah, Tasmania.

The Red Bull Project Air takes a completely new angle on training methods. Incorporating techniques from sports like skating or snowboarding, the largest foam pit ever is constructed to improve the surfers’ aerial moves in a safe training environment. Coaching sessions by pro skaters and the cross disciplinary approach will advance their skill level in a way never seen before. The exclusive training experience is provided to a top cast of 16 surfers, including Sofia Mulanovich, Mick Fanning,...

Profile: Xavier De Le Rue: the double double world champion (Snowboard Freeride and Snowboard Boardercross) The sympathetic French snowboarder Xavier De Le Rue is not only double world champion and triple overall world cup winner in Boardercross but also one of the key figures of the freeride scene: In 2008 and in 2009, he won the world championship of the Freeride World Tour. In 2008, the 30-year-old snowboard star was buried by a huge avalanche only surviving thanks to an avalanche airbag....

The Red Bull Project Air takes a completely new angle on training methods. Incorporating techniques from sports like skating or snowboarding, the largest foam pit ever is constructed to improve the surfers’ aerial moves in a safe training environment. Coaching sessions by pro skaters and the cross disciplinary approach will advance their skill level in a way never seen before. The exclusive training experience is provided to a top cast of 16 surfers, including Sofia Mulanovich, Mick Fanning,...