Monday, January 4th, 2010
Wow, where did the time go? The last ten years seem like such a blur. It feels just like yesterday when everyone was rationing supplies for the Y2K disaster. I actually spent that new year's eve at a RAVE hoping for something exciting to happen. Plus I DANCED like there ...
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
A world record. That wasn’t really much of a joke but neither was the objective of 10 Jewish guys looking to shatter the world record for the highest number of people on one snowboard. No. Ten Jewish guys all attached to one long extended snowboard holding hands while reciting a ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Who says that kids can’t accomplish much these days? Are you sure about that? Just the other day I read about a 17 year old kid in Discover Magazine named Daniel Burd who figured out a way to degrade slowly decomposing plastic in the landfills by 43%. Pretty good. And ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
cr. Garth Milan / Red Bull Photo Files
Well, the latest Red Bull Experiment went down Friday night at the Santa Monica Pier in California and when it was all said and done Ronnie Renner had set a new record for motorcycle quarterpipe "Highest Air." I'd like to say it ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Was it only December 31 of last year when Robbie Maddison "smashed" the world distance record for a motorcycle jump? That 322-foot jump eclipsed the unofficial record of 310 feet set by Ryan Capes. Then on a special event held by the Crusty Demons in Australia in ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
cr. Christian Pondella / Red Bull Photo Files
A few scant weeks after Kevin Robinson set the world record for highest air on a BMX bike in Central Park, Ronnie Renner will try and do the same on the other coast -- but this time on a motorcycle. Renner ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
We told you all about Kevin Robinson's world record jump in New York City's Central Park last night -- now we have the video -- two of them, actually. First one: A quick clip showing the successful jump and featuring a few words from K-Rob. The second ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
cr. Christian Pondella / Red Bull Photo Files
It was inevitable, really. With all the hype around Kevin Robinson's Red Bull Experiment world record attempt in New York City's Central Park it was pretty much guaranteed he would nail it... at all costs.
It sounds like it took a few attempts ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Kevin Robinson has only one more day until he tries to beat Mat Hoffman's vertical height record in New York City but he's taken on one more responsibility in advance of the big day -- he's started blogging about it.
K-Rob has taken over EXPN's BMX Blog this week to talk ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
There are only a few people on earth that really impress me. Most of these people can be found in the Guinness Book Of World Records because of their special skill or talent. And ironically, or maybe itís not so ironic that most of these people come from ...
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