Block and Pastrana in their Alpinestars race suits!

The guys at Alpinestars have been busy doing some crazy things. Pimp my ride pales into insignificance when Ken Block and Travis Pastrana are around. There has been a bit of Alpinestars and DC team rivalry over the past week between the God of rally car stunts and the freestyle motocross legend, they never fail to disappoint. They’ve been racing around in their souped-up rally cars, Pastrana made it to the top of Mt. Wahington Auto Road in a record breaking six minutes and 20.47 seconds. The previous record was set by Frank Sprongl in 1998 and no-one has managed to get near him until Pastrana came along and did it on his first attempt. To be fair, he was driving a Vermont SportsCar prepared, BFGoodrich Tires-shod 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car but nevertheless it’s quite some feat! Watch out for next year’s Climb to the Clouds where Pastrana is sure to be gunning to beat his own record.

Ken Block has been freestyling it up in his new Ford Fiesta! Check it out at www.auto.dcshoes.com/team/ken-block/, its pretty rad, lets just say it’s not your average Fiesta! Like the figure skater of rally car driving, Block dances his way round L’Autodrome in Linas, France, in the third edition of the increasingly popular GymKhana vids. The rally driver’s epic obstacle filled runs have become big hits on youtube and no wonder, Block’s precision and control is something else. In ‘The Ultimate Playground’ Block shows off his skills like never before, this one is the best yet.

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As well as moto stuff Alpinestars are at the top of their game in other sports namely mountain biking and super bikes. Yamaha completed its new look 2011 World Superbike lineup by adding World Supersport title contender Eugene Laverty to team with veteran Marco Melandri. The 24-year-old from Northern Ireland will move up from the junior series in a complete remake of the Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike team.



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Jamie Pierre has long been a big name in freeskiing, his antics attracted wide attention when he broke the world record for the highest recorded cliff drop at a whopping 75m. I won’t spoil the video (see it here) for you.
Recently, Norwegian Fred Syversen was filming and accidently hit a 105m cliff drop right in the middle of his line. Well, that is everywhere is claiming so far that it’s accidental – if you’ve seen Fred’s history, we wouldn’t put it past him to bomb a hit like that just to outstrip Jamie Pierre.

The drop’s been questioned several places and there are arguments left right and center as to whether it can really be a world record attempt if it was an accident… we’d love to hear your thoughts!

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Conspicuous titles aside, this looks to be one of the most promising videos for the up and coming 2010-11 winter season. Forum have a reputation for putting out killer movies (The Resistance, True Life, That… etc etc) and from the teaser, we don’t think you’ll be let down.
The cinematography’s great, the riding is on point and there’s even a bit of Kenny Loggins to boot. Slap on your aviators, sit back and enjoy the shred!

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