Archive for the ‘FMX’ Category

ASA Announces 2008 Action Sports World Tour Schedule

Friday, May 16th, 2008

There's more than the AST Tour and X Games going on this summer.  The ASA is back with its Action Sports World Tour, which will kick off a series of events in July in Huntington Beach and wrap up the season in November with the LG Action Sports World Championships ...

Rob & Big Go Threadless: Win a Shirt Now!

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Awhile back we told you about a contest being run by t-shirt site Threadless.com where fans of MTV's "Rob & Big" could design their own t-shirt to capture the spirit of the show. Well, now a winner's been chosen. Check out the winning design to the right, showing ...

Last Week’s Hits: Stories You May Have Missed

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Yeah, we've got a lot of stuff on Lat34.com. Maybe you missed some of these stories from last week. If you did, well, now's your chance to keep up. EA’s Skate Coming to the Wii Eric Koston A Sell Out??? Jerry Hsu On CCS ESPN Sues Quiksilver Over X Design Own ...

Brian Deegan Makes Truck Racing Debut

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Even though it's dated April 30, we just got this press release about Brian Deegan making his truck racing debut in Pomona a couple of weeks ago. Interesting to see him go that route when so many other riders are going the rally car racing direction. Deegan has been thinking ...

Quick Bits: Evel Knievel Tribute Hits DVD, Volcom is Good, Top Shop Results

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Here are a few links to start off your week. Be sure to check out that can of Diet Mountain Dew before you take a big gulp... Mat Hoffman's DVD tribute to Evel Knievel that aired on MTV is coming to DVD. Today, in fact. Johnny Knoxville hosts ...

Twitch Wins X-Fighters Rio de Janeiro

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg has won the second stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters tour after defeating Mat Rebeaud in a close final Saturday in Rio de Janeiro.  Aussie Robbie Maddison closed out the podium. Stenberg was happy with his win though he acknowledged his ride didn't go as planned. “Unbelievably difficult. Some ...

The UK Mixes Music and Action Sports in NASS

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

One thing that the UK, in particular, has mastered is the music festival.  So it makes sense that you could find some pretty cool music+action sports festivals going down there.  One such festival is the Relentless NASS Festival (stands for National Adventure Sports Show) that mixes sports like skate, BMX ...

Tony Hawk’s World Domination Tour This Summer

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Tour dates have been offcially announced for Tony Hawk's 2008 World Domination Boom Boom Huck Jam Tour. After two years of being relegated to Six Flags parks the tour is blowing up with 23 announced stops and more likely to come. From SoCal to Houston to New ...

Get Your AST Tour Tickets Now!

Monday, April 28th, 2008

We previously told you about some AST Tour tickets going on sale for some of the events but now it's official:  tickets to all AST events are now officially on sale,  With the exception of the Wendy's Invitational in Portland (previously known as the Vans Invitational), all tickets are available ...

Simon Tabron, Bob Burnquist Win at X Games Brazil

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Brazilians dominated the skate vert finals of the first-ever X Games Brazil, following in the footsteps of their Skate Street brethren. Bob Burnquist led the field, followed by Digo Menezes. Sandro Dias and Lincoln Ueda battled for the bronze, with Dias' inability to land the 900 during the ...