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YvonLabarthe

Extreme sport extraordinaire Yvon Labarthe turns 40 and to celebrate compiles an action packed video of 15 year video-making career.

Yvon Labarthes Epic Riding Moments Compilation | 15 years in the making

ShivaKeshavan

Street luge ( an maybe downhill skateboard) may make it to the Olympic one and all this via way of winter Olympic luge. Meet Shiva Keshavan

How India’s Luge Athlete Trains for the Olympics

YvonLabarthe-SouthAmerica

Teutonia, Brazil: Last instalment of Yvon Labarthe’s adventure in South America. to cap it off he heads to the fastest track on earth, Teutonia.

Yvon Labarthe’s South America trip — part 7

NewtonsNation2013SkuffTV

Bathurst, Australia: SKuff TV, the guys behind Newtons Nation Live stream, bring you a recap highlight of all the action that went down Last weekend during the IDF World Cup event.

Skuff TV Action Sports and Carnage – Newtons Nation 2013

NewtonsNation

Mount Panorama, Australia: Catch the epicness that is Newtons Nation and the IGSA WC race with action sport network Skuff TV broadcasting the event live.

IGSA Worl Cup | Newtons Nation Streaming live

RadicalMegaFest2012

Minas Gerais, Brazil: Early videos from last’s Sunday’s Radical Mega Fest in Santa Luzia where the first round of the Brazilian Downhill Championship 2012 took place

Radical MegaFest: First Round of the Brazilian Downhill Championship 2012

Buzzed Trucks Double Baseplate. It consists of two separate degree baseplates machined into one to allow for a perfect turn without the two trucks fighting each other. Coming to a street luge near you.

Truck innovation from Buzzed Trucks: Double Baseplate

The IGSA NorAM serie just go bigger with the announcement of 2 more stops. PEC gravity Fest will be back for a second year in Ontario Canada while Rubber city Gravity Game will be a first in Akron, Ohio

2 more stops added to the IGSA NorAm series which now counts 8 stops

Geico Insurance just released a new ad with Maxwell the pig street luging. DOes that mean you’ll be able to insure your gravity sport vehicle in the near future?

Maxwell the Piggy Meets the Street Luge

The guys at longboardalm are back with 2 more episodes of their Streetluge Summer 2011. 2 more stops of the IGSA Euro Downhill Series; Kozakov and Insul.

Streetluge Summer 2011 – Episode 2-3 | “Kozakov” & “Insul”

Teutonia, Brazil: The biggest an fastest race on the IGSA circuit is on. The Malarrara Pro Teutonia World Championships even has Kevin Reimer making a comeback. Read the preview at the IGSA site

IGSA World Championships

The Italian Alps: Stelvio Pass a.k.a fourteen is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps and gets its name from the 14 hairpins. A downhill skateboard wonderland!

Streetluge Summer 2011 – Episode 1 “Fourteen”

Footage from couple of the IGSA’s European races showcasing the fastest guys on the circuit. Streetluge may not have the hype of downhill skateboarding but it’s definitely faster as this vide will prove to you

Footage of the fastest guys on the IGSA circuits

Picton, ON: The Prince Edward County Gravity Fest. IGSA NORAM Race – DH Longboard, Street Luge & Classic Luge (Buttboard). Film and Edit by: Brennan Anderson

PEC Gravity Fest 2011 – A Helmet Cam Mix Mash Up

The Pyrenees, we’re guessing the Spanish side: Bomb The Pyrenees III – one sweet edit from LaChicaDelaCurva Longskates . Nice mix of lying and standing.

Bomb The Pyrenees III

Prapoutel, France: Official IGSA LA FAMILIA CHALLENGE 2011. Check out what happened at the French Downhill Championship and IGSA Regional event

Official IGSA LA FAMILIA CHALLENGE 2011 Video

Castelplanio, Italy: A little edit from the Verdicchio Race 2011, the European Downhill championships. Max Ballesteros (BRA) in Downhill Skateboarding, Michael Serek (AUT) in Luge and yvon Labarthe (SUI) in the Street Luge

Verdicchio Race 2011 | IGSA European Downhill Championships.

San Bernardino, Switzerland: The Gioasteka crew chasing a Lamborghini in San Bernardino on the road that was specially closed for the event Gioasteka Freeride.

Gioasteka VS Lamborghini

Calgary, AB:COngrats to Patrick Switzer for winning his 4th World cup race at the WInsport Canada cup in the open division. Fellow Canadian Katie Neilson takes it in the women division. THe day’s report on the IGSA website

IGSA Race Report: Winsport Canada Cup

Loire, Fance: Some Footage from the Chuyer Gold Trophy V, the last leg of the French DH Championship. the event was organised by POLITIClongboardACTIVIST.

Chuyer Gold Trophy V 2011 | Last leg of the French DH Championship

Goldendale, WA: MAryhill is the Festival of Speed not just downhill skateboard. Watch some street luge action captured by veteran Tim Novak at this year’s event won by American Mcintyre Michael.

Maryhill Street Luge featuring Road Rage

Kozakov, Czech Republic: Great clip from the first stop of the 2011 IGSA Euro Downhill Series, The Kozakov Challenge. Patrick Switzer took first in this World cup series race followed by Jackson Shapiera and German Jakob Raab.

IGSA World Cup KOZAKOV CHALLENGE 2011 official clip

2012 highlights

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