Videos tagged with "crushing"

Dez May - Crushing DOWNHILL/FREERIDE [02:21]
Dez and I took a trip down memory lane and shredded some old favourites. Song: I Am Not a Robot (Clock Opera Remix) by Marina & The Diamonds. creds: scottsecco
Tags: Downhill, freeride, bicycle, bike, Sam, hill, steave, peat, Santa, Cruz, v10, giant, glory, specialized, demo, carbon, Cedric, gracia, pinkbike, yeti, asx, iron, horse, elixir, evo, oneal, 661, bell, helmets, whistler, bc, park, mountain, biking, trek, fu

Secretariats last race - Victory for the greatest horse in modern times [03:10]
was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, who in 1973 became the first US Triple Crown champion in twenty-five years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series—the Kentucky Derby (1:59 2/5), and the Belmont Stakes (2:24)—records that still stand today. Secretariat was sired by Bold Ruler (a grandson of Nearco) and foaled to Somethingroyal. He was foaled at Meadow Farm in Caroline County, Virginia. Like the equally famous horse Man o' War, Secretariat was a large chestnut colt and was given the same nickname, "Big Red." Owned by Penny Chenery (aka Penny Tweedy), he was trained by Lucien Laurin and mainly ridden by fellow Canadian jockey Ron Turcotte, along with apprentice jockey Paul Feliciano (first two races), and veteran Eddie Maple (last race). He raced in Penny Chenery's Meadow Stable's blue and white checkered colors and his groom was Eddie Sweat. The story of Secretariat began with the toss of a coin in 1968 between Christopher Chenery of Meadow Stables and Ogden Phipps of Wheatley Stable. The idea of a coin toss came from Phipps, the owner of Bold Ruler, and Bull Hancock of Claiborne Farms as a way to get the very best mares for Bold Ruler, and when the toss went their way, to add well-bred fillies to their own broodmare band. Bold Ruler was considered one of the important stallions of his time. He had a fine balance between speed and stamina, having had a frontrunning style but the stamina to go 1 1/4 miles; he finished 3rd in the 1957 ...
Tags: disney movie, Disney, final race, winner, horse race, triple crown winner, triple crown, crushing

Horse Racing - Christophe Soumillon [00:18]
A very short video I just cobbled together but the song ended up fitting really well with my inspiration [see below] and I'm really starting to like this video now... Inspiration hit me when I was watching racing from Longchamp where Christophe Soumillon was making a comeback after a crushing fall a few almost prevented him from defending the Arc title he won with Zarkava in 2008.DISCLAIMER: I do not own nor claim to own any of the audio or video footage used, they belong solely to the ...
Tags: horse, racing, flat, french, christophe, soumillon, prix, de, l'arc, triomphe, zarkava, fall, longchamp, equestrian