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Russia's most extreme athlete flies off Europe's highest mountain

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:20:17 GMT

MINERALNJE VODY (RUSSIA) Wearing a wing-suit, Valery Rozov of Russia flew off of the Summit of Kukurtlu, which is the part of mount Elbrus, Europe's highest mountain in the western Caucasus on September 10. It was the highest jump in Europe and gave the 43-year-old parachute champion a new European record, which will be difficult to beat.

2008 Champ Rebeaud Celebrates with 35,000 Fans

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:55:03 GMT

WARSAW (POL). Spain’s Dany Torres won the final stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters Series 2008 on Saturday in Warsaw’s Stadion X-Lecia, grabbing the win ahead of Robbie Maddision (AUS). Just one day before the historic sports stadium is razed to the ground, Switzerland’s Mat Rebeaud celebrated the overall title with a third place, having already secured the series win before the season finale in the Polish capital.

Rebeaud wins “Rumble in the Ruhr”

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:27:38 GMT

Red Bull X-Fighters champion beats rival Lusk

Rebeaud Celebrates “Hat-Trick” in Madrid

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:27:35 GMT

MADRID (ESP). Swiss rider Mat Rebeaud celebrated a hat-trick of victories at the fourth event of this year’s Red Bull X-Fighters with his third victory. The FMX star defeated Andre Villa (NOR) in the final of the event in Madrid’s legendary Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas bullfighting arena, with Robbie Maddison (AUS) grabbing third place.

Rebeaud Rodeos to Victory at Red Bull X-Fighters in Texas

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:26:07 GMT

Mat Rebeaud (CH) flew to victory in front of 20,000 fans at the third stop of Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas. Twelve members of the FMX world elite brought the historic Stockyards district of the city on saturday to boiling point cowboy style on their high-octane steeds. Hot on the heels of winner Rebeaud were Jeremy Stenberg (USA) and Jeremy Lusk (USA), who claimed second and third place respectively.

Man flies unaided across Galway Bay

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:40:30 GMT

‘Sputnik’ flew unaided a distance of 17.6kms, which is the longest recorded flight distance in a wingsuit ever undertaken, gliding from above the edge of Inis Mor over Galway Bay to Connemara regional airport near Inverin in Co Galway. Sputnik also beat the flight time of the Aer Arann Islander passenger aircraft, which travels this route daily in seven minutes, by a full 75 seconds.

Energy Globe for Gorbi's "Green Glasnost"

Mon, 26 May 2008 16:39:39 GMT

A Special Award presented to Mikhail Gorbachev and his "Green Cross Foundation" was one of the highlights of the "Energy Globe Awards" gala held on Monday evening in the European Parliament in Brussels. Awards for the categories Air, Water, Fire, Earth and Youth went to Austria, Mozambique, Spain, Peru and South Africa.

Bollywood Star at Energy Globe Award

Mon, 26 May 2008 10:17:04 GMT

BRUSSELS (BEL). Another world famous Bollywood star, Aamir Khan, will join actor Saif Ali Khan on Monday evening in Brussels (BEL) to present one of the prizes at the ENERGY GLOBE Award. Khan, who will present the World Award in the category Earth, arrived in Brussels on Monday afternoon together with ENERGY GLOBE jury chairman Maneka Ghandi. The hugely popular Khan, 38, ranks as one of the top-earning actors in all of Asia.

Revolution: Mobile telephony at “Skype” prices!

Wed, 21 May 2008 09:55:03 GMT

An English start-up is aiming to revolutionise the world of mobile telephony, has managed to transport Skype’s appealing cost structure to the cell phone. What makes it all especially attractive is that it takes just one text message to initiate a double call-back. The savings? Up to 90 percent!

Samba on Two Wheels – Stenberg Grabs Win in Rio

Sun, 04 May 2008 03:58:16 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil). Jeremy Stenberg (USA) soared to victory on Saturday with a spectacular performance at the second event of Red Bull X-Fighters 2008. Mat Rebeaud from Switzerland had to settle for second place after a hard-fought final round, with Australian Robbie Maddison claiming third in the former capital city’s legendary Sambadrome. Andre Villa (NOR) remained unhurt after crashing out.