Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards Nominees Edit 2012

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May 10, 2012

Jørn Simen Aabøe lands first triple frontside rodeo 1440

Thought the snowboard season was winding down? Think again because Norwegian Jørn Simen Aabøe just landed the first ever triple frontside rodeo 1440. The backside was first landed by Canadian Mark McMorris, but the frontside is a different animal and yet another insane variation of this whole triple phenomena. Check the video out below and [...] Read More...

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May 09, 2012

Kyle Baldock BMX Dirt Jump Session: Gorge Rd New Zealand

This dirt jump track in NZ still blows my mind every time I see it, these have to be the most perfectly manicured jumps ever built anywhere. The Unit BMX team recently had the incredible opportunity to session the famous Gorge Rd. dirt jumps in Queenstown, New Zealand, and the results were epic to say [...] Read More...

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May 09, 2012

2012 X-Games Real Street Line Up Announced

X-Games Real Street is back again for another year at the 2012 X-Games and below we have the video from ESPN announcing the line up. This category is hella stacked and we are thinking this is going to yield some of the best video parts of the year. For those who don’t know this is [...] Read More...

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May 08, 2012

Todd Potter’s FMX Training Session, Filmed With A Drone Helicopter

Aside from the obvious progression in action sports some of the most innovative things that are happening at the moment are coming from the film side of things. New methods of capturing the action are popping up almost daily and the drone helicopter is just as amazing as any of them. This remote controlled helicopter [...] Read More...

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May 07, 2012

Red Bull X-Fighters Glen Helen Track Shots

On May 12th Red Bull X-Fighters will be back in action this time on American soil at one of the most legendary motocross tracks in the world; Glen Helen. This is going to be one of the biggest FMX courses ever built and will see massive dirt features carved into the hills of Glen Helen [...] Read More...

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May 07, 2012

2012 Billabong XXL Awards Rebroadcast

This past weekend the 2012 Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards went down, the best big wave surfers in the world were recognized for their talent and brawn and if you missed out we have the full broadcast below for you to check out. There is some amazing footage in the broadcast along with some classic [...] Read More...

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May 07, 2012

Subaru PUMA Rallycross Team Launch

BMX legend Dave Mirra and skateboard OG Bucky Lasek have officially singed with Puma lifestyle brand just prior to the 2012 Global Rallycross Championship season which starts May 26th, in Charlotte, N.C. Both athletes had been without a shoe endorsement for a while now and this new partnership, while at the moment a Rallycross sponsor [...] Read More...

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May 07, 2012

Action Recon Presents : Monday Morning Wake Up Call

It’s Monday again and that means time to get back on the grind and make that money so you can down next weekend. So here is yet another video filled with people doing amazing things and just the antidote you need to get that ass moving. Enjoy. Read More...

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May 07, 2012

VOLEURZ – “AIRBORNING”

The Brain Farm release, “The Art of Flight” is without question the most monumental snowboard film of all time. It’s tough to find any flaws in this video/documentary. But keeping things fun, thankfully the folks over at Voleurz have put together an awesome mock of the film in “the science of airborning.” It used to [...] Read More...

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May 04, 2012

RIP Adam Yauch (MCA)

Sad news came down the wire today when we heard that founding member of the Beastie Boys Adam Yauch had passed away. Adam had been battling cancer since 2009 when he found a tumor in his salivary gland. The Beastie Boys have been making music and changing the paradigms of what was thought to be [...] Read More...

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May 03, 2012

McMorris Brothers session the Bear Mountain park.

No better way to spend a Sunday afternoon then in the Bear Mountain park and who better to watch session that park then the McMorris brothers? In the edit below we see them destroy ever feature the Bear Mountain park has to offer. Check it out below and get stoked. Read More...

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