Bikes, mud and rock'n'roll
Lisi Osl’s bike is made of carbon, her will of iron and her dreams of precious metal. From the EC, taking place from May 16 to 18 in Germany, the 22-year-old cross-country cyclist from Austria is hoping for a top placing – and a ticket to Beijing.
GO
Twitch hunt
Rio was expecting a showdown between Mat Rebeaud and Dany Torres – and what they got was Jeremy Stenberg’s big day out. Now the bad boy even seems a possible title contender in the Red Bull X-Fighters field. But who actually is the comprehensively tattooed Californian whom everyone calls Twitch?
GO
Pearls and twirls
On May 10 and 11 Guadalajara, the ‘Pearl of the West,’ will be the world capital of BMX dirt jumping. At the Red Bull Elevation location, the bar of the do-able will be elevated a few notches to the supposed impossible.
GO
"My secret is hard work"
In 2007 Paul Bonhomme lost the Red Bull Air Race World Series by 0.43 seconds. In 2008 he’s flying rings around the rest of the field. Will his series of victories continue in Detroit?
GO
Glowacz's close-up
Expedition Baffin Island, May 7: Stefan Glowacz’s blog on his adventurous journey to a wall to which nobody has ever been.
GO