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Published in the UK by Light Man Comics, London, UK.<br />
www.lightmancomics.com and www.heswc.com.<br />
Printed and bound in the UK by Mixam Inc. www.mixam.co.uk<br />
Copyright © Light Man Comics 2015. Story, illustration and text copyright © Marek<br />
Light. 2015<br />
The moral rights of the author have been asserted.<br />
All rights reserved . No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in<br />
a retrieval system or transmitted in any form<br />
or by any means, either electronic or mechanical, including<br />
photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior<br />
permission of the publisher.<br />
ISBN: 9780956872845<br />
PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR/ ARTIST AND WRITER: MAREK LIGHT<br />
WRITER AND TEXT EDITOR: BRITAIN STELLY<br />
ARTIST: NHICKOY
PAGE CONTENTS:<br />
The Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships, the summer London UK Event<br />
2021 and New York Event for 2025.<br />
this is one of the greates shows interational championships<br />
29 Disciplines for the heroes male and female.<br />
1. Heroes Extreme Wrestling WWR<br />
2. Heroes Extreme Strongest Man<br />
3. Heroes Extreme Cage Fighting<br />
4. Heroes Extreme Sumo Wrestling<br />
5. Heroes Extreme Skateboarding<br />
6. Heroes Extreme Longboard Skateboarding Downhill<br />
7. Heroes Extreme Inline Skating<br />
8. Heroes Extreme BMX Bike Riding<br />
9. Heroes Extreme Mountain Biking Downhill<br />
10. Heroes Extreme Street Dancing<br />
11. Heroes Extreme Street Jumps<br />
12. Heroes Extreme Street Basketball<br />
13. Heroes Extreme Hightline Walking and Slackline Walking<br />
14. Heroes Extreme Rock Climbing<br />
15. Heroes Extreme Skyscraper Climbing<br />
16. Heroes Extreme Wingsuite Skydiving<br />
17. Heroes Extreme Sky Diving<br />
18. Heroes Extreme Paragliding<br />
19. Heroes Extreme Jet Pack Jetman ( Eco electric only)<br />
20. Heroes Extreme Kitesurfing<br />
20. Heroes Extreme Cliff Water Jumping<br />
21. Heroes Extreme Surfing<br />
22. Heroes Extreme Windsurfing<br />
23. Heroes Extreme Sailing ( fastest boat)<br />
24. Heroes Extreme Waterfall Kayaking<br />
25. Heroes Extreme Barefoot Water Ski ( Eco electric only)<br />
26. Heroes Extreme Water Jet Pack (Eco electric only)<br />
27. Heroes Extreme Jet Skiing ( Eco electric only)<br />
28. Heroes Extreme Football Legends ( Dream Teams)<br />
29. Heroes Extreme Future Light 1 ( Future care race solar electric powered)
- LIGHT MAN MOVIE SCRIPT<br />
- INFINITY LIGHT ARENAS AND FUTURE LIGHT 1 - FL1<br />
- LIGHT TORCH<br />
- HEROES MEDALS<br />
- INFINITY LIGHT ARENAS - BLUE PRINTS<br />
- MAREK LIGTH BIO , LIGHT MAN COMICS AND <strong>HEWC</strong> CEO MAREK LIGHT BIO<br />
- <strong>HEWC</strong> - THE WINTER, HEROES AND HEROINES SPORT GAMES
Heroes Extreme World Championships<br />
Introduction :<br />
Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships Introduction<br />
Everyone loves a hero. Even as children, we dream of becoming known as a hero, and<br />
saving that damsel in distress, and the world from those who seek to destroy it. This<br />
desire is built into us all. We are inclined to believe that we are much more than the<br />
natural try to convince us that we are. There is an inner strength and ability only left to<br />
be discovered, and every so often we participate in events that allow us to explore this<br />
innate possibility.<br />
That is why the Olympics have been exciting people for generations, encouraging them<br />
to unite as one and cheer on their country’s finest sportsmen. The Heroes Extreme<br />
Sport World Championships will be a new kind of Olympics for extreme and more unusual<br />
sports. The Olympics are breath taking and amazing already, but just imagine if the concept<br />
was taken further with the heart stopping danger and skill of extreme sports!<br />
This book is presenting the exciting proposal of a new and very exhilarating new sporting<br />
event that will appeal to the masses, inclusive of the proposed venue it would take place<br />
in and give interesting and informative facts about the sports that one would participate<br />
in.<br />
This idea is inspired from the comic book and film “Light Man” as he hosts his own World<br />
Championships for Heroes in the fictional story that is already a graphics novel, with<br />
infinite possibilities. Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships is making this fantasy<br />
into reality and will be a ground breaking event sure to revolutionize sports and comic<br />
book culture and unite the world in a new way. It will be a fantastic investment opportunity<br />
and a big promotion for sports and the entertainment industry worldwide.
Not only this, but the Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships takes on a completely<br />
new twist for a sporting event. It will bring the totally unique concept of combining<br />
comic book culture and film fantasy superheroes with real life sport champions! Just<br />
imagine the Olympics combined with a mega comic con with the people attending<br />
dressed as their favourite super hero.<br />
The specially built home arena called the “Infinity Light Arena” will be a magnificent<br />
versatile sports venue but it will also have a section where people can buy and sell<br />
comics, DVDs, videogames and watch their favourite superhero films on the big<br />
screen. People can enjoy the best of the most exciting and thrilling sports on the planet<br />
while also indulge in comic and film fandom! The message of how the everyday person<br />
can become a hero will be the central theme of the event to positively encourage a new<br />
generation.<br />
Like the Olympics, this amazing sporting event will be intended to continue every four<br />
years with both winter and summer events. The goal is to start the qualification program<br />
from 2016 and the grand opening of the actual event taking place in early spring<br />
of 2020. This first big event will take place mostly in California and Las Vegas, where<br />
the Infinity Light Arena will be based. As many events as possible will take place inside<br />
the Infinity Light Arena however, due to the nature of some of the extreme sports,<br />
there will be different locations needed, for example cliff diving and sailing.<br />
For the first few Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships, the event will stay at<br />
the Infinity light Arena but in the future, the location will change for both the summer<br />
and winter games just like the Olympics so it can be fairly represented throughout the<br />
world.<br />
Both the winter and summer events will have 29 specially selected disciplines each.<br />
The Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships will take place for 29 days, one day<br />
for each discipline with world coverage 24/7.
The Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships, the summer London UK Event<br />
2021 and New York Event for 2025.<br />
this is one of the greates shows interational championships<br />
29 Disciplines for the heroes male and female.<br />
1. Heroes Extreme Wrestling WWR<br />
2. Heroes Extreme Strongest Man<br />
3. Heroes Extreme Cage Fighting<br />
4. Heroes Extreme Sumo Wrestling<br />
5. Heroes Extreme Skateboarding<br />
6. Heroes Extreme Longboard Skateboarding Downhill<br />
7. Heroes Extreme Inline Skating<br />
8. Heroes Extreme BMX Bike Riding<br />
9. Heroes Extreme Mountain Biking Downhill<br />
10. Heroes Extreme Street Dancing<br />
11. Heroes Extreme Street Jumps<br />
12. Heroes Extreme Street Basketball<br />
13. Heroes Extreme Hightline Walking and Slackline Walking<br />
14. Heroes Extreme Rock Climbing<br />
15. Heroes Extreme Skyscraper Climbing<br />
16. Heroes Extreme Wingsuite Skydiving<br />
17. Heroes Extreme Sky Diving<br />
18. Heroes Extreme Paragliding<br />
19. Heroes Extreme Jet Pack Jetman ( Eco electric only)<br />
20. Heroes Extreme Kitesurfing<br />
20. Heroes Extreme Cliff Water Jumping<br />
21. Heroes Extreme Surfing<br />
22. Heroes Extreme Windsurfing<br />
23. Heroes Extreme Sailing ( fastest boat)<br />
24. Heroes Extreme Waterfall Kayaking<br />
25. Heroes Extreme Barefoot Water Ski ( Eco electric only)<br />
26. Heroes Extreme Water Jet Pack (Eco electric only)<br />
27. Heroes Extreme Jet Skiing ( Eco electric only)<br />
28. Heroes Extreme Football Legends ( Dream Teams)<br />
29. Heroes Extreme Future Light 1 ( Future care race solar electric powered)
Heroes Extreme Sport Womrd Championships, World event<br />
coming up:<br />
AH The heroes time. For the male and female Summer:<br />
1. England London 2021 - summer.<br />
2. USA Las Vegas 2025 - summer.<br />
3. Poland Warsaw/Krakow 2029 - summer.<br />
4. German Berlin 2033 - summer.<br />
5. France Paris 2037 - summer.<br />
6. U A Emirate Dubai 2041 - summer.<br />
7. Australia Sydney 2045 - summer<br />
8. Belgium Brussels 2049 - summer<br />
9. Greece Olymia 2053 - summer<br />
10. Turkey Istanbul 2057 - summer.<br />
11. New Zealand Wellington 2061<br />
- summer.<br />
12. Philippines Manila 2065<br />
- summer.<br />
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Heroes Extreme Sport Womrd Championships, World<br />
event coming up:<br />
AH The heroes time. For the male and female Winter:<br />
1. SCOTLAND Cairngorm 2023 - winter.<br />
2. USA Aspen 2023 - winter.<br />
3. Poland Warsaw/Krakow 2031 - winter.<br />
4. Switzerland Zurich 2035 - winter.<br />
5. Austria Innsbruck 2039 - winter.<br />
6. Spain Barcalona 2043 - winter<br />
7. Italy Milan 2047 - winter<br />
8. Japan Tokyo 2051 - winter<br />
9. Canada Vancouver 2055 - winter.<br />
10. Republic of Ireland Dublin 2059 - winter.<br />
11. Andorra Andorra 2063 - winter.<br />
12. Russia Moscow 2067 - winter.<br />
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There are some absolutely stunning medals carefully crafted and designed to the highest<br />
standard for the winners of the 29 categories of the Heroes Extreme Sport World<br />
Championships. Like in the Olympics, there are the gold, silver and bronze metals representing<br />
first, second and third place for each category.<br />
The metals are attached to beautiful red and white stripped ribbons with white stars<br />
imprinted on the red outer edge. Each metal is shaped in a symbolic star with 3D beveled<br />
edges coming up in the centre with a circle in the centre showing the number of the<br />
place, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. Around the number is inscribed “Heroes Extreme Sport World<br />
Championships “ in a symbolically crafted logo that is then repeated around the outer<br />
edges of the circle and the star shape.<br />
The Logo is a golden hue, the colour of light and the heroes. It is in a circular shape to<br />
represent eternity of life, love and light. There is an outer circle and inner circle. Between<br />
the two circles is the title “Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships” and the<br />
abbreviation H.E.S.W.C. Inside the inner circle in the centre there are five golden stars,<br />
two rows with 3 on top and two on bottom. The stars represent not only the Olympic<br />
rings but the five stars closest to the Earth, the Sun, Proxima Centauri, Alpha Centauri<br />
A, Alpha Centauri B, and Barnard’s Star Nr 3.<br />
The opening ceremony itself will be a dazzling event to rival any previous opening ceremonies<br />
before. Three special celebrity athletes will take the role of Light Man, Light<br />
Woman and AH God of the Heroes, dressed in the costumes of the heroes that inspired<br />
this amazing event. They will triumphantly emerge, carrying a torch like in the Olympics<br />
and light a massive cauldron full of fire. The torch will be a mixture of silver and gold<br />
coloured metals. It will have a gold colour symbolic wings projected from the silver cup<br />
that will hold the flame. Down the centre of the handle to say “Heroes Extreme Sport<br />
World Championships.” The torch will be a symbol of light, and love.<br />
The opening ceremony will begin with an official theme song, “The Heroes Song” created<br />
especially for the event and sung by world famous musicians to be decided. The<br />
athletes will come out as the heroes of the nations, dressed in superhero costumes and<br />
parade in the main stadium, waving their country’s flag. The sound of Tibetan gongs will<br />
ceremoniously ring and resonate throughout the building.
The light torch will be a mixture of silver and gold coloured metals. It will have a gold<br />
colour symbolic wings projected from the silver cup that will hold the flame. Down the<br />
centre of the handle to say “Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships.”<br />
The opening ceremony will begin with an official theme song, “The Heroes Song” created<br />
especially for the event and sung by world famous musicians to be decided. The<br />
athletes will come out as the heroes of the nations, dressed in superhero costumes<br />
and parade in the main stadium, waving their country’s flag.<br />
The sound of Tibetan gongs will ceremoniously ring and resonate throughout the building.<br />
There will then be some spectacular displays of fireworks to celebrate the beginning<br />
of the games, a visual feast for all.<br />
An amazing show will ensue, like the Olympics, a multitude of talents and visual spectacles<br />
will come to life to enchant and amaze. There will be some daring performances of<br />
some of the most extreme performers on the planet, breathtaking jaw dropping feats<br />
of extreme human skill, courage and beauty will dazzle the crowds.<br />
Ripley’s believe it or not will seem like a bore compared to this new bold display of the<br />
world’s most strange and wonderful. As this event is also about celebrating human<br />
achievement, demonstrations of new and exciting technology will be showcased to dramatic<br />
effect, people will be amazed to see scientific advancements never yet before<br />
experienced.<br />
This event is all about the extreme! It will boldly go where no other sports have ever<br />
dared to go, showcasing talent and skill unimaginable.
There will then be some spectacular displays of fireworks to celebrate the beginning<br />
of the games, a visual feast for all. An amazing show will ensue, like the Olympics,<br />
a multitude of talents and visual spectacles will come to life to enchant and amaze.<br />
There will be some daring performances of some of the most extreme performers<br />
on the planet, breathtaking jaw dropping feats of extreme human skill, courage and<br />
beauty will dazzle the crowds. Ripley’s believe it or not will seem like a bore compared<br />
to this new bold display of the world’s most strange and wonderful.<br />
As this event is also about celebrating human achievement, demonstrations of new<br />
and exciting technology will be showcased to dramatic effect, people will be amazed<br />
to see scientific advancements never yet before experienced. This event is all about<br />
the extreme! It will boldly go where no other sports have ever dared to go, showcasing<br />
talent and skill unimaginable.<br />
Everyone will be encouraged to dress in their most inspirational hero costumes. The<br />
event will be televised worldwide as it makes history. An inspirational speech by a<br />
carefully selected athlete about finding the hero in all of us will be shown on screens<br />
positioned throughout the arena. The Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships will<br />
inspire everyone with its positive message by also raising money and awareness for<br />
charities around the world throughout the event, inspiring people worldwide to unite<br />
and be a hero together.<br />
The Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships is planned to first take place in London<br />
UK, New York City USA, Poland, France and Germany in the “Infinity Light Arena.”<br />
It will be designed to host a range of disciplines. The plan is to have it built as close<br />
as possible to the centre of London UK. The Infinity Light Arena will be considered the<br />
21st century sporting miracle.
Heroes Extreme Wrestling WWE<br />
WWE is the perfect sport for the Heroes Extreme Sports World Championships as it all ready<br />
brings the costumes and fantasy alongside of sport. Prepared to be pumped as your favourite<br />
heroes wrestle for the championships! This event will take place in the Infinity Light Arena.<br />
The History of WWE as told from the official WWE Website:<br />
The history of WWE dates back to the early 1950s when it was founded by Jess McMahon and Toots<br />
Mondt in 1952 as Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC). It underwent numerous name changes<br />
throughout the years, from World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) to World Wrestling Federation<br />
(WWF) to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), and finally to simply WWE in 2011.<br />
WWE is the largest professional wrestling company in the world. It has promoted some of the<br />
most successful wrestlers and storylines, and featured some of the most iconic and significant<br />
matches and moments in the history of the sport<br />
WWE changes the sport in the 80’s from just men competing in wrestling to a theatrical spectacle.<br />
In 1982 Mr. McMahon takes over the family business from his father, Vincent J. McMahon. His purchase<br />
of Capitol Wrestling marks the beginning of a revolution. Mr. McMahon builds on the regional<br />
success of his father’s company, with soon-to-be household names such as Andre the Giant, Hulk<br />
Hogan and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, turning WWE into a national powerhouse.<br />
Hulk Hogan becomes the first person to escape the Camel Clutch before blasting The Iron Sheik<br />
with his signature leg drop to win the WWE Championship. From the moment the official counts<br />
three, The Hulkster emerges as the standard bearer of WWE.<br />
WWE currently airs several high-profile programs such as Raw and SmackDown in more than 150<br />
countries, hosts 12 pay-per-view events a year including WrestleMania, and holds approximately<br />
320 live events a year throughout the world.<br />
Every year the WWE holds the World Heavyweight Championship. It is widely recognized as the<br />
most historic championship in WWE.<br />
Dating back to 1963, the WWE Championship was first awarded to Buddy Rogers after he defeated<br />
Antonino Rocca in the finals of a tournament in April. Since that time, the biggest names in the<br />
business have held the title, including Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino, Andre the Giant, Bret Hart,<br />
The Rock and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.
Rules of Pro(WWE) Wrestling as explained on the how stuff works website:<br />
The most important thing to know about the rules of professional wrestling is that they can<br />
be changed, disregarded, made up on the spot or broken at any time. As long as the referee is<br />
looking the other way (and it seems like he always is), anything goes. There are a few general<br />
guidelines, though. For example, most matches have a time limit of 20 minutes.<br />
The standard way to win a match is by pinfall. You might hear a match described as “one-fall” or<br />
“three-fall.” A one-fall means that whoever has their shoulders pinned to the mat for a count of<br />
three loses the match. A three-fall is the best two out of three.<br />
Wrestlers can also lose by submission. This happens when their opponent puts them in a submission<br />
hold, a maneuver that locks the other wrestler into a painful position. Eventually, he or<br />
she will signal to the referee that the pain is too great, and they simply give up. A wrestler who is<br />
rendered unconscious (by a sleeper hold, for example) is assumed to have given up.<br />
Sometimes, wrestlers are disqualified (DQed). This is a grey area -- there are plenty of rules<br />
for disqualifications, such as standing outside the ring for too long, using a foreign object, or<br />
receiving help from another wrestler. In some cases, a DQ is not considered a loss. The match<br />
ends without any proper resolution. For example, sometimes a heel with a championship belt will<br />
intentionally get DQed if it looks like he might lose the match. The DQ means he didn’t technically<br />
lose, so he keeps the belt.<br />
You might notice some wrestlers put an arm or leg onto the rope when they are pinned, forcing<br />
the ref to stop counting. This is an old rule in which any hold or pin must be broken immediately if<br />
the opponent manages to get some part of his or her body onto the rope.<br />
Tag team matches have their own set of rules, but most wrestlers abuse and disregard them. A<br />
tag team match pits a pair of wrestlers against another pair (or even three-on-three). Only one<br />
wrestler from each team is supposed to be in the ring at the same time, and this wrestler is the<br />
only one who can legally pin the opponent for a pinfall victory. Teammates must tag each other’s<br />
hands to switch to a new wrestler in the ring, with ten seconds to make the change.<br />
(http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling2.htm)<br />
Seth Rollins is currently the World Champion in WWE.<br />
Height: 6’1” Weight: 217 lbs.<br />
From: Davenport, Iowa Signature Move: Pedigree<br />
Career Highlights: WWE World Heavyweight Champion; United States Champion; WWE Tag Team<br />
Champion; NXT Champion; 2014 Money in the Bank Ladder Match winner<br />
http://www.wwe.com/<br />
https://www.facebook.com/wwe
Heroes Extreme Strongest Man<br />
The perfect sport to display fantastic feats of strength, the World’s strongest Man competition<br />
will be a highlight of the Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships! Be prepared to be impressed<br />
with human endurance taken to new levels with this incredible competition. This event<br />
will be held in the infinity Light Arena.<br />
History of the World’s Strongest Man Competition:<br />
Back in 1977, after years of debate over whom was ‘the strongest’, the idea of the World’s<br />
Strongest Man competition was born, pitting the best strength athletes against each other, in a<br />
variety of testing disciplines. However, the one thing the competition was missing… the athletes<br />
we now call ‘strongmen’. In order to tackle this, a special invitation was given to a number of<br />
weightlifters, arm wrestlers, shot putters and power lifters to battle it out through a series of<br />
different kind of strength tests and become the first World’s Strongest Man.<br />
The first ever WSM contest is held in Universal Studios, California. Bruce Wilhelm wins the first<br />
of his two victories and is crowned the first ever World’s Strongest Man. Ever since then, World<br />
Strongest Man competitions have been happening every year. (WSM website)<br />
What it takes to win the title according to the WSM website:<br />
The World’s Strongest Man competition is about more than just force: it is about stamina, skill,<br />
tactics, training and strategy. Every event below is designed to push the Strongmen to their<br />
absolute limits, challenging not only their physical strength, but their agility and mental toughness<br />
too. There is a variety of 16 events that every competing strong man must compete in to<br />
win the title of the World’s Strongest Man. Events include:<br />
The Arm Over Arm Pull<br />
The Atlas Stones<br />
The Keg Toss<br />
The Carry and Drag (Anchors!)<br />
The Farmer’s Walk<br />
The Fingal’s Fingers<br />
The Fridge Carry<br />
The Giant Dumbbell press<br />
The Giant Log Lift<br />
The Husafell Stone<br />
The Loading Race<br />
The Overhead Log Lift<br />
The Pillars Of Hercules<br />
The Power Stairs<br />
The Squat Lift<br />
The Vehicle Pull<br />
Detailed descriptions of each of these fascinating and very challenging events are on the WSM<br />
website.
The World’s Strongest Current Man: Žydronas Savickas<br />
He lives by the mantra: “Every year I try to be stronger than last year…”<br />
And every year he succeeds. We’re talking, of course, about 2014’s champion Žydronas Savickas.<br />
A Strongman so iconic that he is often referred to only by his nickname… Big Z.<br />
Standing tall at 6’3”, and with a competition weight of 375lbs, Big Z has certainly earned his<br />
nickname. Legend is not a term we use lightly here at WSM, but he is definitely a legend for our<br />
times in the world of strength training.<br />
It was in Lithuania, Big Z’s home country, where he first saw a Strongman contest on TV as a<br />
child. This inspired him to eventually begin strength training and powerlifting. Whilst competing<br />
in his second powerlifting contest he smashed all pre-existing Lithuanian records. By 1998,<br />
he had won the title of Lithuania’s Strongest Man and he remains one of the only modern-day<br />
Strongmen to have won every major competition throughout the world, including the WSM title<br />
four times (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014).<br />
Big Z’s training routine is grueling, spread over six days every week and each of those days<br />
comprising two hours in the gym, and a further three focused on event training. He even has a<br />
space 100km outside of the Lithuanian capital where he can train with extra large objects for<br />
contests, such as tyres, logs, and vehicles.<br />
All of this training has paid off for Big Z, not only in terms of titles (of which he has racked up<br />
well over 50) but in records, too. His personal Squat record is 937lbs (425kgs), he can Bench<br />
Press 600lbs (270kgs) and he can Deadlift 898lbs (407.5kgs). (WSM website)<br />
FACTS & FIGURES<br />
• OTHER NAMES: Big Z<br />
• BORN: 15/07/1975<br />
• HOME COUNTRY: Lithuania<br />
• HEIGHT: 191cm / 6ft 3ins<br />
• WEIGHT: 170kg / 375lbs<br />
• COMPETITIONS: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015<br />
• ACHIEVEMENTS: WSM Champion 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014<br />
• LITHUANIA’S STRONGEST MAN : 14 time champion<br />
http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/<br />
https://www.facebook.com/theworldsstrongestman
Hero Extreme Sumo Wrestling<br />
Sumo Wrestling is one of the exciting 29 disciplines chosen for summer World Championships<br />
for Heroes. This event would take place in the Infinity Arena, Las Vegas, CA.<br />
Expect the stakes to be raised as Sumo goes to new extremes in this championship!<br />
A Brief History of Sumo:<br />
Historians agree that the origins of sumo date back 2000 years; however, it never really<br />
flourished as a spectator sport until the early 1600’s. Like any other social group in Japan,<br />
there are strict rules and traditions that are observed throughout the sport. The beginner<br />
watching his first sumo broadcast on television soon realizes that very little time is actually<br />
spent grappling. Rather, the rikishi spend most of their time performing pre-bout ceremonies<br />
steeped in Shinto tradition.<br />
Shinto is the native religion of Japan and is more a set of rituals and ceremonies than a<br />
system of beliefs or a definite code of ethics. The word itself means “way of the gods.”<br />
Sumo was originally performed to entertain the gods (kami) during festivals (matsuri).<br />
Sumo as part of Shinto ritual dates as far back as the Tumulus period (250-552), but it<br />
wasn’t until the 17th century that it began adopting the intense purification rituals that we<br />
see in sumo today.<br />
Presently, sumo consists of six major tournaments a year called hon-basho. The tournament<br />
months and sites are as follows: January-Tokyo, March-Osaka, May-Tokyo, July-Nagoya,<br />
September-Tokyo, and November-Fukuoka. Up through the early 20th century,<br />
there were only two basho a year; however, as sumo’s popularity grew, the number<br />
of major tournaments increased to four basho a year and then in 1958, the current sixbasho-a-year<br />
format was established. Also, up until 1949 a basho only lasted for 10 days;<br />
currently a basho runs for 15 days. In between basho, the rikishi constantly keep busy by<br />
touring the outskirts of Japan giving exhibitions for fans who might otherwise not get a<br />
chance to see the sport up close and live. This touring is called jungyo, and while the rikishi<br />
do battle each other in front of the fans, they are more concerned about avoiding injury<br />
than winning. This type of exhibition sumo is called hana-sumo, or flower sumo. (www.<br />
sumotalk.com)<br />
The Rules of Sumo:<br />
The sport of sumo has very few rules, which can result in some exciting bouts. A sumo<br />
wrestler is called a rikishi. Sumo takes place in a ring approximately 15 feet in diameter<br />
that is raised about 2 1/2 feet off the ground on a huge block of clay called a dohyo.
A new dohyo is created for each tournament. Five judges called shinpan dressed in black<br />
kimono, sit below the dohyo and around the ring. These judges are former rikishi themselves.<br />
A referee, or gyoji, dressed in an elaborate kimono stands at the edge of the ring<br />
and officiates the bout. At the end of the bout, the gyoji points to the winner. In a particularly<br />
close bout, any of the five judges can dispute the call made by the referee. In this<br />
case, a conference, called a mono-ii, is held inside the ring with the gyoji and five shinpan<br />
to discuss the match. In modern times, television instant replay is used to determine the<br />
actual outcome of a match when in dispute.<br />
A rikishi loses a match when any part of his body other than the bottoms of his feet touches<br />
the dohyo or when he is pushed or thrown outside of the ring. In the middle of the ring<br />
are two white lines called shikirisen. These lines are the starting points of each rikishi for<br />
each bout. When a judge gives the signal for the rikishi to fight, both rikishi crouch behind<br />
their respective shikirisen and face each other. When both rikishi place both hands<br />
clenched in fists on or behind the shikirisen, the bout begins. The tachi-ai, or initial charge,<br />
is extremely important in gaining the advantage and momentum over your opponent.<br />
During the actual bout, a rikishi may use any technique or maneuver except pulling his<br />
opponent’s hair, hitting his opponent with a closed fist, boxing his opponent’s ears, choking<br />
his opponent (although he may push at the throat), or grabbing his opponent’s mawashi<br />
in the crotch area. Rikishi use all sorts of techniques during the bout; however, a rikishi’s<br />
style can usually be classified as one of two styles: oshi-zumo, or a tendency to push your<br />
opponent out of the ring, and yotsu-zumo, a tendency to grab your opponent’s belt and<br />
force him out of the ring. The truly best rikishi are adept at using both styles to beat their<br />
opponents.<br />
As explained on www.sumotalk.com<br />
* Where is the sport most popular?<br />
Japan<br />
*Who are the current world champions?<br />
Byambajav Ulambayar from Mongolia. Byamba is 6’1” and tips the scale at 360 pounds<br />
and has won back-to-back Sumo World Championships and is going for his ninth straight<br />
win at the U.S. Sumo Open on August 8th in 2015. He has won the World Sumo Championship<br />
four times in a row. Byamba eats somewhere in the range of 4,000 calories a day to<br />
keep his shape.<br />
*Organizations, Websites and facebook:<br />
The International Sumo Federation: http://www.ifs-sumo.org/ifs-contact.html<br />
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalSumoCommunity
Hero Extreme Skateboarding<br />
Skateboarding is one of the exciting 29 disciplines chosen for summer Heroes Extreme<br />
Sport World Championships.This event would take place in the Infinity Arena, Las Vegas,<br />
CA. There will be new challenges never yet achieved in this epic contest for best<br />
skater of all time! A Brief History of Skateboarding:<br />
Skateboarding really first started in the 1950s, when all across California surfers got the<br />
idea of trying to surf the streets. Surfing and skating would be closely linked for decades.<br />
These first skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels<br />
slapped on the bottom. Like you might imagine, a lot of people got hurt in skateboarding’s<br />
early years! The boxes turned into planks, and eventually companies were producing<br />
decks of pressed layers of wood -- similar to the skateboard decks of today. During<br />
this time, skateboarding was seen as something to do for fun after surfing.<br />
Between 1963-66 surfboard companies like Makaha and Hobie start making better-quality<br />
skateboards with clay wheels and trucks that are made for skating. The first skate contest<br />
is put on in Hermosa Beach, California, in 1963. This same year, ABC Wide World<br />
of Sports broadcasts the Skateboarding Championships.<br />
In the 70’s, with the invention of urethane wheels, new possibilities emerge. What once<br />
was a noisy, bumpy ride is now smooth and silent. Banks and ditches become skateable,<br />
as these new wheels can grip the concrete. From this point on, skating will never be the<br />
same. The California drought in the 70’s forces homeowners to drain their pools and the<br />
opportunity to skate them is grabbed by skaters. New tricks are invented daily—aerials,<br />
inverts, and the ollie. Many concrete parks are also being built, and the first professional<br />
skaters begin to receive notice. By the 80’s you have skateboarding reaching a golden<br />
age with pros like Tony Hawk emerging.<br />
Skateboarding takes a giant step into the mainstream with the 1995 ESPN’s Extreme<br />
Games, becoming more of a spectator sport. By the late 90s, skating appears in commercials<br />
for everything from soft drinks to phone companies. Fashion trends begin to reflect<br />
the influence of the skating crowd.<br />
The Rules of Skateboarding:<br />
Skateboarding has two main areas of competition, vert (ramp skating) and street skating<br />
(rails, ledges, stairs, etc.) There is also freestyle, which is just about doing crazy imaginative<br />
flip tricks. All of these styles can be combined in skateboarding and will do so in the<br />
Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships.
Skateboard judged professionally is a lot like surfing where it is all about a combination<br />
of style, speed, difficulty, consistency, trick selection, control and originality style.<br />
There is no set rules in skateboarding however, the Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships<br />
will probably adapt a point based system like the Street League, an international<br />
competitive series that is the largest competition of its kind.<br />
There are five Street League judges. Each judge has an ISX dial. They judge each trick<br />
that is done in each section on a point based system 1.0-10.0 The highest and lowest<br />
scores are dropped and then the middle three scores are instantly averaged to make the<br />
trick score that is added to the running point total.<br />
Greater reward will be given for originality, risk taking and style, thus increasing the<br />
ability for a skater to do tricks scored 7.0 or higher as long as the trick demonstrates<br />
these characteristics. More common, safer tricks will be scored lower on the scale.<br />
The inclusion of originality as a factor also means that tricks repeated in different sections<br />
will be given lower scores as they are repeated. In 2014, the goal is to take repetition<br />
into account by including innovation in an effort to make sure a skater who does<br />
three hard tricks can keep up with and/or beat someone who does six or seven safer<br />
tricks in a section.<br />
Additionally, how clean the trick is done, what kind of obstacle it’s done on, and style<br />
will all be taken into account. (http://streetleague.com/faq/)<br />
* Where is the sport most popular?<br />
California, USA, but Skateboarding is now popular all over the world.<br />
*Who are the current world champions?<br />
Skateboarding is harder to judge a single world champion as it is judged very differently<br />
in various competitions however some of the top and most famous current professional<br />
skateboarders are: Tony Hawk, Nyjah Huston, Rodney Mullen, Chris Cole, and Rob<br />
Dyrdek.<br />
*Organizations, Websites and facebook:<br />
http://streetleague.com/faq/<br />
http://theiasc.org/contact/<br />
http://www.internationalskateboardingfederation.com/<br />
http://www.wcsk8.com/history-of-wcs<br />
https://www.facebook.com/RedBullSkateboarding
Extreme Hero Surfing<br />
Surfing is one of the exciting 29 disciplines chosen for summer World Championships<br />
for Heroes. This event would take place in Santa Cruz, California, the most famous<br />
surfing hotspot on the west coast. Competitors will make sport history as they arrive<br />
as heroes at the sandy shores and take to the waves to surf to new extremes.<br />
*How and where did the sport start:<br />
The famous Captain James Cook recorded the first knowledge of surfing in 1778<br />
when he came to the Hawaiian islands. By then surfing was all ready deeply rooted in<br />
many centuries of Hawaiian legend and culture within the Polynesian people. There is<br />
no real way to knowing how long ago surfing was invented Hawaiians had no written<br />
language until the white people arrived, so their history and customs were remembered<br />
in songs and chants only. Surfing was a way for Chiefs demonstrated their skill<br />
and dominance and was also a way commoners to make themselves famous (and infamous)<br />
by the way they handled themselves in the ocean.<br />
The modern history of competitive surfing begins with the International Surfing Association<br />
(ISA) being formed and hosting the first ever World Surfing Championship in<br />
1964 at Manly Beach, Australia.<br />
Spearheaded by Fred Hemmings, the world’s greatest surfers in 1976 joined together<br />
to the launch the IPS, (International Professional Surfers) the first professional surfing<br />
world tour. From 1978 until 2002, the ISA ran the ISA World Championship every<br />
other year. The IPS was the first pro surfing governing body and on the first year of<br />
the tour Peter Townend of Australia was crowned as the very first pro surfing world<br />
champion A women’s division was added in 1977 with Margo Oberg being the first<br />
IPS Women’s World Champion.<br />
*The basic rules of scoring for the competition:<br />
Surfing has rounds called “heats.” The surfer that gets scored the highest in the most<br />
heats wins. Surfing is about combining the elements of speed, style, and power and<br />
judge must consider and evaluate all of these elements. So a surfer who rides a wave<br />
with the most speed, control, and power in the most critical section should receive the<br />
highest score.
Each wave is assigned a score from .5 to 10. A .5 basically means that the surfer got<br />
to his/her feet but made no motion down the line. Simply standing up and straightening<br />
out usually warrants a .5, however, if the conditions are heavy, and the drop is<br />
particularly fierce, then there is some leverage here.<br />
Initially, a judge must create a numerical base. For instance, a wave with two complete<br />
maneuvers should be about a 5. However, the type of wave or conditions can<br />
dictate how maneuvers are scored. For example, a wave like Pipeline is all about the<br />
tube, so the tube should be scored much higher than anything else. In addition, point<br />
breaks offer much longer rides, and the possibility for more maneuvers is greater;<br />
therefore, your score must be adjusted. In this case, a wave with five or six maneuvers<br />
might receive a 5 or 6. All conditions hold different scoring criteria for maneuvers.<br />
For a maneuver to be scored, it must be completed. No matter how radical the<br />
attempt, if he/she doesn’t emerge with both feet on the board and still being pushed<br />
by the force of the wave, it doesn’t count. Scoring is not based on previous heats.<br />
Interferences: Surfers in contests cannot catch any wave they want since that would<br />
be a free-for-all. A heat has specific rules about who has priority. The surfer who<br />
takes off closest to the peak has priority. At a beach break with more than one peak,<br />
you have to pay attention to which surfer gets to his/her feet first. If a competitor<br />
should interfere (e.g. drop in, bump boards, push over the lip of the wave, etc.) then<br />
that surfer loses his/her highest scoring wave.Judges must see the entire ride for it to<br />
count.<br />
Rules described by By Jay DiMartino, Surfing Expert<br />
* Where is the sport most popular?<br />
The top most popular places for surfing are in Hawaii were the sport originated, California<br />
and Australia but places like Costa Rica, Scotland, France and Indonesia are<br />
also hotspots.<br />
*Who are the current world champions?<br />
Male Shortboard: 2014 Gabriel Medina<br />
Female Shortboard: 2014 Stephanie Gilmore, Australia<br />
*Organizations, Website and facebook<br />
The ISA headquarters are based in California in La Jolla.<br />
Website: https://www.isasurf.org/<br />
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalSurfingAssociation?fref=ts<br />
The World Surf League:<br />
http://www.worldsurfleague.com/<br />
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WSL
Hero Extreme Cliff Diving<br />
An excellent and breathtaking addition to the Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships,<br />
cliff diving will be sure to impress. The event will take place in Hawaii in honour<br />
of its birthplace.<br />
A Brief History of Cliff Diving:<br />
This is another sport that originates in Hawaii. It is recorded from the year 1770 on the<br />
island of Lanai which lies between the islands Molokai and Maui. It is recorded in tradition<br />
that the local warriors would jump off of high rocky cliffs into rough seas to prove<br />
their courage as well as attract the ladies. In the 1800’s, the great king Kamehameha<br />
I from dynasty Kamehameha who himself was a cliff diver, would judge the style of<br />
the warrior’s jumps. Still to this day in Hawaii, cliff diving is a popular sport, jumping<br />
from heights around 25 meters with the water only being about 3.5 meters deep! In the<br />
Czech Republic was established HIGHJUMP Civic Association in 1999 (which seeks<br />
to promote and develop adrenaline sport cliff diving in the country), which organized<br />
the first ever Championship of the Czech Republic in Cliff diving in 2000. In 2009 Red<br />
Bull started the world’s biggest cliff diving competitions and gave the sport world wide<br />
attention.<br />
Read more at: http://www.highjump.cz/index.php?jazyk=en&kategorie=cliffdiving&skupina=historie<br />
Basic Rules of Cliff Diving: (From the Red Bull Cliff Diving Website)<br />
Five judges will score each dive based on a scale of 0 to 10 in half-point increments.<br />
Total points shall be tabulated at the scoring table according to the following. The<br />
highest and the lowest judges’ scores will be discarded. The remaining three scores will<br />
be added and multiplied by the degree of difficulty for that dive. This will produce the<br />
total score for each dive. The total score of all dives performed will be added together<br />
to produce the overall total for the competition for each diver.<br />
Divers perform four dives from a height ranging from 26-28m, for the men, and 20-<br />
21m, for the women. There are a total of nine groups: front, back, reverse, inward,<br />
front twists, back twists, reverse twists, inward twists and all armstand dives. The two<br />
required dives, for the men, must be performed from different take-off positions. There<br />
are five take-off positions (front, back, reverse, inward and armstand). The Degree of<br />
Difficulty for each required dive is 3.8, for the men, and 2.6, for the women. To clarify:<br />
front double half twist and front double 1½ twist are different groups, but the same<br />
take-off position. If a dive has less Degree of Difficulty, it will still be 3.8 (or 2.6).
Running take-offs on forward dive groups (including twists) are allowed, given there is<br />
enough space for the approach. If the diver enters the water with his hands up on a feetfirst<br />
entry, he can only get a maximum score of five points from each judge. Five points<br />
would mean a perfect execution of the entire dive with the exception of the arms. If arms<br />
are at or below shoulder height but not in alignment with the body (straight arms either<br />
in front or on the side of the body), judges can deduct between ½ to 2 points at their discretion,<br />
according to the degree of the mistake.<br />
A break in position at or just before entry can have a deduction of ½ to 3 points at the<br />
judge’s discretion. An intermediate break of position can receive no more than 4.5 points<br />
from each judge. If a dive is done in a completely different position than announced: for<br />
example back triple tuck instead of back triple pike, the dive can only receive a maximum<br />
of two points.<br />
All dives submitted in a list must consist of at least 180 degrees of rotation around a<br />
horizontal axis.<br />
Go to http://www.redbullcliffdiving.com/en_US/article/about for more in-depth information<br />
about the rules of Cliff diving<br />
Current World Champions of Cliff Diving as presented on the Red Bull Website:<br />
Mens: Blake Aldridge, United Kingdom<br />
The current World Series Champion and the winner of the title for three successive years<br />
in 2010, 2011 and 2012, Englishman Gary Hunt is a man at the very top of his game.<br />
Regarded as one of the most progressive divers in the sport, Hunt’s repertoire includes<br />
the triple quad, the first dive conceived exclusively for cliff diving, which packs in three<br />
somersaults and four twists and has a DD of 6.2 – the joint highest of any dive in the<br />
sport.<br />
Womans: Rachelle Simpson, USA<br />
The 27-year-old American was a gymnast before she started high diving and was undoubtedly<br />
the star performer in the first-ever Women’s World Series in 2014. The year<br />
got off to a perfect start with a win at her home event in Texas and she followed that<br />
success with victory in Norway and then made it a hat-trick of wins at the 2014 final in<br />
Mexico to confirm her as the top athlete in her sport and a very worthy champion. Already<br />
possessing the highest Degree of Difficulty of any of the female divers, ‘Rocco’<br />
will be the one to catch for an ever-improving group of athletes.<br />
The most popular location for Cliff Diving:<br />
Cliff diving is still very popular in its birthplace Hawaii but is also now popular in locations<br />
all over the world such as Brazil, Australia, Italy, Thailand, Greece and Austria.<br />
Websites and Facebook:
Extreme Hero Street Dance<br />
The Heroes Extreme World Championship is also about the promotion and celebration of more unusual<br />
sports. Street Dancing is a new sport with loads of style and will add a hugely entertaining element in<br />
the lineup. Some of the best dancers in the world will compete in one of the most physical and theatrical<br />
forms of dance known to man. Street Dancing will take place in the Infinity Light Arena.<br />
*History of Street Dance:<br />
Street dance, formally known as vernacular dance, refers to dance styles—regardless of country<br />
of origin—that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance<br />
parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs. They are often improvisational and<br />
social in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and other dancers.<br />
According to nrg-streetdance.com, the true history of Hip hop reaches back to the 192O’s with Earl<br />
Tucker “Snake Hips” who was a dancer and entertainer who performed in venues across New York. In<br />
Tucker’s moves you can see the beginnings of waving and gliding, which are now fundamental elements<br />
of Street dance.<br />
“Street Dance is inextricably tied to both Hip Hop music (or rap) and graffiti. In 1973 a young Jamaican-American<br />
DJ called “Kool Herc” arrived in the Bronx of New York and began developing the sound<br />
that hip hop artists have embraced as “break beats”. Kool Herc began mixing and scratching the<br />
music along with the breaks, and the singers began to speak while the music played ( These singers<br />
are now called MC’s).<br />
Street dance from the 1970’s onwards flourished. Across the United States from the ‘Boogie Down’<br />
Bronx, New York to the ‘Beat Street’ corners of Compton, California, young people everywhere took<br />
to this new style of dancing that featured the human body moving in incredible new ways with moves<br />
that included such feats as breaking, popping, locking, gliding, ticking, vibrating and krumping. As funk<br />
began to change, unique forms of hip hop dance started to develop.<br />
Early on dance competitions started on the sidewalks of the US and today have developed into what<br />
we now call “battles.” Dancers evolved into “B” boys and formed crews. Although these battles were<br />
competitive, collaboration occurred bringing the East and West sides together. The constant need for<br />
improvisation to create new and exciting dance steps makes Street Dance a truly fun, exciting and<br />
inspirational experience.<br />
Street Dance can’t really be defined. This dance style allows you to create your own way through innovation<br />
and creativity. Street uses many genres and styles. It’s been influenced by almost every dance<br />
that we’ve heard of and even today it continues to evolve and change.” http://www.nrg-streetdance.<br />
com/
Currently the biggest worldwide organisation for Street Dancing is UDO. They have hosted the Street<br />
Dancing World Championships since 2005. As expressed on their website:<br />
“The UDO strives to provide dancers of all ages, backgrounds, abilities and disabilities, a platform to<br />
positively display their creativity and love for Street Dance.<br />
As the leading organisation in street dance across the UK, Europe and the World, the UDO plans to<br />
continue to grow and develop the art of street dance, by delivering high quality events, and teacher<br />
and dancer development programs. We work with partner agencies and other companies to ensure we<br />
can provide world class events and education. Our range of events are designed to allow dance to be<br />
inclusive to all and we pride ourselves on this.”<br />
How Street dancing is judged:<br />
UDO describes how they judge their Street Dancing competitions: Street dancers can enter competitions<br />
either as solo, duo or teams of at least 5 and can be as large as 25. There can also be 1v1<br />
“Hip Hop Battles.” All dancers are also divided up into age groups as well. Solo and duo dancers have<br />
different rules compared to team dancers. However, all dancers are judged on the following criteria:<br />
1.Use of foundation street styles<br />
Two points per style with up to a maximum of 10. Minimum per style is 32 counts (4 x 8)<br />
Styles are as follows: Hip hop, House, Popping, Locking, Krump, Breaking, Waacking, Voguing<br />
Dancehall. Originality and creativity is encouraged.<br />
2.Execution<br />
Quality of movement, synconicity, precision<br />
3.Creativity<br />
Original ideas, muiscaility, unique movement<br />
4.Formations<br />
Transitions, levels, use of stage<br />
5.Performance skills<br />
Projection, dynamics, energy, presentation<br />
The world champions change every year and there are different champions for solo, duo, and team<br />
dancers and also different champions in each age group.<br />
*Organizations, Websites and facebook:<br />
For more on the current world champions of 2015 and for more details on the rules for each of the<br />
categories of Street Dancing, visit UDO’s website at:<br />
https://www.udostreetdance.com/<br />
UDO Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UDOstreetdance
Heroes Extreme Skyscraper Climbing<br />
This death defying, heart racing sport of free climbing athletes that scale skyscrapers without any<br />
ropes or support is sure to get the blood pumping at the Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships.<br />
There will be a glass and medal structure with new extreme challenges for the climbers<br />
especially built for the Infinity Light Arena for this event.<br />
A Brief History of Skyscraper Climbing:<br />
Skyscraper climbing is a new and exciting extreme sport that is actually not an organised sport at<br />
all. This is mostly because it is usually illegal to climb these structures as a civilian for recreational<br />
purposes as it is usually considered trespassing but also it is obviously incredibly dangerous.<br />
This is an all or nothing sort of sport with the risk of failure being death or serious injury. The<br />
climber has to be completely confident in his or her skills.<br />
Slowly, around the world, daredevil climbers are challenging themselves with this new form of<br />
climbing. Going from the organic forms of the mountains, climbers turn themselves to the urban<br />
beast that is the sky scraper. With its smooth metal and glass exterior, towering high above the<br />
city, it could be seen as the ultimate challenge.<br />
There are a few famous sky scraper climbers in the world all ready. American 16-year-old Justin<br />
Casquejo made headlines when he snuck past security and scaled the World Trade Center. Vadim<br />
Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov are famous Russian “roofers” who have summated iconic buildings<br />
around the world such as the Shanghai Tower in China, the second tallest building in the world<br />
stretching 2,073 feet into the sky. However, the most famous skyscraper climber of all is French<br />
climber, Alain Robert, also known as the “ French Spider Man.”<br />
At age 54, Robert has surpassed competition with his daring feats. Considering he has vertigo, the<br />
crippling fear of heights, he has accomplished a lot! He has climbed the world’s tallest building, the<br />
Burj Khalifa in Dubai which is a staggering 2,716.5 feet high (828 metres)! He has also scaled the<br />
Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House and the Montparnasse Tower as well as many other of the<br />
world’s tallest skyscrapers. In February 2003, he legally climbed the 656 ft (200 metre) National<br />
Bank of Abu Dhabi, UAE, watched by about 100,000 spectators.<br />
In recent years it has became more frequent for Robert to be paid to scale buildings as part of<br />
publicity efforts. In May 2003, he was paid approximately $18,000 to climb the 312 foot (95 metres)<br />
Lloyd’s Building to promote the premiere of the movie Spider-Man on the British television channel<br />
Sky Movies. He has won many awards and has appeared in the Guinness World Records three times<br />
with record breaking climbs.
However, the French Spider Man is not invincible. Alain Robert has admitted to having some serious<br />
falls in his climbing career.<br />
On 18 January 1982, at age 19, he fell 49 feet when his anchor and rope gave way during training.<br />
He fractured his wrists, heels and nose and underwent three operations. On the 29th September<br />
1982, at age 20, he fell 49 feet when his rope came undone while abseiling. He was in a coma for<br />
five days and fractured both forearms, his elbow, pelvis and nose. His elbow was also dislocated<br />
and a nerve was damaged, leaving him partially paralyzed. He also suffered cerebral edema and<br />
vertigo. He underwent six operations on his hands and elbow.<br />
Also in 1993, he fell 26 feet while showing students how to rely on their legs when climbing. He<br />
kept his hands behind his back on an easy route but lost his balance and fell headfirst, shattering<br />
both wrists. He went into another coma and spent two months in the hospital. In 2004, he fell 6<br />
feet when climbing a traffic light whilst posing for a photo in an interview. He landed on his elbow<br />
and needed forty stitches. However, just one month later he climbed the world’s tallest skyscraper<br />
at the time, Taipei 101 in China, as part of its official opening week.<br />
“ Climbing is my passion, my philosophy of life.<br />
Although I suffer from vertigo, although my accidents left me disabled up to 66%,<br />
I have become the best solo climber. “<br />
-Alain Robert<br />
Interview with French “Spider Man” Alain Robert<br />
Name: Alain Phillippe Robert<br />
Weight: 50kg<br />
Height 1.64 meters, 5’5<br />
Birthday: 7 August 1962<br />
1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings?<br />
I started climbing in the year 1975. At first it was to prove to myself that I was not a loser. I<br />
climbed my parents building where we were living, it was seven stories. Not long after I became a<br />
boy scout and this is when I really started to climb.<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport?<br />
I didn’t see climbing as a sport as 40 years ago it wasn’t. Climbing was something more adventurous<br />
than a sport for me. I liked the idea of conquering something with the risk of death. For<br />
me it seems to be courageous. And it seemed to have so much more added value compared with<br />
the other sports like football and so on.<br />
3. What do you have to do to train and prepare for this sport?<br />
The training was pretty much about climbing as much as I could. I did physical training home as<br />
well like pull ups, pushups and many other muscle strengthening kind of exercises. Later on I
had my own climbing wall at home. I also had to be on a good diet, just healthy food to make sure I<br />
did not gain too much weight.<br />
4. As a professional, what is the best thing about this sport and what sets it apart from others?<br />
Even though and now it may be a sport at least and for me it is more like a life style. Especially<br />
since I have been climbing buildings most of the time illegally, so my dedication is strong. I’m am<br />
also not competing against other people so it is different from a sport. It’s more like I am doing<br />
what I believe in life and I’m accepting the consequences.<br />
With the buildings I climb some may be easy and others difficult or even very difficult. It depends<br />
on the structure. But before the buildings, I have been climbing a lot of cliffs and mountains without<br />
any ropes at a level that nobody else did before. And I’m talking about things I did more than<br />
20 years ago. Such as climbing the mountain La Buit Du Lezard in Buouxor Polpot in Verdon.<br />
5. What are some of your favorite achievements?<br />
Some of my best accomplishments in climbing skyscrapers are the Sears building in Chicago or<br />
the Petronas in Kuala Lumpur, still the highest twin towers in the world. Both were illegal. I got<br />
5 Guinness World Records certificates. I also got the Grand Prix of the French senate in France after<br />
I climbed the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. I got one price from the IOC in 1991 in Poprad Slovakia after<br />
I climbed at the time what was the hardest route ever. I got plenty of prizes : Prix de L’exploit<br />
Sportif is one I am very proud of. I’m also in the book: Les 100 Plus Grands Sportifs De Tous Les<br />
Temps.<br />
“ Being a top athlete requires total concentration and some sacrifices. I have suffered a great<br />
deal, but here’s the result. Never give up;<br />
make your dreams come true “.<br />
-Alain ROBERT<br />
* Websites and facebook:<br />
You can check out more on:<br />
Alain’s website at: http://www.alainrobert.com/<br />
Also facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frenchspiderman?ref=tn_tnmn<br />
And Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABSYNTHEproduction
Hero Extreme Jet Ski Racing<br />
The Hero Extreme Sports World Championships welcomes the high paced and thrilling sport of<br />
Jet Ski Racing to the competition. The motorcycles of the sea will do battle for the quickest and<br />
most agile rider in the world. Jet Skiing for the Hero Extreme Sports World Championships will<br />
take place at Pismo Beach, California.<br />
History of Jet Ski Racing:<br />
Jet Skiing began as a new recreational sport in 1973 when Japanese company Kawasaki created<br />
the first stand up jet skis models WSAA and WSAB. They were an instant global success as Jet<br />
Skis offered a completely new way to enjoy water sports with the excitement of high speed. The<br />
Jet Ski continued to evolve from its beginnings in the 70s into the sophisticated technology that<br />
runs our modern high performance machines today.<br />
David Wiles , a partner at South Bay Motorsports in the San Diego area, had a profound impact<br />
on the sport and organized and put on the very first organized Jet Ski Race ever in 1977.<br />
Riders from around the country had been chomping at the bit to compete in the brand new<br />
recreational activity. Davis organized other dealers in the area and local clubs to bring about this<br />
event. He met and coordinated with Bill Gray at KMC and racing was started. David had this to say<br />
about that event:<br />
“The first big race drew 150 boats from as far as Massachusetts. The radio station broadcast<br />
from the race site, and a SIG alert was issued on Interstate 5, as the 8000 spectators trying to<br />
get onto Fiesta Island caused a major traffic snarl. The race was attended by the President of<br />
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, who declared, “This is how to sell Jet Skis!” It was magic, and those<br />
who raced were the big part of that magic. No disputes, just pure energy and excitement”<br />
David put on more races, some were held in Carlsbad David still hosts a Catalina run annually.<br />
From this the sport grew and expanded. David inspired Jet Skis to be more than just a fun recreational<br />
water sport but also a competitive global professional sport.<br />
( as explained on http://motoractionmedia.com/)<br />
How the Sport Works:<br />
The International Jet Sports Boating Association or IJSBA is the organization that leads Jet Ski<br />
racing and regulates it worldwide. The IJSBA acts as an international governing and sanctioning<br />
body for personal watercraft racing and to foster fair competition by formulating and promoting<br />
uniform rules and safety standards. It also promotes, organizes and supervise personal watercraft<br />
events in a professional manner and supervises and grant affiliation to international organizations<br />
with similar purposes and to cooperate with such organizations.
Though there are many international championships and competitions for Jet Ski racing, the IJS-<br />
BA puts on the biggest competition world-wide to find the top Champions of the sport.<br />
As explained on their website: “The IJSBA World Finals is the world’s premier event for all things<br />
Personal Watercraft. Now in 2015, the 34th consecutive year of operation, the IJSBA World Finals<br />
continues to be the unrivaled showcase of the human spirit in forms of engineering, athletic<br />
achievement, camaraderie, and sportsmanship. This sport is a mix of human athleticism and<br />
human innovation in engineering durable but powerful watercraft.<br />
The World Finals is centered around the sports of Closed Course Racing and Freestyle Competition.<br />
Closed Course Racing has a starting line of Personal Watercraft dashing towards a first turn<br />
buoy and then navigating several laps through a buoy course.<br />
Freestyle has individual athletes demonstrating tricks and stunts during a one or two minute<br />
routine for a judge’s score. Professionals, Amateurs, Juniors, and Womens divisions will all bring<br />
hundreds of athletes from more than 50 nations to compete for the title of World Champion. Only<br />
the Olympic Games have more individual nations represented at a single venue.<br />
Now the Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships can surpass even the Olympics for this sport<br />
with record breaking participants all fighting to be the best of the best.<br />
*Where is the sport most popular?<br />
Though this sport started in California, it is now popular all over the world wherever there is<br />
water, fresh and salt water alike.<br />
*Who are the current world champions?<br />
Currently the world champions are Fumikazu Watanabe of Japan in Pro Freestyle and USA’s Tim<br />
Warner in Pro Runabout.<br />
*Organizations, Websites and facebook:<br />
http://www.ijsba.com/<br />
https://www.facebook.com/IJSBA/<br />
http://www.jetski-worldcup.com/
Hero Extreme Downhill Mountain Biking<br />
This is one of the sports that defines “extreme sports” as the danger and skill involved in downhill<br />
mountain biking is awe inspiring. The Downhill Mountain Biking for the Heroe’s Extreme Sport World<br />
Championships will take place on a Downhill MTB Trail in Idyllwild, California.<br />
History of Mountain Biking as an official sport According to the UCI Website:<br />
Mountain Biking was first recognised as an official sport but The Union Cycliste Internationale<br />
(UCI). The UCI is the world governing body for the sport of cycling recognised by the International<br />
Olympic Committee (IOC). The UCI was founded in Paris in 1900, and its headquarters are now<br />
located at the UCI’s World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. The Union Cycliste Internationale<br />
(UCI)’s commitment is to lead the development of cycling as a competitive sport and activity in all<br />
its forms, across the world.<br />
The first mountain bike competitions were held in California (USA) in the early eighties. Since then<br />
the discipline has grown very fast, in all aspects. The first World Championships to be officially<br />
recognized by the UCI dates back to 1990. A World Cup was set up the following year.<br />
Mountain biking has four specialties that include:<br />
CROSS-COUNTRY (part of the Olympic programme)<br />
Cross-country races are held over undulating circuits (with technical descents, forest roads,<br />
rocky paths and obstacles) of 5 to 9 km. The race varies from 1 h 45 minutes to 2 h 30 minutes<br />
depending on the category.<br />
CROSS-COUNTRY MARATHON<br />
The marathon event is a long version of cross-country held over a course of 60 to 120 km. A<br />
special feature is that riders from all categories, from enthusiasts to professionals, race together.<br />
The marathon event is held in a mountainous region. In contrast to the Olympic cross-country<br />
format, the riders never pass the same point twice.<br />
DOWNHILL<br />
Downhill (also referred to as DHI) is a race against the clock in which the rider negotiates a succession<br />
of fast and technical passages. The participant must demonstrate courage as well as<br />
sharp technical and piloting skills in order to affront tree roots, banked sections, bumps, jumps<br />
and other natural obstacles along the way. Speeds reach around 80km/h in the men’s races and<br />
70km/h for women.<br />
FOUR-CROSS<br />
In four-cross (often abbreviated to “4-cross” or “4X”), four participants set off together to ride<br />
down a track that alternates banked corners and jumps. The races are very rapid (between 30<br />
seconds and one minute) and give rise to fierce and closely contested confrontations between
the riders. The winner is the first to cross the finish line. The four-cross races take place over<br />
several qualifying rounds.<br />
*Who are the current world champions?<br />
The Current World Champions in the 3 categories in the UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships<br />
are:<br />
Cross Country: Julien ABSALON (France) Age 35<br />
Downhill: Loic BRUNI (France) Age 21<br />
4-Cross: Aiko GÖHLER (Germany) Age 25<br />
*Where is the sport most popular?<br />
This sport is popular all over the world as riders are constantly looking for new and exciting environments<br />
to make into challenging and impressive courses.<br />
The Hero Extreme Sport Championships will focus on extreme Downhill Mountain Biking with one<br />
of the most difficult courses around the world featured as seen on the Red Bull Bike Site. You can<br />
expect riders to fly down impossibly steep mountain cliffs with extra ramps, curves and obstacles<br />
added to make the ultimate challenge. The extent that these exceptional athletes will go to prove<br />
their skill has to be seen to be believed. The Red Bull Site is full of video clips that show just how<br />
jaw dropping and death defying this extreme sport is.<br />
*Organizations, Websites and facebook:<br />
http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/bike/mtb<br />
http://www.uci.ch/mountain-bike/<br />
officialUCI<br />
https://www.facebook.com/
ILA: ARENAS /FL1<br />
20.99$/15.99£/17.99€
Published in the UK by Light Man Comics, London, UK.<br />
www.lightmancomics.com and www.hewc.tv<br />
Printed and bound in the UK by Mixam Inc. www.mixam.co.uk<br />
Copyright © Light Man Comics 2015. Story, illustration and text copyright ©<br />
Marek Light. 2015<br />
The moral rights of the author have been asserted.<br />
All rights reserved . No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in<br />
a retrieval system or transmitted in any form<br />
or by any means, either electronic or mechanical, including<br />
photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior<br />
permission of the publisher.<br />
ISBN: 978-1-943847-44-0<br />
PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR/ ARTIST AND WRITER: MAREK LIGHT<br />
WRITER AND TEXT EDITOR: BRITAIN STELLY<br />
TEXT EDITOR: CLEVELAND O. MCLEISH<br />
ARTIST: EGOR PADALKA
The Infinity Light Arenas:<br />
The Infinity Light Arenas will be a new state of the art building and like its namesake,<br />
the arena will be shaped in a unique infinity shape that has two massive stadiums<br />
housed within its figure of infinity shape. The stadiums will be able to hold thousands of<br />
people. Each stadium will be able to facilitate an 800 meter track within the oval shape.<br />
The Infinity Light Arenas will also feature a massive solar power billboard, towering<br />
into the sky with advertisers having the advantage of having an add that can literally<br />
be seen from across the city. This is innovation at its best because the solar powered<br />
place and light around the arena will not use petrol.<br />
The Infinity Light Arenas will also have dozens of retail shops, restaurants, a theatre,<br />
a concert/performance hall and a museum dedicated to the history of extreme sports<br />
and the Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships. It will be like a small village with<br />
endless entertainment for all ages. Within the center of the infinity area are casino,<br />
and one hotel for accommodation, as well as other facilities to allow a very convenient,<br />
and entertaining stay for patrons travelling from different parts of the world to come<br />
and view this event. There will also be a shopping center with seven magnificent levels,<br />
facilitating numerous shops that will carry many different merchandise to create a<br />
very unique, never-ending shopping experience known to those who have shopped on<br />
the Las Vegas strip.<br />
This special arena will not only be a famous architectural visual wonder that will draw<br />
people worldwide but it will also lead the way in the latest scientific solar energy. It<br />
will save and make hundreds and thousands by being completely powered by the sun<br />
with solar panels being built into the design and walls of the arena itself.<br />
Even the parking lot will make use of this exciting technology. There will also be a car<br />
park underneath the arena for those who can appreciate a tunnel of light kind of experience.<br />
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The Infinity Light Arenas will be investing in the new “Solar Roadways” technology that<br />
will turn all pathways, surfaces, roads, and even competition areas into solar panels<br />
that not only collect and convert the sun’s energy but will change colour and design<br />
on demand for every purpose. These solar panels have LED lights within them that can<br />
work in unison to change into whatever pattern or design needed as well as generate<br />
air conditioning and use interactive smart technology for fun and for safety.<br />
These solar roadways have already undergone several levels of testing. This new<br />
technology will allow everyone to have power. There will be no more power shortages,<br />
and no more roaming power outages.<br />
There will be less dependency on foreign oil, less pollution with a very long term advantage.<br />
These roads will allow electric vehicles to recharge anywhere with the same<br />
range as a gasoline vehicle. Check out http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml<br />
for more details. Collaboration with the designers of these unique solar panels is<br />
already in discussion.<br />
The Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships along with the Infinity Arenas will<br />
also be a huge opportunity for investors. The way the building is designed will allow<br />
for advertising to be exposed to levels never seen before. The arena will utilize its<br />
design of the building being made of solar panels to also act as mass revolving billboards<br />
that can change and circulate around the outside and inside of the arena.<br />
The Olympics creates billions for investors and the Heroes Extreme Sport World<br />
Championships is expected to draw even higher interest being a new and bolder take<br />
on the Olympics with unprecedented mass appeal. Big brands like Cocoa Cola, Mc-<br />
Donalds, Disney, Sony, Samsung, Apple, Acer, Red Bull, Nike, Reebok, Mercedes, BMW<br />
and many more can take advantage of the unique and powerful new design that will<br />
captivate people with stunning interactive visuals of advertising that is guaranteed to<br />
excite. Broadcasting rights will further capitalize investors profits as well.<br />
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There will be less dependency on foreign oil, less pollution with a very long term<br />
advantage. These roads will allow electric vehicles to recharge anywhere with the<br />
same range as a gasoline vehicle. Check out http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.<br />
shtml for more details. Collaboration with the designers of these unique solar panels<br />
is already in discussion.<br />
The Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships along with the Infinity Arenas will<br />
also be a huge opportunity for investors. The way the building is designed will allow<br />
for advertising to be exposed to levels never seen before. The arena will utilize its<br />
design of the building being made of solar panels to also act as mass revolving billboards<br />
that can change and circulate around the outside and inside of the arena.<br />
The Olympics creates billions for investors and the Heroes Extreme Sport World<br />
Championships is expected to draw even higher interest being a new and bolder take<br />
on the Olympics with unprecedented mass appeal. Big brands like Cocoa Cola, Mc-<br />
Donalds, Disney, Sony, Samsung, Apple, Acer, Red Bull, Nike, Reebok, Mercedes, BMW<br />
and many more can take advantage of the unique and powerful new design that will<br />
captivate people with stunning interactive visuals of advertising that is guaranteed to<br />
excite. Broadcasting rights will further capitalize investors profits as well.<br />
There will be massive screens throughout the venue for advertisers and sponsors to<br />
air the events live at all times and also for posting live footage and scoring results of<br />
the events so no one will miss any of the action.<br />
The Infinity light Arenas will have plenty of room to host an epically scaled international<br />
film, gaming and comic con throughout the 29 days of the Heroes Extreme<br />
Sport World Championships. This is another fantastic opportunity for profit and a<br />
massive promotion from the entertainment world combining beautifully with the<br />
sport’s world. There can be features like guest celebrities from Hollywood doing talks<br />
and signings, previews of the latest films and games to build excitement and sellers<br />
from all over the world offering unique and amazing comic, film, gaming and sports<br />
memorabilia and merchandise.<br />
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There will be massive screens throughout the venue for advertisers and sponsors to<br />
air the events live at all times and also for posting live footage and scoring results of<br />
the events so no one will miss any of the action.<br />
The Infinity light Arenas will have plenty of room to host an epically scaled international<br />
film, gaming and comic con throughout the 29 days of the Heroes Extreme Sport<br />
World Championships. This is another fantastic opportunity for profit and a massive<br />
promotion from the entertainment world combining beautifully with the sport’s world.<br />
There can be features like guest celebrities from Hollywood doing talks and signings,<br />
previews of the latest films and games to build excitement and sellers from all over<br />
the world offering unique and amazing comic, film, gaming and sports memorabilia and<br />
merchandise.<br />
The Infinity Light Arenas will have infinite uses after the Heroes Extreme Sport World<br />
Championships. It can continue to be a location for big sporting events, casinos, a<br />
hotel, a theme park, a shopping mecca and an exhibition to the latest technological<br />
advancements of human potential. It will be a building like no other, and tourist attraction<br />
in its own right.<br />
Ready planes and license to build in 3 months time for any Borough.<br />
The construction, ready and done in one year time.<br />
The total capacity of the infinity light arenas is 120.000, each arena can launched<br />
55.000 - 60.000 seats for the sport and entertaining fans.<br />
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Future Light One - FL1 :<br />
With the ambitious build of the Infinity Light Arena for the Heroes Extreme Sport World<br />
Championships comes a new and exciting extreme sport: Future Light One (Future<br />
Formula One), a new kind of car racing never seen or experienced before. Throughout<br />
the years, car racing entrepreneurs have always sought to find a way for cars to<br />
go faster, with minimal risk. We are thrilled by the movies that are built around this<br />
sport, but know that if<br />
we tried to replicate what we see on the screen, it carries of risk of damage, and<br />
even tragedy. All that is about to change. The Future Light One (Future Formula One)<br />
will be a highlight and history making sport as technology and sportsmanship combine<br />
in this unique<br />
and very futuristic way.<br />
It is easy to envision something that has never been done before, to see the concept<br />
in all its glory, even pen in full color what it would look like. The challenge is making<br />
the vision a reality. Thankfully, there are many resources that are already in existence<br />
to facilitate this. One such is the solar roadway technology. Using the solar roadway<br />
technology, a solar race track circulating the perimeter of the Infinity Light Arena will<br />
be built specifically for this event. The tracks will be encased inside a tunnel using the<br />
solar roadway panels that is supported off the ground by sturdy, large columns and<br />
intertwines above and between the parking lots, shopping center, hotel, casino, and<br />
the general seating area within both stadiums. The full length of the track will be over<br />
2500 meters in length.<br />
Specially built shuttle race cars that can travel within these tunnels at very fast<br />
speeds will be built to allow participants to travel at alarming high speeds that can<br />
only be achieved within these tunnels. The tunnel shape will allow the new race cars<br />
to do this in a safe and entertaining way. All racers will be contained within this solar<br />
light tunnel and would have received ample training in how to maneuver and race in<br />
these vehicles to assure it is a successful new extreme sport.<br />
With this being the maiden voyage of this new sport, all the world is sure to be watching,<br />
with that added desire top participate. Everyone loves when there is someone or<br />
an entity who is bold enough to make the impossible a reality.
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Once Future Light One ( Future Formula One) has proved itself at the Heroes Extreme<br />
Sport World Championships, it is sure to take the world by storm and tracks<br />
will be built around the globe to accommodate this exciting new sport. More people<br />
will catch and expand on the vision, making this event something someone would<br />
probably travel from one end of the earth to another just to participate. This will be<br />
a dream come true for everyone who loves to be behind the wheel of a fast car, with<br />
the risk eliminated. Again, this will be a massive and lucrative investment opportunity<br />
for big corporations, and individuals willing to maximize on their profits.<br />
The Future Light One (Future Formula One) is indeed the future of car racing. Never<br />
before as the world seen an event of this magnitude. As the event grows, and becomes<br />
exposed, there will be a heightened interest in extreme sports that will unite<br />
fans all over the world, opening the door to many other possibilities.<br />
The cars, and roadways will function and be powered solely from the sun. There is<br />
no added expense for petrol, or any other fuel or maintenance parts. It will be built<br />
to function from a natural source eliminating expenses, and maximizing profits.<br />
There is nothing that has ever been created or attempted that can compare to this<br />
event. Despite our greatest efforts, we have never been able to achieve pushing<br />
the limits of a car beyond a certain KPH. The Future Light One (Future Formula One)<br />
will change all that. Wits and guts will be tested within the confines of an adrenaline<br />
completion where only the strongest and the fastest will emerge as the winner.<br />
This event is designed to stretch us to our limits in speed and skill. It will be a joy to<br />
those who participate, and equally for those who will stand on the sidelines, or sit in<br />
the grandstands to witness this awesome feat.<br />
There will also be camera embedded in this tunnel in order to capture memorable<br />
moments that will be broadcast on the television screens scattered in the arena,<br />
and also broadcast to the world at large. We will have the opportunity to get a close,<br />
high definition view of what is taking place in the tunnels, without missing a heartbeat.<br />
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The rest of this book will highlight each of the 29 disciplines for the first summer<br />
event for the Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships. Giving deeper insight into<br />
the rules, history and current world champions of each discipline, the reader can<br />
feel prepared and engaged with the upcoming competitions with deeper understanding<br />
and appreciation.<br />
This book will also give information of where to find out more about each discipline,<br />
spreading the awareness of these unique and exciting extreme sports to a wider and<br />
more varied audience. The hope is that readers can find different sports that reflect<br />
the inner hero inside themselves and will inspire the interest and participation in<br />
these sports themselves. Enjoy!<br />
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Athletes:<br />
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship<br />
art book:<br />
1st Alain<br />
Last Robert<br />
Middle Philippe<br />
Weight 50kg<br />
Height 1,64<br />
Alain Robert - French Spiderman. Discipline: Heroes Extreme Urban Climbing.<br />
1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings?<br />
Did start climbing year 1975. At 1st to prove to myself that I was not a loser I did climb my parents<br />
building. 7 storeys building. Then and not long after I became a boy scout and this is when<br />
I have really started to climb.<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport?<br />
I didn’t see climbing as a sport as 40 years ago it wasn’t. Was much more something adventurous.<br />
I did like the idea to conquer something with that possibility of life and death. For me it<br />
seems to be be courageous. And added value compare with the other sports like football and<br />
so on.<br />
3. What do you have to do to train and prepare for this sport?<br />
Abt training it was pretty much abt climbing as much as I could. Training home aswell. Like pull<br />
up, push ups and many kind of exercices. Later on having your own climbing wall at home.<br />
4. As a professional, what is the best thing about this sport and what sets it apart from others?<br />
Eventhough and now it may be a sport at least and for me it is apart from being a sport. More<br />
like a life style. Espacially since I have been climbing some buildings most of the time illegaly.<br />
I’m bot competing against other people. I do my stuff and I’m assuming the consequences.<br />
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About buildings some may be easy and others difficult or even very difficult. It depends on the<br />
structure. But for doing that I have been climbing a lot of clifs with no rope. At that time at a<br />
level that nobody else did before. And I’m talking abt things I did more than 20 years ago. Such<br />
as climbing La buit du lezard in buoux 8ab or Polpot in Verdon.<br />
5. What was the scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this sport and how did you<br />
overcome it? Talking abt building some of my best accomplishements are the sears in Chicago<br />
or the Petronas in Kuala Lumpur. Still the highest twin towers in the world. Both were illegal.<br />
Got 5 guiness world records certificate. Got the grand prix of the french senat in france after<br />
I did climb Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Got one price from the IOC in 91 in Poprad Slovakia after I did<br />
climb at that time the hardest route ever and free solo.8b.<br />
Got plenty of prizes : Prix de l’exploit sportif. I’m in the book : les 100 plus grands<br />
sportifs de tous les temps.<br />
6.What is the funniest/weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst doing this sport professionally?<br />
Funny thing may be in Kuala. After being arrested by the cops. Sepending 2 days in a lock up<br />
being received by the king at the queen from malaysia but also the french ambassador.<br />
7.Have you ever had a serious injury from this sport?<br />
I fell 7 times. Recognised by the social security 66 percent disabled.condemned by the dr not<br />
to climb back after my 2nd fall in sept 1982. Then it gave me the envy to fight and to come back.<br />
Will power has been the main thing.<br />
8.Who is your real life hero and why?<br />
I don’t have real life heroes. Or they may be people like mother theresa or sister emanuel.<br />
9.Do you have a favourite comic book or film hero and why?<br />
Not really. I’m far too pragmatic for having that kind of heroes from comic book.<br />
10.What do you think about extreme and more unusual sports getting their own world championships<br />
like the Olympics?<br />
Why not. When something is becoming popular it seems to be the natural process. On my side<br />
I’m good competing with myself.<br />
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Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art<br />
book:<br />
Viki Gomez. Discipline: Heroes Extreme BMX Freestyle.<br />
Heroes World Championship Art <strong>Book</strong><br />
Viki Gomez Elite BMX Flatland Rider<br />
Name: Jorge Gomez (a ka Viki Gomez)<br />
Age: 34 (1981)<br />
Nationality: Spain<br />
Weight: 70 kg<br />
Height: 1, 75 cm<br />
Title & Accomplishments:<br />
• BMX Flatland World Champion 2015 (BMX Flatland World Circuit 2015) (Viki won 3/5<br />
competitions - Switzerland, Spain and Canada)<br />
• “Number One BMX Flatlander of the Year 2015” (Global BMX Awards by RIDEbmx - Las<br />
Vegas, US)<br />
Social Media & Profile pages: Webpage: www.vikigomez.com Facebook: https://www.<br />
facebook.com/Viki-Gómez-324336623841/ (Viki Gomez) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vikigomezbmx/?hl=en<br />
(@vikigomezbmx) Twitter: https://twitter.com/vikibmx<br />
(@vikibmx) Red Bull: http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/athletes/1331574608221/<br />
jorge-viki-gomez Management: GG.M. www.ggmimage.com
1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings?<br />
A: My name is Jorge Gomez. I am from Madrid, Spain and I live in Madrid and in Luxembourg<br />
together with my Fiancé since 2013. I started riding BMX as a young kid of 7 years<br />
old, when I got my first BMX for Christmas from my father. I am forever grateful for my<br />
Dad’s gift to me.<br />
My first competition ever was in Portugal in 1998, at the age of 17, expert classification. I<br />
won that contest and I decided to quit secondary school and focus on riding and in competitions.<br />
In 2001, I became a “Professsional BMX Flatland Rider”, at the age of 20, and<br />
started to travel the world for world class competitions. At that time, I was the youngest<br />
rider in “pro class”, and without any sponsors. Competing was my own real video game,<br />
saving up on scoring money in order to go to the next round/competition, to train myself<br />
on how it is to compete professionally until I win consistently. In 2003, I signed for<br />
Red Bull, as the first ever Red Bull BMX Flatland Athlete, as I won the Red Bull Circle of<br />
Balance in 2002, and in 2007 and then again in 2012. In 2010, I became the official World<br />
Champion and then again now in 2015. In 2013 I won the most prestigious BMX Global<br />
Awards in the US, as the “Number One Flatlander of the Year 2013”, and then again now<br />
in 2015. I started my own BMX Flatland Bicycle company “KUOPPA GOMEZ BIKES” in 2007,<br />
I paused that for some years, and now for 2016 it is officially back in business ready to<br />
roll. ;)<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport?<br />
A: I started riding BMX Flatland at the age of 14 when I saw some cool guys doing flat<br />
tricks on their BMX bikes in the central park of Madrid, “El parque de Retiro”, and after<br />
having seen the latest Nicole Kidman movie, “BMX Bandits”. Ever since the I am hooked to<br />
BMX Flatland. What I still today love is the entire lifestyle that come with it, the people you<br />
meet, the places you see, the pressure and anxiety of competing and the amazing opportunities<br />
you get. I feel truly blessed for what I am able to create for myself by following<br />
my passion and dream.
5. What was the scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this sport and how<br />
did you overcome it?<br />
A: It is actually very scary everyday to go out there and try hard and new tricks. I play<br />
with the fear and I overcome it slowly with prudence and courage.<br />
6. What is the funniest/weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst doing this sport<br />
professionally?<br />
A: Funniest was to be practicing back stage for a show at the Laureus in Abu Dhabi and<br />
meet Morgan Freeman. He came up to me, cause as it seemed, he likes BMX Flatland and<br />
it felt as if I knew him from always. He is an amazing person and if God has someone who<br />
might look alike it is definitely Morgan Freeman!<br />
Weirdest must be that time when a fan came up to me, while practicing outside of my hotel<br />
in Shanghai, and went on how much he loved me and looked up to me, only later finding<br />
out that he thought I was Danny McKascill!! :p (LOL) I hope he didn’t get too disappointed..<br />
hehe.<br />
7. Have you ever had a serious injury from this sport?<br />
A: Fortunately no! However, every Flatland rider will go through mental breakdowns from<br />
time to time, due to the pressure of being original and progressing with new tricks infor<br />
bigger competitions, as well as to represent sponsors. Other than that, I have dislocated<br />
my right shoulder, suffered a tennis elbow/tendinitis for a longer period, suffered from<br />
low-back problems, and minor knee problems with the inner liquids. I feel blessed for all<br />
of this, as it makes you who you are, stronger, as well as learning from mistakes that<br />
later gives you the experience of total control and manoeuvre. This goes for multiple<br />
disciplines and other occupational choices.
8. Who is your real life hero and why?<br />
A: So many and I must say myself. And the reason is because I know I have the capacity<br />
and power to make dreams to become true, my own. I believe everyone should work hard<br />
to later being able to look up to themselves, respect themselves and see themselves as<br />
the hero they once wanted to become.<br />
9. Do you have a favorite comic book or film hero and why?<br />
A: Dragon Ball. Both the comic and the TV series. The reason is because the philosophy<br />
behind it is very healthy and motivating. Always going to the next level but being true to<br />
yourself and your surroundings.<br />
10. What do you think about extreme and more unusual sports getting their own world<br />
championships like the Olympics?<br />
A: Very important, in order to be globally recognised as a “sport”, as well as making<br />
a sports your profession we all need to be able to live from it financially. Partners and<br />
sponsors are therefore a key aspect as well. Becoming commercial does not mean losing<br />
traditions or spirits of a sports. I wish to see my sports recognised worldwide and I wish<br />
to see that all the riders who put so much hard work and dedication are rewarded for<br />
that. Our sport, Flatland deserves that!<br />
RIDE ON!
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship<br />
art book:<br />
Tom “Conman” Connors. Discipline: Heroes extreme street basketball.<br />
Name: Tom “Conman” Connors Age: I dont want to reveal Weight: 12 stone Height:<br />
5 foot 10 Title and accomplishments: 15 basketball world records, UK & European<br />
champion, Streetball Legend, Star of TV series This Is Basketball, Fully Fledged<br />
Sporting Champion<br />
1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings? - First picked up<br />
a basketball at 14 years old, I wanted to be like Micheal Jordan and other players,<br />
as time went on I found I had a very creative midset and once my skill level court<br />
up I could explore new ways of playing basketball and how to beat opponants. Once<br />
I heard the crowd noise and seen the reaction of people as I play basketball I new I<br />
wanted to entertain with a basketball and the streetball started for me. In 2003 my<br />
first video went viral being the nmost talked about streetball player in 2003 2004 - I<br />
turned pro streetball player in 2003 siging a contract to represent AND1.<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport? How cool it looked dribbling and<br />
doing cool tricks lik e spinnig a ball on my finger.<br />
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3. What do you have to do to train and prepare for this sport? - no days off, 8 10<br />
hours a day no stop to be the best, to see your talent develop infront of you - you<br />
have to train hard and all aspects of the game to considered a complete player and<br />
streetball legend.
4. As a professional, what is the best thing about this sport and what sets it<br />
apart from others? I love the fact that this is the only sport in the world with 4<br />
disiplines to it,, its exciting and so much to learn and see with the sport. Dunking,<br />
freestyle skills, streetball and playing the game of basketball - this is what seperates<br />
the sport form others and why it is the best sport in the world<br />
5. What was the scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this sport<br />
and how did you overcome it? - Injuries - you no as an athlete a serious injuiry<br />
can mean your career is over so looking after your self and making sure you are<br />
always OK and body OK is a full time job in its self..<br />
6. What is the funniest/weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst doing this<br />
sport professionally? - When I was on court doing my most famous streetball<br />
move called the see no con, where I jump spin around put the basketball down my<br />
shorts the defender does not know where the ball is then I pull down his shorts in<br />
front of everyone. But this time the defender did not have any underwear on and I<br />
embarrassed him on a hole new level in front of everyone lol<br />
7. Have you ever had a serious injury from this sport? Yes my back and feet are<br />
many problems to over come, I am permiantly injured now and I have to manage<br />
main when I can to continue to play.<br />
8. Who is your real life hero and why? - I dont have a hero.. I think the only person<br />
you should look up to is who youwant to be and the person you will become.<br />
work to be someone elses hero.. but I have a few people I admire, Micheal Jordan<br />
for his work ethic and competeivness to be the best, MIcheal Jackson for the<br />
kindness and giving person he was. Bruce Lee for the way he thinks out sode the<br />
box - many people can inspire you.<br />
9. Do you have a favourite comic book or film hero and why? batman is always<br />
been my guy, I like the darkness and control over the night he has.<br />
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10. What do you think about extreme and more unusual sports getting their own<br />
world championships like the Olympics? I feel as tho the olympics should create<br />
a urban and extreme sports section and have the world take it as serious as the<br />
orignal olympics. I do not feel a seperate one created is wise but more needs to be<br />
done to bring these ultiteritive sports into the olympics Hope this is OK for now.
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship<br />
art book:<br />
Carlos Augusto Correia Paixão. Discipline: Heroes extreme skateboard /long<br />
board downhill.<br />
My name is Carlos Augusto Correia Paixão,<br />
Age: 27 Height: 6´2 Weight: 190pounds maybe more hahaha<br />
World championship of igsa 2013<br />
World circuit champion of 2014<br />
Currently world champion of idf2014-2015<br />
World championship IGSA 2013<br />
World circuit champion of IGSA 2014<br />
World champion of IDF 2015<br />
1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings?<br />
I am have a degree and bachelor’s degree from State University maringá in the<br />
course of physical education . I am also personal trainer and adrenaline junkie . I<br />
discovered the longboard through a teacher. By the time I went up in the skate I knew<br />
my life would be tied to that thing . I’ve always done extreme sports my whole life got<br />
injured several times but since little had the ability to come back even stronger .<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport?<br />
Having fun with friends. I’ve always been alone. the fact of counting with several<br />
friends and being able to do what gave you pleasure with several friends is the best<br />
feeling in the world
3. What do you have to do to train and prepare for this sport?<br />
have to be prepared not only physically but mentally to fall , get hurt - hurt themselves<br />
ugly and continue from where you left off. Of course, to compete in this sport<br />
you need to have a good physical preparation and most likely a good financial condition<br />
: D<br />
4. As a professional, what is the best thing about this sport and what sets it apart<br />
from others?<br />
That does not involve a lot of money . Those who travel the world circuit today runs<br />
for the love of sport. we do it to satisfy our own internal wills and that any money<br />
paid.<br />
5. What was the scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this sport and<br />
how did you overcome it?<br />
I never had many bad experiences with this sport . I started practicing a little older,<br />
so always prevent me enough. however once I ended up suffering a very sharp fall in<br />
which scraped a lot of parts of my body and I was quite wrong. That day I wondered<br />
whether it was worth feel this pain for weeks again because eventually I could go<br />
through it all again. at the end of my dream it was bigger and when the wounds were<br />
healing I could see better my goal and came back stronger than ever.<br />
6. What is the funniest/weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst doing this<br />
sport professionally?<br />
This year in the last World Tour event two days before the event start we were me,<br />
Tiago lessa and dillon stephens taking a açai and having fun, making each other laugh.<br />
At the time in my head it seemed very strange as three people who are fighting for<br />
the world title may be given as well as near the end . I think that other sports don’t<br />
have this<br />
7. Have you ever had a serious injury from this sport?<br />
No.
8. Who is your real life hero and why?<br />
My hero is my father who surprisingly do things we thought to be impossible for him.<br />
family personal nature of things . but that make us proud of it. is it that inspired me .<br />
9. Do you have a favourite comic book or film hero and why?<br />
Superman and the batman. because they represent everything I want to be someday.<br />
invulnerable , intelligent and able to fly hahahaha.<br />
10. What do you think about extreme and more unusual sports getting their own world<br />
championships like the Olympics?<br />
I think that already exists and are the x games. however they do not harbor all kinds of<br />
sport, only the house that are more popular in the media . So I think yes, all extreme<br />
sports should have a larger event.
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art<br />
book:<br />
Jimmy Riha. Discipline: Heroes Extreme Longboard Downhill<br />
interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art book: Name: Jimmy Riha<br />
Age: 23, D.O.B. 1-31-92<br />
Weight: 160<br />
Height: 5-10”<br />
Title and accomplishments:<br />
1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings?<br />
Achievements:<br />
2013 Whistler IDF world cup winner,<br />
2013 Pikes Peak 2d place<br />
2013 Whistler world cup 2d place<br />
2014 Pikes peak winner<br />
2014 almabtrieb 3d place<br />
2014 Rumble at the ranch winner<br />
2015 Kozakov IDF world cup winner,<br />
So on so forth…. Lots of skating experience…<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport?<br />
The thrill, the community, riding gravity and having that feeling of being free flying down<br />
a hill on 4 wheels and a peace of wood.<br />
3. What do you have to do to train and prepare for this sport?<br />
I find myself surfing, stand up paddle boarding and making it to the gym once a week or<br />
so. I skate more than anything and that give me the opportunity to work on going faster<br />
and taking better lines, as well as stay in shape!
4. As a professional, what is the best thing about this sport and what sets it apart from<br />
others?<br />
As a professional I find the best things in my sport to be the community that’s been created<br />
over the years. You can practically go anywhere in the world that has paved roads<br />
and find some local skaters bombing down them. Or feeling semi weightless letting gravity<br />
slingshot you down mountain roads with friends from around the world all in the same<br />
location for the same reason!<br />
5. What was the scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this sport and how<br />
did you overcome it?<br />
In our sport there are a few different things that could go wrong and fact is you can<br />
try your hardest to save yourself from a fall but some falls are worse than others. At<br />
speeds 50+ while on a peace of wood with 4 wheels and gravity propelling you down hill<br />
with 3 or 5 other competitors all going for the podium spot things get intense. Getting<br />
taken out again falling at speed is something you become numb to over time.<br />
6. What is the funniest/weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst doing this sport<br />
professionally?<br />
Funniest things that has happened to me was probably winning my first world cup downhill<br />
race fresh off all my sponsors and flying solo, the pun is that my old sponsor was the<br />
title sponsor for the event.<br />
7. Have you ever had a serious injury from this sport?<br />
Injuries come and go but I will stay, in our sport it seems a lot of people have shoulder<br />
issues; thankfully I do not and only deal with a bunk wrist time to time. I cant say I have<br />
stayed away from the hospitals, Last year in Columbia I was taken out from behind,<br />
slammed the hay bails and ended up with a chest contusion.
8. Who is your real life hero and why?<br />
My real life hero is the every day Joe who is out there doing what he can to survive and<br />
making ends meat, life rough at times and this one goes out to all the everyday people,<br />
all the 9-5 people and supporters of skateboarding! Keep making the world go around.<br />
9. Do you have a favorite comic book or film hero and why?<br />
I enjoyed reading batman comics back in the day.<br />
10. What do you think about extreme and more unusual sports getting their own world<br />
championships like the Olympics?<br />
I think it about time something like this happened. It is important to embrace these<br />
new extreme sports that are emerging into our world and possibly pay respects to<br />
them and their athletes. I know lots of people who devote there lives to sports that are<br />
ganglier or more extreme than basketball or football knowing that it wont actually get<br />
them any where further in life than there normal job. If the Olympics wont adapt to<br />
these new sports and place them in that realm of athletic compotition than we have no<br />
choice to do our own thing and boost out sports higher in the public eye!
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art<br />
book:<br />
Andrew Livingston Lewis. Discipline: Heroes extreme slackline and trickline.<br />
Name: On my birth certificate it says Andrew Livingston Lewis, but sometimes my dad<br />
calls me Drew. I go by Andy (Lewis) but sometimes I go by my given nick name-- Sketchy<br />
or Skandy. I apparently earned the title “Sketchy” so I kept it and used it as my marketing<br />
platform “Sketchy Andy.” So now most people who know me from the internet--for<br />
better or worse-- know me as Sketchy Andy, my stage name. Otherwise, you can call me<br />
sir!~ :)<br />
Age: Libra || October 7,1986 || 29 years old.<br />
Weight: 180lbs<br />
Height: 6’ 1”<br />
Title and Accomplishments: Global Ambassador to the Sport of Slackline and creator of<br />
the “Slacklife” philosophy, considered the “Father” of Modern day Trickline, Created and<br />
Named many movements done on the trickline, competed in many World Cups with many<br />
Victories earning all 4 OVERALL World Champion Trickline Titles between 2008-2011, Former<br />
Highline Length World Record Holder 2008/2009/2010, Former Free Solo World<br />
Record Holder (55m free solo) stood 2011-2015, Highest Untethered Slackline Crossing<br />
World Record Holder (4000’+ direct vertical between hot air balloons), Performaned during<br />
the Super Bowl 2012-- the largest viewed LIVE slackline performance (75,000+ people<br />
live, 120million+ live on TV), Longest Walked// and Longest Rigged Urban Highlines (separate<br />
lines), Guinness Record Holder, Starred in the Award winning Movie of REEL ROCK<br />
TOUR 11/12 “Sketchy Andy,” Starred in the award winning Movie in the European Outdoor<br />
Film Tour “Master of Slack,” Innovator of “Space Nets,” 1169+ BASE Jumps, Licensed Sky<br />
Diver, Avid Rock Climber, Business Owner & Online Entrepreneur, International Performer,<br />
Rigger, and Stunt Coordinator and has helped facilitate and star in many of 50+ high end<br />
TV/commercial shoots for clients such as Guinness, CCTV, Conan, GoPro, CNN, CBS, Goal<br />
Zero, ABC, TNT, Spike, Big Up Productions, Sender Films, Windgate Motion, Animal Planet,<br />
Discovery, Nat Geo, 60 Minutes, SparkShopMedia, Djarum, Sony, LG, etc. Im also an Eagle<br />
Scout, Motivational Speaker, Amateur Musician, and never broken a bone.
1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings?<br />
I was born in California and raised in the hills of western Marin County. I moved once<br />
as a little kid and ended up in a sub-urban town, very close to much more rural areas.<br />
The Pacific Ocean, Mt. Tamalpais, and Giant Redwood trees were all directly within my<br />
reach during my adolescent years. I was always athletic, participated in many sports,<br />
and ventured into the outdoors-- usually on mountain bike. Then usually by car to surf in<br />
my high school years. Besides friends, school, and sports, I was also a Scout for years.<br />
My Mother and especially My father really helped me motivate through scouting. I attribute<br />
his persistence and the opportunities provided by the Scouts to have provided me a<br />
great platform to the take my life in the direction of adventure sporting. My parents basically<br />
had only a few rules: 1. Finish College 2. Come Home for Christmas, and the newly<br />
added rule due to my lifestyle choices 3. Die After They do. Those rules are only prefaced<br />
by “Do what you love, and follow your heart.”<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport?<br />
What originally attracted me to the sport was that you could do it anywhere-- it just<br />
took some creative rigging sometimes... and I loved that! I was also attracted to the<br />
counter culture attitude associated to slackline passed down from dirt bag rock climbers<br />
of Yosemite. “Dirt bag,” is not a condescending title though, rather a praise to those who<br />
don’t fiend for fame, notoriety, or luxury; but rather freedom instead. I loved the lifestyle<br />
of going outside and seeing beautiful places, hiking and camping, and slacklining just gave<br />
me an excuse to do it more. I found quickly that I needed help. So I learned to start loving<br />
to teach slackline as well. The more I taught, the more friends would want to come out to<br />
some random mountain, hike uphill for an hour and a half, just to rig a 60ft line between<br />
some big boulders. Teaching slackline is still one of the most amazing attractions to me in<br />
this sport, but back about that time when YouTube became a thing, I was given the ability<br />
to show slackline internationally at the press of a button. So i started making movies.<br />
Once I started uploading videos, showing the world what you could do with a slackline,<br />
and the lifestyle behind it, I stumbled upon what I called the “Slacklife.” And that, became<br />
my life, my sport, a lifestyle, and a religion.<br />
3. What do you have to do to train and prepare for this sport?<br />
Slackline requires basic physical strength and demands mental stamina. When walking<br />
you are forced to intensely focus your mind on balance and breathing for extended<br />
periods of time in environments of incredible exposure. Sometimes this attributes to<br />
shedding all other thoughts. This is where there is a similarity between slackline and<br />
meditation comes into play.
Regardless, ALL of these requirements are easily trained by Slacklining a lot. But, you<br />
have to learn how to rig. If you can’t install a slackline, you can’t walk a slackline. So<br />
you have to train your knowledge of ropes, webbing, hardware, angles, tension, working<br />
loads, shock loading, etc, etc. Once you can rig slacklines you realize how many different<br />
styles of rigging, walking, bouncing, and trickling there are and each artisanship of<br />
slackline demands unique skills-- only developed through repeated education, practice,<br />
and failure. So to answer you more concisely, the only way to train and prepare for<br />
slackline, is to prepare slacklines and train on as many as you can.<br />
4. As a professional, what is the best thing about this sport and what sets it apart from<br />
others?<br />
Other than my giant blonde white guy afro, and appearing to do everything “Sketchily,”<br />
I would say that it is my creativity that sets me apart from other professionals.<br />
My ability to see a highline, or a trick, and do it. But, I not just a slackliner, or trick<br />
liner or highliner, or a base jumper, climber, etc, etc, I am a dreamer! I love coming<br />
up with ideas, drawing them on a piece of paper, making them happen, and inviting my<br />
friends! Then I love showing the world and giving them the ability to want to dream for<br />
themselves~ I love helping create shared experiences-- and that love for creation is<br />
what sets me apart from other professional. I am a seer and a doer, and I keep having<br />
visions of my dreams, and I live everyday of my life making them come true. Being able<br />
to develop ideas that combine communities and bring people closer together to improve<br />
their own lives... thats just a diamond in the rough!~ But, please god, I hope I can live<br />
like this forever! :D<br />
5. What was the scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this sport and how<br />
did you overcome it?<br />
The most terrifying and difficult thing to face in this Sport/Lifestyle is the brutal<br />
reality of my own mortality. Thinking of my own death is crazy! It gives me goose<br />
bumps, increases my heart rate, and makes my thoughts race with anxiety. When you<br />
are essentially playing with death on a very constant basis, it wears on your relationship<br />
with your loved ones, your friends, your family; and you have to deal with, fair, but<br />
overwhelming resistance to your lifestyle. Smiling and turning the other cheek seems<br />
to be the best strategy, but in turn this wears on your relationship with yourself. Am I<br />
crazy? Do I have a death wish? How am I still even alive!? Let me put it to you this way,<br />
have you ever been asked the question, “What would you do if you only had a month to<br />
live?” Well, Ive dealt with that question every month for over 5 years. And when you<br />
have a relationship with death like that, seeing people die, loosing friends, seeing brutal<br />
injuries, it really makes how you live your life everyday different from the people<br />
around you. And that is difficult, and terrifying.
6. What is the funniest/weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst doing this sport<br />
professionally?<br />
I would say the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me manifested from the<br />
2010 G.G.B.Y. (Gobble Gobble Bitches Yeah!~) November highline meeting in Moab UT. I<br />
was in the midst of training the free solo world record and I was training a lot. I was<br />
ahead of schedule for free soloing a highline once a week, and I had been doing this for<br />
over a year at that point. When you are training to free solo a line you can stair step<br />
yourself up mentally to the solo. You can do this by tying in the leash to your waist(called<br />
a swami) with no harness on. This gives you a higher consequence if you fall and miss<br />
the line, but not death just pain. Also, you usually don’t fall, but the fear of the idea of<br />
falling is what you are trying to train to combat. After you tie it to your waist, you can<br />
tie it to your ankle-- this is called a ball and chain. Even more consequence of a fall, but<br />
not death. And after your ankle I thought... you can tie it to your cock and balls. So I<br />
did. I got naked at the festival, tied my x-girlfriends leash to my balls (not purposefully,)<br />
and walked across the highline in what i was laughing about calling “Balls and chain.” I<br />
couldn’t decided if falling and having my cock and balls ripped off before i fell to my death<br />
was worse, than falling and having my cock and balls hold me under the line, attached to<br />
a leash, stretching slowly as I awaited rescue... I cleared that from my mind as I smiled<br />
and my friend snapped a photo of me finishing the line. And ever since that day, that full<br />
frontal nude shot of me has circled the globe! From internet forms, to climbing articles,<br />
to International publishings, etc,etc. Its been shared everywhere, loved, hated, uploaded,<br />
deleted, banned, framed, and more. Not many people get a chance for full frontal nude<br />
publicity, but hey, when you get the chance... Let it happen. It’s slacklife after all.<br />
7. Have you ever had a serious injury from this sport?<br />
I have never had a really serious injury from any sport and in fact I have never broken<br />
a bone. I crashed mountain boarding and lost a lot of skin once. That was my only<br />
time getting stitches, other than from surgery to my face after that accident to repair<br />
the damage! I tweaked my ankle once tricklining in a contest and was walking in 4 days,<br />
injury lingered for 6 weeks. I crashed hard BASE jumping multiple times, bruising my<br />
heels, spraining my write, smashed my knee once really hard, walked to the top of the<br />
jump and jumped it again... that knee injury lingered nearly 16 weeks. I have taken multiple<br />
nut shots of epic proportions, highline leash rings have crushed my knuckles, knees, face,<br />
teeth, bit my tongue, I have taken many many many super hard hits, tumbling through<br />
rocks, big whippers climbing, one bruising knee, walking in 3 days, 6 weeks lingering,<br />
countless flesh wounds, busted toe nails and finger nails, and I would actually say that my<br />
most intense injuries in my sporting career were emotional.
In competitive trickline, I got 2nd place to my best friend Alpha Mike, and lost my shit!<br />
I tore my check in half, walked off the podium, poured water on the judges, and ran off<br />
in tears. Embarrassing yourself, hurting your friends, and being voted 2nd hurt worse<br />
that any of the injuries I’ve sustained, and takes longer to recover from... sometimes you<br />
never recovering fully. But bar-none when I witnessed the body under the cliff and experienced<br />
the death of my friend Daniel.. That was the most intense injury of my career. I<br />
dealt with.. and am still dealing with that emotional wounding. I am asking myself if I feel<br />
lucky to have my most serious injury be emotional. And I think I do. But man, I do miss<br />
you Dan.<br />
8. Who is your real life hero and why?<br />
One of my real life heroes is Phillipe Petit, the Man on Wire, because he embraces<br />
great risks with great style-- even if the risks include crossing the strict boundaries of<br />
the system. I have never met him, but I appreciate his talents, honor his achievements,<br />
and have been inspired by his storytelling, photographs, and movies. Especially from<br />
his most famous mission of charging up and wire walking the World Trade Centers. I am<br />
envious and a little jealous because now-a-days, you pull that kind of stunt and you go<br />
to jail for years. The United States does not FUCK AROUND anymore, and the last people<br />
who snuck onto the new world trade center and jumped off are looking at serious time.<br />
But having explored the upper echelon of a balance sport of similar nature to wire walking<br />
for over ten years, I am still in awe of the stunts he initiated 30+ some odd years ago.<br />
And the fact that he did all his performances free solo, still blows my mind today. Kudos<br />
Phillipe, thank you for your art. I hope to meet you one day, shake your hand, and thank<br />
you for the inspiration as I see the crazy look in your eyes!<br />
9. Do you have a favourite comic book or film hero and why?<br />
One of my favorite hero/comic film’s was “The Mask.” Jim Carrey, plays a character<br />
of normal guy, down on his luck, with a slogan he begrudgingly accepts, “Nice Guys Finish<br />
Last.” I guess he isn’t really your average super hero, but when he finds this mask he<br />
becomes this frigging ridiculous, off the wall, hilarious, dark but lovable badass that happens<br />
to be one of my favorite comic/hero’s characters ever. I loved The Mask because<br />
it allowed the wearer of the mask to embrace the power of their true character-- sometimes<br />
inflating the negative characteristics of the wearer. I found the philosophy behind<br />
the mask to be inspiring. They talk about people wearing masks, the face everyone shows<br />
the world, when they are really different underneath. Its a metaphor for the barriers<br />
people put up for themselves naturally in society. Basically, don’t judge a book by its cover.<br />
Accepting your character and living to your full potential it one of the greatest challenges<br />
everyone faces in life. It takes focus. Its just sometimes, you don’t have a mask to<br />
focus your energy, so you have to practice focusing on your own! And training focus is<br />
slacklines number one skill.
10. What do you think about extreme and more unusual sports getting their own world<br />
championships like the Olympics?<br />
I feel as if extreme and unusual sports already have their own championships, they’re<br />
just not considered Olympic sports yet! Nor do they have the funding to. Slackline, Foot<br />
Bag, Fire Spinning, etc. It comes down to skill set, consequence, and overall watch-ablity<br />
to me. A sport can’t just be extreme, it also has to be interesting, and fun to watch. If<br />
the sport isn’t interesting, well its over right there. If its not fun to watch, you won’t<br />
get the support you need to even have a championship. The most difficult task for the<br />
extreme and unusual sports is having the upper echelon members of the sport get together<br />
to design a contest that is good for the sport, as well as interesting, but most<br />
importantly watchable for the audience! This combination is hard to achieve sometimes.<br />
Just in terms of coordination, a lot of the time in niche sports, the top athletes reside<br />
on all parts of the globe. All of a sudden to have an international contest of any worth<br />
(compared to the olympics) you need to invest ~$150,000-$200,000 minimum, and the<br />
platforms for these small extreme sports can’t front the bill. But, one day maybe! I have<br />
my fingers crossed :D
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art<br />
book:<br />
Gary Hunt. Discipline: Heroes extreme cliff diving ( water jumps).<br />
Name: Gary Hunt<br />
Weight: 67kg<br />
Height: 5’9”<br />
1- I started diving at the age of 9, and competed 10m and 10m synchro until the age of 22,<br />
my biggest accomplishment was third place in the commonwealth games in 2006 in the<br />
10m synchro event.<br />
I moved to high diving in 2006 and started competing in 2007, my accomplishments<br />
include 5 times Red Bull world series champion, current world champion.<br />
2. I love the challenges that come with the sport of diving. Every dive is an emotional roller<br />
coaster. There’s such a difference in the way I feel before a high dive (all the nerves<br />
and the stress), the way I feel during the dive (total freedom and control) and the sensation<br />
after a successful dive.<br />
3. Training includes lots of diving from the poolside, 1m, 3m, 5m, 7m, and 10m, plus lots of<br />
strength and conditioning, some trampolining and dry land somersaults.<br />
4. The best thing about the sport is travelling to wonderful locations around the world.<br />
The difference of high diving compared to other sports is the relationship between the<br />
athletes. We often travel without coaches and so we help each other out. No one wants<br />
to see anyone else get hurt so we are all happy when we get through a competition successfully.<br />
5. The hardest dive that I currently compete was a big test for me, nobody had ever<br />
performed the dive before so it was a real leap of faith.
6. During a dive that I did in Boston there was an enormous bolt of lightening that struck<br />
just as I took off from the platform. It was too late to stop so I just kept my nerve and<br />
finished the dive.<br />
7. I’ve ended up in hospital after a high dive. I was performing a front quad with 2.5<br />
twists in Italy in 2010 and didn’t manage to fit all of the dive in before hitting the water.<br />
Luckily I didn’t break any bones but I was really sore for about a month afterwards.<br />
8. My sporting hero is my friend Gavin Brown with whom I learnt to dive and who was an<br />
incredibly talented diver. He always wanted to learn the crazier dives and inspired me to<br />
do so also. He unfortunately died in a car accident just when I started in the sport of cliff<br />
diving and so the memory I have of his skills and his love for the sport inspires me to<br />
push myself to the limits.<br />
9. My favourite comic book hero has to be superman, he has the best set of superpowers.<br />
10. I’m very happy to see extreme sports getting more and more attention. It’s the natural<br />
progression for sports and it’s what get’s the public excited.
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art<br />
book:<br />
Kelvin Hoefler. Discipline: Heroes extreme skateboard (ramp).<br />
Name: Kelvin Hoefler<br />
Weight 5’9<br />
Height: 180 Lbs<br />
Age: 21<br />
Title and accomplishments:<br />
Street League Supercrown Winner 2015<br />
2015 - Street League Chicago Supercrown - 1 lugar<br />
2015 - Street League New Jersey - 3 lugar<br />
2015 - Street League Los Angeles - 6 lugar<br />
2015 - Dew Tour Chicago - 1 lugar<br />
2015 - Dew Tour Los Angeles - 1 lugar<br />
2015 - Dew Tour Los Angeles - 1 lugar street style ladeira<br />
2015 - Tampa Pro - 3 lugar<br />
1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings?<br />
Fast becoming one of the best contest skaters in the world, Kelvin Hoefler, age 21, comes<br />
from a tight family and humble beginnings in Guarujá, a beach city 65 miles east of São<br />
Paulo, Brazil.<br />
Kelvin was first recognized at age 9 when he won his first skateboard contest in Brazil.<br />
When he was little, he only dreamed of traveling the world, meeting new people, and<br />
discovering new cultures and places.
With a lot of hard work, positivity, and perseverance, Kelvin started skateboarding professionally<br />
and has never stopped. He is a part of the next generation who are redefining<br />
skateboarding as he continues to travel, skate the streets filming and competing around<br />
the globe.<br />
Highlights include an impressive Mag Minute for the Skateboard Mag, and in 2013, when<br />
he won the qualifiers at Dew Tour in San Francisco, while placing 2nd in the overall super<br />
finals televised live on NBC.<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport?<br />
I tried other sports but skateboarding is very different and you are on your own and i<br />
really loved since the first second i had a skateboard in my foot for the first time.. it was<br />
like love at first sight.<br />
3. What do you have to do to train and prepare for this sport?<br />
Usually just skate everyday and keep you tricks going. Just have fun doing what you love.<br />
4. As a professional, what is the best thing about this sport and what sets it apart from<br />
others?<br />
You get to travel around the world very often and meet a lot of people that love to do the<br />
same you do.<br />
5. What was the scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this sport and how<br />
did you overcome it?<br />
Everyday day is a difficult day learning a new trick and getting better and better everyday<br />
is a battle with yourself . Just have faith you will learn the new tricks and keep trying and<br />
never give up.<br />
6. What is the funniest/weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst doing this sport<br />
professionally?<br />
Learning new tricks can always be weird at first haha<br />
7. Have you ever had a serious injury from this sport?<br />
Sprained my ankle a few times ..<br />
8. Who is your real life hero and why?<br />
There’s a lot of Real Life Heros out there working hard for Skateboarding...
9. Do you have a favorite comic book or film hero and why?<br />
I like Spiderman hahaha I used to watch all the time when I was a kid and was my favorite.<br />
10. What do you think about extreme and more unusual sports getting their own world<br />
championships like the Olympics?
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art<br />
book:<br />
Julian Boulle. Discipline: Heroes Extreme Wingsuit Skydiving.<br />
Age:41<br />
Weight:74kg<br />
Height:1.86m<br />
Title and accomplishments:<br />
Multiple world champion In Skydiving and BASE jumping wingsuit competitions<br />
1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings?<br />
I have been skydiving at the age of sixteen.<br />
I am a Pro Skydiving athlete on The “Skydive Dubai Wingsuit team.”<br />
I have 15000 + skydives and 2300 BASE jumps<br />
I started Skydiving in South Africa and followed my passion around different Drop Zones<br />
and mountains of the world.<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport?<br />
The air. I find “air” to be the most amazing element to interact with.<br />
I guess you could also say I love Gravity, this is the engine that powers movement<br />
though air.<br />
3. What do you have to do to train and prepare for this sport?<br />
I skydive full time. Training for various disciplines in wing suit flying.<br />
I also train for specific Demonstration Events and BASE jumping wing suit races in the<br />
mountains.<br />
And just stay active and do some yoga.
4. As a professional, what is the best thing about this sport and what sets it apart from<br />
others?<br />
Wingsuit flying allows a transfer of vertical gravitational pull to be directed into horizontal<br />
movement. Amazing distances can be covered.<br />
I love this transfer of energy into glide.<br />
I take great pleasure in seeing others smile from passion after a powerful new evolution<br />
takes place.<br />
5. What was the scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this sport and how<br />
did you overcome it?<br />
It’s not really a scary activity. Respecting the others in the sky is key.<br />
6. What is the funniest/weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst doing this sport<br />
professionally?<br />
Wondering if I left the stove on , while flying my wing suit down a cliff into a valley in Switzerland.<br />
7. Have you ever had a serious injury from this sport?<br />
No<br />
8. Who is your real life hero and why?<br />
The people who smile, these are the ones. They can help others to power up for the day<br />
without having to say a word.<br />
I would say my mom and dad do this well. When i think of my Big Brother i find my smile,<br />
so he would definitely be my “hero”.<br />
9. Do you have a favorite comic book or film hero and why?<br />
Death Stroke. He’s amazing. Who else could have stood in for Bat Man and pulled it off so<br />
well.
10. What do you think about extreme and more unusual sports getting their own world<br />
championships<br />
like the Olympics?<br />
As sports and their spectators interest evolve, so to will the bodies that promote them.<br />
In time I feel Air-Sports may very well be included in such an event as the Olympics.<br />
The advances made in technology with regard to media and these sports being filmed has<br />
increased<br />
spectator appeal too.
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art<br />
book:<br />
Espen Fadnes. Discipline: Heroes Extreme Wingsuit Skydiving.<br />
Name: Espen Fadnes<br />
Age: 36<br />
Weight: 70 kg<br />
Height: 177 cm<br />
Title and accomplishments: 1. FAI World Champion in Wingsuit Skydiving 2015, 3rd in<br />
World Wingsuit League 2014, 1st in World Wingsuit Race 2013, Overall World Champion in<br />
Wingsuit Flying in 2012, 1st in World Base Race and 1st in Pro Base Race 2011. WarrenMiller<br />
Ski Movie Rider, Emmy Nominated for outstanding camerawork in wing suit flying.<br />
1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings? I started skydiving in<br />
2000 and base jumping in 2001 in my home country Norway. I was fortunate to be part<br />
of the early beginning of wing suit flying and got to learn from the best, such as Robert<br />
Peknic, Loic Jean-Albert and Shane McConkey. After 10 years as a passionate hoppy pilot<br />
I managed to go fully professional in 2012 due to strong competition results. I remain<br />
today a full-time wing suit pilot.<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport? Its the fascination of being above the<br />
earth. If I could go to another planet I would. If I could grow wings I would. Flying is the<br />
best feeling I know of, especially when flying with friends. We are not suppose to fly, but<br />
we still manage. It stands as a proof of humans ability to evolve. I just had to fly I guess.
3. What do you have to do to train and prepare for this sport?<br />
One often says 10 000 quality hours is what it takes to fulfil your potential in a task. An<br />
amount easily reached by a marathon runner, often reached by Alpine Skiers but never<br />
reached by air sport athletes. I think the key to stand solid and safe at the frontiers of<br />
human flight is to do it as much as possible. So thats what I do. I spend as much time in air<br />
as I can, with the focus of learning.<br />
4. As a professional, what is the best thing about this sport and what sets it apart from<br />
others?<br />
I like air sports touch of something dreamy. We all are n the business of reaching for the<br />
impossible. A human that flies, 100 %” defines something we are not designed to do, but<br />
not only do we do it, we compete in it. And thats a rare thing.<br />
5. What was the scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this sport and how<br />
did you overcome it?<br />
The most difficult thing about my sport is to live of it. We dont get the attention you see in<br />
the bigger sports. Our low frequencies on TV make us less popular amongst sponsors. I<br />
overcome this by never giving up, and try to be a trustworthy yes-man.<br />
6. What is the funniest/weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst doing this sport<br />
professionally?<br />
Few funny/weird things happen in freefall unless I choose them to happen. Maybe the<br />
weirdest thing Ive ever done is to go to Malaysia to speak about my life in flying to Malaysian<br />
Airlines.<br />
7. Have you ever had a serious injury from this sport?<br />
No
8. Who is your real life hero and why?<br />
My little brother. He grew up with big challenges after being bored premature. He has<br />
slowly grown stronger in life, never have he spoken loud about it, never has he been<br />
complaining, at some point he passed his equals in what he was doing. Today he is working<br />
with his passion, the music industry, and he is trusted by many successful artists. But<br />
first and foremost, he keep it cool no matter how much it burns around him.<br />
9. Do you have a favorite comic book or film hero and why?<br />
No I dont. There are books I pass by though, that fascinates me. The 1900-trilogy of Ken<br />
Follett thought me lots about our history. I watch lots of films, and a really good film can<br />
make me rethink parts of my personal paradigm. I would say to have a favourite film hero<br />
may decline your chance to discover truly good films.<br />
10. What do you think about extreme and more unusual sports getting their own world<br />
championships like the Olympics?<br />
Im not sure what this question means. To be an official sport, one needs to have an association<br />
directly under the different national sports associations. Then the different sports<br />
associations are linked under the international sports association. Now all official World<br />
Championships can only happen under the wings of this international system. It doesn’t<br />
matter if you are from Golf, Snowboarding or Skydiving. Their championships are equal<br />
and official under the same system. If someone privately calls a competition the World<br />
Championship, they can off course do so, that has nothing to do with the type of sport,<br />
it only shows they are doing it outside the rules and regulations of international sport. I<br />
think its cool to compete, but would prefer to officially represent my country, rather than<br />
do those private more money based competitions that just put a name on their event.
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art<br />
book:<br />
Emily Pross. Discipline: Heroes Extreme Longboard Downhill.<br />
Name: Emily Pross (nickname: “The Prossecutor”<br />
Age: 19<br />
Weight: 150lbs<br />
Height: 5ft 5in<br />
Title & Accomplishments:<br />
2015 International Downhill Federation (IDF) Women’s World Champion<br />
Finished 25th overall worldwide in the Open/Men’s Division<br />
Finished 10th Overall in North in Open/Men’s Division in North America<br />
Bio: I was born and raised in New Jersey. I got into downhill skateboarding by mistake.<br />
I actually wanted to do street luge, but at the time I didn’t know what it was called, so I<br />
googled “longboard that you lay on” and longboarding/downhill skateboarding came up on<br />
the Google search. I didn’t get serious about downhill skateboarding until I was 16 years<br />
old, and for a year I was fully into the freestyle aspect of downhill skating. It was until I<br />
turned 17 that I started to start to race skateboards and get fully into competitive racing.<br />
2014 was the first year I competed in the IDF. I ended up falling in love with the competiveness<br />
of competing on the world circuit. With hard work and determination, I managed to<br />
become women’s world champion my 2nd year in the IDF. I’m now chasing my goal to win<br />
a race in the open/men’s division in downhill skateboarding, and the closest I’ve come to<br />
doing that is 6th place. I’m also taking online college classes, while and skating, and working<br />
toward getting my degree in Marketing and Communications.<br />
What attracted me to the sport?<br />
I got into the sport by mistake. I used to binge watch the Extreme Goofy Movie when I was<br />
little, and when they competed in the XGames they had a little snipit of them racing street<br />
luge.
I thought that was the was coolest thing ever. After I broke my cheap Walmart skateboard,<br />
I decided I wanted to get a street luge. At the time I had no idea what it was called because<br />
I was going by my memories of when I was 4 years old. I googled “longboard that you lay<br />
on” and longboarding/downhill skateboarding came up on the Google search. I told my<br />
parents that’s what I wanted, and after they bought I realized that that wasn’t what I wanted.<br />
I didn’t want them to waste their money, so I bit my tougue and went with it. I ended up<br />
liking in longrun.<br />
What do I have to do to train for this sport?<br />
A lot of people don’t train, as in going to the gym, for this sport like they do other<br />
sports. I’m one of the few who actually do train, and it shows. I go to the gym every single<br />
day and train my heart out, lifting weights with some cardio on the side. Then of course I<br />
also practice my skateboarding by bombing hills, but I don’t really consider that training<br />
because its so fun, you don’t realize it’s just practice.<br />
What’s the best thing about this sport and what sets it apart from others?<br />
Downhill skateboarding features a very tight knit community. The people involved<br />
are relaxed, and after racing you can go hang out with everyone. The fact that everyone<br />
leaves the competiveness on the track at the end of the day is what sets downhill skating<br />
apart from other sports.<br />
What’s the scariest thing you’ve faced in this sport and how did you overcome it?<br />
The scariest thing is standing at the top of ridiculously gnarly hill, and convincing<br />
yourself to go down. I like to overcome my fears by experiencing them first hand, and<br />
throwing my at them.<br />
Funniest thing thst happened to me while in the sport?<br />
Not to sure I had many of these moments. I guess one of the funniest/ most interesting I<br />
has was someone losing their wheel mid race heat.<br />
Have you ever had a serious injury?<br />
Yes this past year, two days before a race I fell at about 50mph and went right into<br />
a drainage ditch full of rocks. I banged up back real good, and I think I sprained my diaphragm<br />
because I wasn’t able to breath correctly for a few days. I paid a lot of to go out<br />
and race, and I was not letting the injury slow me down. So even though I couldn’t function<br />
much at all without extreme back pain shooting up and down my spine, I still raced. In fact
I ended up finishing 1st in women’s and 16th in the Open/Men’s division at the 2015 Whistler<br />
Longboard Festival.<br />
Who is your real life hero?<br />
I wouldn’t say I have a real life “hero” I don’t really view the people I look up to as “hero’s”<br />
there just someone who I admire, and who’s attitude and personality I want to emulate. I<br />
really am a big fan of Jillian Michaels. Since I’m big into fitness and eating healthy, I like<br />
the fact that she is a personal trainer. While I was little I loved watching her hardcore, bad<br />
ass never give up attitude. I was just amazed watching her on the TV show Biggest Loser<br />
when it first aired on TV. And her never give up attitude was what I really wanted to emulate.<br />
Who is your favorite comic book hero?<br />
There not a hero, but I really like the Joker, which is why I painted my helmet like<br />
that. Plus I think the Joker is really awesome looking. Aside from that, my favorite hero is<br />
wonder women. I just appreciate that fact comics can strong female hero, who can kick<br />
butt, but still be feminine.<br />
What do you think about extreme sports being the Olympics?<br />
Extreme sports being in the Olympics would be great, especially from a marketing<br />
standpoint. The public loves seeing sports with a danger factor, and with new media technology<br />
the broadcasting channels have the opportunity to really make all extreme sports<br />
go main stream in the Olympics. There isn’t much of a showing of extreme sports in the<br />
Summer Olympics, and I really wish the committee would consider putting Downhill Skateboarding<br />
in the Olympics because its tight action packed racing. That has both an excite<br />
and danger factor to captivate the audience. Its also easier to judge than regular street,<br />
vert ramp skateboarding because you don’t have the factor of judges being biased. In<br />
downhill who ever crosses the line first wins, simple and easy to score.
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art<br />
book:<br />
Loryn Roberson. Discipline: Heroes Extreme Longboard Downhill.<br />
Interview Questions for the Heroes World Championship art book: Name: Loryn Roberson<br />
Age:23 Weight:138 Height:5”8 Title and accomplishments: Women’s WORLD 2015 IDF Third<br />
Place Champion. 1. Can you give us a quick bio of your background and beginnings? Bought<br />
my first longboard in 2010 after graduating high school.<br />
2. What attracted you and got you into this sport?<br />
Transportation and efficiency<br />
3. What do you have to do to train and prepare for this sport?<br />
Yoga<br />
4. As a professional, what is the best thing about this sport and what sets it apart from<br />
others?<br />
The speed and the community<br />
5. What was the scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this sport and how<br />
did you overcome it?<br />
At Catalina other girls got angry and upset after crashing. I felt I was not apart of the<br />
crash (I was much slower back then). Having other girls blame you for accidents is very<br />
discouraging. Don’t point fingers.
6. What is the funniest/weirdest thing that has happened to you whilst doing this sport<br />
professionally?<br />
Rachael Bagels head crashed into my bottom at<br />
Pikes Peak. We have had multiple intimate connections on the race track.<br />
7. Have you ever had a serious injury from this sport?<br />
I broke my leg at The Catalina Classic in California.<br />
8. Who is your real life hero and why?<br />
Elena Corrigall, she is so fast and proper, with the biggest heart! 9. Do you have a favorite<br />
comic book or film hero and why?No but I love the walking dead comic books.<br />
10. What do you think about extreme and more unusual sports getting their own world<br />
championships like the Olympics?<br />
It’s important, people love watching people go fast. We inspire people to chase their<br />
dreams no matter what!
Heroes Extreme Sport Womrd Championships, World event<br />
coming up:<br />
AH The heroes time. For the male and female Summer:<br />
1. England London 2021 - summer.<br />
2. USA Las Vegas 2025 - summer.<br />
3. Poland Warsaw/Krakow 2029 - summer.<br />
4. German Berlin 2033 - summer.<br />
5. France Paris 2037 - summer.<br />
6. U A Emirate Dubai 2041 - summer.<br />
7. Australia Sydney 2045 - summer<br />
8. Belgium Brussels 2049 - summer<br />
9. Greece Olymia 2053 - summer<br />
10. Turkey Istanbul 2057 - summer.<br />
11. New Zealand Wellington 2061<br />
- summer.<br />
12. Philippines Manila 2065<br />
- summer.<br />
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Heroes Extreme Sport Womrd Championships, World<br />
event coming up:<br />
AH The heroes time. For the male and female Winter:<br />
1. SCOTLAND Cairngorm 2023 - winter.<br />
2. USA Aspen 2023 - winter.<br />
3. Poland Warsaw/Krakow 2031 - winter.<br />
4. Switzerland Zurich 2035 - winter.<br />
5. Austria Innsbruck 2039 - winter.<br />
6. Spain Barcalona 2043 - winter<br />
7. Italy Milan 2047 - winter<br />
8. Japan Tokyo 2051 - winter<br />
9. Canada Vancouver 2055 - winter.<br />
10. Republic of Ireland Dublin 2059 - winter.<br />
11. Andorra Andorra 2063 - winter.<br />
12. Russia Moscow 2067 - winter.<br />
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LIGHT MAN 29.99$<br />
THE MOVIE 25.00£
Screenplay. Light Man, The birth of a new super hero.<br />
Written by Marek Light. From the book, Light Man Universe<br />
- The Characters. Set the movie director Marek Light.
INTRODUCTION<br />
I would like to present my screenplay LIGHT MAN: BIRTH OF A SUPER HERO<br />
Light Man : Hackney Bravo, born London UK<br />
Light Wman: Gerbera Gold, born NYC<br />
AH God of the heroes, Father of Light Man<br />
Light Maker, God, creator of the heroes light.<br />
Genre: (Action/ Adventure/ Comedy).<br />
Logline: An ordinary comic book artist get sucked up in the cosmos and is reborn as the hero he<br />
draws only to find the villains he created waiting for him as well! Fantasy<br />
is now reality!<br />
Based in New York City, Light Man accepts his new life as the super hero he once drew on Earth and<br />
adjusts to the fact that his comic book adventures are now real. All the characters he once drew,<br />
both good and evil, are all real. Light Man must assume the responsibility to destroy the evil hell bent<br />
characters that he has unknowingly unleashed on the world through his art. His enemy is a god cast<br />
down from the city of angels, and his mortal girlfriend who enjoys making things explode. They want<br />
to take over the world, but in order to do that they have to defeat the gods, goddesses and Light Man.<br />
Fortunately, Light Man discovers his allies of gods, goddesses and fellow superheroes that also exist<br />
and a real life fight of good versus evil begins.<br />
Light Man is determined to create the “The World Championships For Heroes,” an Olympics for extreme<br />
sports that the newly created gods, goddesses, heroes and heroines can take part in. However,<br />
his arch enemies are determined to turn it into the ultimate terrorist plot. In this epic confrontation<br />
between good and evil, Light Man must align himself with all his allies in order to combat this evil<br />
force.<br />
Light Man offers a completely fresh universe of superheroes to engage with for a new generation of<br />
fans. This story line is written to be continued on for a further two films to make it highly successful<br />
and marketable with the hope for a cartoon T.V series, 3D animations and comic books to follow.<br />
Highly motivated and driven, I graduated from the London Shoreditch College of Art in 2004 and<br />
London The Metropolitan University 2008 Fine Art. Since then I have put on exhibitions in London, self<br />
published graphic novels of my superhero stories, created two animations from my characters and<br />
attended, as a professional, several comic book conventions. I am currently collaborating with other<br />
talented creative people to expand my ideas and stories. If you are interested in reading the fulllength<br />
script of LIGHT MAN: BIRTH OF A NEW SUPERHERO and a potentially highly profitable collaboration,<br />
a full screenplay is available now.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Marek Light
GERBERA<br />
And you are sure we have everything covered?<br />
HACKNEY<br />
I have checked, and double checked everything. Measures are in place for any<br />
possible attack, plus fail through plan with Cosmos Man in duty.<br />
GERBERA<br />
How will we stay in touch?<br />
HACKNEY<br />
Every god and goddess will be contacted through a com link. If there is any slight<br />
problems, Cosmos Man will sound a warning. The strongest forces in the universe will be there<br />
to protect the people, so what could possibly go wrong?<br />
Angelina still looks a little worried, but chooses to rest in Oscar<br />
’s confidence.<br />
Oscar pulls her back into the bed, and kisses her. He then kicks back, with hands behind his head.<br />
EXT. TEMPLE IN EGYPT - DAY<br />
HACKNEY (CONT’D)<br />
I say, I say, let the games begin.<br />
A bald MONK stands before a large golden gong with an extended mallet is his hand.<br />
He lifts the mallet, and swings hitting and sounding the gong. The sound reverberates through<br />
the other temples, and beyond.<br />
There’s a statute of PHARAOH seated at the entrance of the temple, with eyes looking upwards. A<br />
crowd begins to gather.<br />
INT. TEMPLE IN TIBET - DAY<br />
The temple is laced with statutes of Buddha. There are monks seated before these statutes.<br />
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EXT. TEMPLE IN TIBET - DAY<br />
The sound of the gong reverberates and joins in with another MONK hitting a smaller bronze<br />
gong. A crowd begins to gather.<br />
EXT. TEMPLE IN AUSTRALIA - DAY<br />
The sounds of the gong continues.<br />
EXT. AMAZON JUNGLE - DAY<br />
The sounds of the gongs continues. Locals rush through the bushy terrain towards a small temple<br />
up ahead. The trees ruffle, and birds take flight. There is a sense of excitement in the air as<br />
nature and people rush towards a common destination.<br />
EXT. CITY CENTER - TOKYO<br />
The sounds of the gongs can still be heard.<br />
Locals begin to gather in the square. Traffic is being diverted away from the large body of people<br />
standing before a large movie screen. Superimposed on the screen are the words, “EXTREME<br />
SPORTS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS” SERIES OF SHOTS<br />
There is a similar gathering in:<br />
LA<br />
NYC<br />
SYDNEY<br />
WELLINGTON<br />
LONDON<br />
BERLIN<br />
PARIS<br />
MOSCOW<br />
WARSAW<br />
BERLIN<br />
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Large screens displaying the same caption in different languages.<br />
EXT. LAS VEGAS - DAY<br />
The caption dissolves on the screen and the faces of two COMMENTATORS come into focus.<br />
COMMENTATOR 1<br />
Ladies and Gentlemen, from all over the world. It is that time when our superheroes<br />
will face off to see who will walk away as the Extreme Sport World Championships for<br />
2020.<br />
The crowd goes wild. There are sparks and fireworks on and off the screen.<br />
COMMENTATOR 2<br />
We want to say welcome to those who are viewing us online. We have over 5<br />
millions live viewers right now. Welcome.<br />
COMMENTATOR 1<br />
The countdown has already begun, so we move our attention to the Arena.<br />
The faces of the Commentators dissolve and is replaced digits counting down.<br />
The crowd raises their fisk and shout in sync with the timer...<br />
EXT. ARENA - LAS VEGAS - DAY<br />
CROWD<br />
Five, Four, Three, Two, One...<br />
Light Man and Light Woman races towards the arena carrying torches in their hand. They approach<br />
Light Maker and kneels. Light Maker holds in his hand an orb of magnificent flame. He<br />
holds the orb out, and touches the torches. They burst into flames. The crowd goes wild.<br />
There’s a large crowd of people on the bylines cheering and shouting. Fireworks explode in the<br />
air above the arena as the heroes approach<br />
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INT. ARENA - LAS VEGAS - DAY<br />
Every seat is occupied, but no ne is sitting. There’s a wild uproar throughout the arena as Light<br />
Man and Light Woman run towards the stage where AH, AS and RA is waiting.<br />
Throughout the stadium are flags from every country. The whole world is represented in this<br />
large stadium. There are screens showing people from all walks of life, color and language.<br />
Light Man and Light Woman get to the stage. The gods greet them. Then they turn to face the<br />
arena. They lift the torches high, and the stadium explodes in excitement. More fireworks.<br />
Light Man glances at Light Woman, their eyes filled with excitement.<br />
INT. COMMENTATOR BOOTH - DAY<br />
The two Commentators have a birds eye view of the full stadium and the illuminated stage where<br />
the two heroes hold the torch, and the gods smiling and applauding behind them.<br />
There are camera’s everywhere.<br />
COMMENTATOR 1<br />
This is it Ladies and Gentlemen. Our two heroes have arrived signalling the<br />
beginning of what we have come to know as the most exciting, and historical event in the history<br />
of humankind.<br />
COMMENTATOR 2<br />
And what a treat we have for you these next few days. Heroes from around the<br />
world will compete in cage fighting, wrestling, strongest man, race car driving, football, skydiving,<br />
and a host of other exciting, and extreme sports.<br />
COMMENTATOR 1<br />
Everyone loves a hero.<br />
COMMENTATOR 2<br />
That is why the Olympics have been exciting people for generations. Nothing<br />
unites the country more.<br />
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COMMENTATOR 1<br />
The World Championshipship for Heroes is a ground breaking event for a new<br />
wave of genuine superheroes on Earth to use their incredible superhuman powers in a range of<br />
extreme sports events.<br />
COMMENTATOR 2<br />
Prepare to be amazed, enthralled and bowled over by spectacular displays from<br />
the universe’s greatest athletes.<br />
COMMENTATOR 1<br />
But first, let’s turn our attention to the stage where Light Man and Light Woman<br />
is about to sing the ceremony song.<br />
INT. ARENA - LAS VEGAS - DAY<br />
Light Man and Light Woman positions the torches in place on stage. They come together holding<br />
hands, then kiss to the satisfaction of the crowd.<br />
They take their positions at the microphones and the crowd quiets down.<br />
The music begins amidst the sound of the gongs and Light Man and Light Woman sings the “Heroes<br />
Song.”<br />
It is translated to the different video screens in different parts of the world in different languages.<br />
The Heroes from the different nations march in carrying their respective countries flag. They<br />
parade through the stadium.<br />
The song ends. The crowd goes wild.<br />
INT. COMMENTATOR BOOTH - DAY<br />
The Commentators watch with glee and excitement the awesome visual display of fireworks.<br />
COMMENTATOR 1<br />
We have some new superheroes here today, with some really extreme powers.<br />
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LIGHT MAN<br />
Enough! It’s giving me a headache just listening to you talk.<br />
(to those standing behind him)<br />
Let’s show this stupid beast where they belong.<br />
All the gods and goddesses rush to attack, but suddenly stop dead in their tracks. They look<br />
around at each other.<br />
Everyone around them is Warroom Man, Lady War and Varney the Beast. They begin attacking<br />
each other. Warroom Man and Lady War can see who they are actually fighting, but in their<br />
own eyes they are engaging the enemy.<br />
There are people screaming, and running wild. They are trampling over each other to get out<br />
of the arena.<br />
Light Maker moves towards Warroom Man.<br />
EXT. CITY OF LIGHTS - DAY<br />
Light Maker is standing at the entrance to the city. He looks around confused.<br />
EXT. ARENA - DAY<br />
Light Maker is looking around him. He looks confused. Light Man watches the gods and goddesses<br />
attack each other in horror. He grabs hold of IM.<br />
What are you doing?<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
IM<br />
We must vanquish all our enemies.<br />
He points at Warroom Man. Light Man sees Black Man. IM shakes free and resumes his attack.<br />
Light Man looks at Varney the Beast. He can see energy pulsating from him, creating illusions.<br />
Light Man attacks Varney the Beast.<br />
Warroom Man smiles as he watches Light Man attack Light Woman<br />
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Light Woman screams with every blow she blocks from Light Man.<br />
LIGHT WOMAN<br />
What are you doing? Light Man sees the mouth of the beast open, and a nasty<br />
growl emanating from spiked teeth.<br />
retaliate.<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
I will defeat you, beast. Light Woman blocks Light Man’s attacks, but doesn’t<br />
LIGHT MAN (CONT’D)<br />
Fight back, you beast.<br />
LIGHT WOMAN<br />
No! Light Man hears a nasty growl. Warroom Man and his two companions sit<br />
in the stadium watching the epic display of power as the allies have turned on each other.<br />
WARROOM MAN<br />
This is working out better than I thought. And I don’t even have to lift a finger.<br />
LADY WAR<br />
Victory will be ours.<br />
WARROOM MAN<br />
You will be immortal as soon as I absorb all their powers.<br />
They kiss, while everyone is fighting.<br />
There is a cosmic display of plasma beams, and explosions of light as the powerful beings<br />
battle against each other. Slowly they begin to weaken and start taking direct hits. Light Man<br />
shoots a plasma beam and hits Varney in his shoulder, burning away clothing and flesh.<br />
Light Man grabs his own burning shoulder as a similar wound appear. Light Man drops to one<br />
knee. He looks at Varney, realizing he is not fighting back. His eyes look pitiful. Light Man gets<br />
up, and walks over to Varney, who holds both hand up to defend himself<br />
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Light Man kisses the beast. Light Woman kisses him back. The wounds on their shoulder heals<br />
quickly.<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
I am sorry my love. My own eyes tricked me.<br />
LIGHT WOMAN<br />
No, it wasn’t you. They turn to the stadium. Warroom Man and Lady War is<br />
still kissing.<br />
Light Man and Light Woman shift into light speed, and appears behind Warroom Man and Lady<br />
War. They hit them both with a plasma beam, sending them spiralling out of control, and<br />
crashing in the field.<br />
They hit Varney, and he lands on the other side of the stadium, crashing through metal. Lady<br />
War and Warroom Man recovers.<br />
LADY WAR<br />
What just happened?<br />
Varney steps out with red, angry eyes.<br />
Lady War gets to her feet and arms herself with grenades and bombs.<br />
Light Man and light Woman move towards them at the speed of light. Warroom Man sidesteps,<br />
and grabs them both hurling them towards the stadium. Lady War throws two grenades after<br />
them.<br />
They crash into metal and the grenades explodes engulfing them. Light Man and Light Woman<br />
emerge from the explosion with a wound on their left arm. The wound is healing quickly.<br />
WARROOM MAN<br />
Focus on the woman. Take her out.<br />
Lady War launches two grenades at Light Woman. Light Man blocks them. Warroom Man,<br />
and Varney begin attacking Light Woman. She defends herself, with help from Light Man. The<br />
battle intensifies.<br />
Light Man blocks every kick and punch. Light Woman hits Varney multiple times with a plasma<br />
ray. It barely phases him.<br />
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Lady War is shooting explosives, and launching grenades.<br />
Every wound inflicted on Light Woman appears on Light Man, but heals quickly.<br />
Light Man and Light Woman sprouts wings and launches upward. Varney and Warroom Man<br />
follows. Lady War remains grounded. She is not too happy about that. She starts pacing back<br />
and forth waiting for an opportunity.<br />
The other gods and goddesses continues to battle each other. Warroom Man and Varney takes<br />
some direct hits. Light Woman and Light Man has the advantage in the air.<br />
Light Man expands a plasma ball trapping Varney.<br />
Light Woman blocks Warroom Man’s attacks, and goes in for a final punch.<br />
Snakes sprout out of Warroom Man’s back, and one of the vipers snaps its mouth over Light<br />
Woman’s shoulder. Her powers are drained and transferred to Warroom Man who roars with<br />
delight.<br />
The wound appears on Light Man’s shoulder. He weakness. The snake releases Light Woman,<br />
and she falls to the ground. Lady War takes her hostage.<br />
LADY WAR<br />
Hey Light Man. Give yourself over to Warroom Man now, or your girlfriend dies.<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
No, Michael. Finish this. Evil must never prevail, or the whole entire universe<br />
will be ruined. Light Man considers his options. He releases Varney.<br />
LIGHT MAN (CONT’D)<br />
The whole universe is not worth living without you.<br />
Two snakes latches on to Light Man’s shoulders draining his powers. He falls limb at the feet of<br />
Lady War.<br />
Warroom Man and Varney land.<br />
Warroom Man picks up Light Man. He extends his hand to Lady War. She hands him a gun.<br />
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WARROOM MAN<br />
You are stupid, Light Man. Love makes you stupid. Now you both die.<br />
Warroom Man is hit hard by an invisible force. The gun is knocked from his hand. Light Man falls<br />
from his grip.<br />
What was that?<br />
WARROOM MAN (CONT’D)<br />
What was what?<br />
LADY WAR<br />
Warroom Man is hit hard again. He topples over, but quickly gets to his feet. He swipes hard<br />
at the air around him. He is hit again, and again. He starts fighting his invisible foe, baffled and<br />
confused.<br />
Warroom Man takes one final hit, and is sent spirally across the stadium, and crashes into a<br />
cement wall. He falls unconscious and the wall crumbles around him.<br />
Varney stumbles and falls, weakened. Light Man hits him with a plasma beam, and he vanishes in<br />
a puff of smoke. Cosmos Man appears.<br />
LIGHT WOMAN<br />
Johnny! Cosmos Man pulls Light Man to his feet.<br />
COSMOS MAN<br />
(winks)<br />
I always got your back Light Man.<br />
They turn to Lady War. She has nowhere to turn. She raises both hands in surrender. Light Woman<br />
subdues her violently. Plasma cuffs are placed on her hands and feet.<br />
The hallucinations clears. The gods and goddesses stop fighting, realizing now that they were<br />
fighting each other. They are all badly wounded.<br />
RA is startled to see his hand on RH’s neck. He quickly pulls his hand away.<br />
Light Maker rubs his eyes, as the real scene before him comes into focus. The gods and goddesses<br />
are dusting each other off, and helping each other to their feet.<br />
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LIGHT WOMAN<br />
I feel my powers coming back. I will go help the others.<br />
Light Woman is touching and healing wounds all over the arena. Light Man hugs Cosmos Man.<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
I feel I should know the answer to this question, but how did you do it?<br />
COSMOS MAN<br />
Well, when I noticed that every other face was Warroom Man, I knew something<br />
was wrong. I figured it must be an hallucination, so I did what any normal person would do.<br />
Do tell.<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
COSMOS MAN<br />
Instead of fighting the bad guys, just fight the one who I should not be fighting.<br />
Me?<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
COSMOS MAN<br />
Yes. Turns out you were actually the real Warroom Man.<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
You are brilliant. But I didn’t know you had the power of invisibility.<br />
this.<br />
COSMOS MAN<br />
I don’t. I have the power to shrink to an incredibly small size. You should know<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
It is all a blur to me right now. Light Maker walks over to them<br />
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LIGHT MAKER<br />
I think today you have proven yourselves as the true protectors of the earth.<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
Duty called. We answered.<br />
LIGHT MAKER<br />
Next time, take my warnings seriously.<br />
I am sorry.<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
LIGHT MAKER<br />
Let this be a lesson well learnt. Light Man looks at Lady War.<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
What about them?<br />
LIGHT MAKER<br />
The woman stays in a prison here. Warroom Man goes back with me. He will be<br />
locked away for all eternity.<br />
AH, RS, and LA walk over. They are fully recovered from their wounds.<br />
AH pats Light Man on his shoulder. AH Sorry about your world championship for heroes. I know<br />
this meant a lot to you.<br />
EXT. ARENA - LAS VEGAS - DAY<br />
SUPERIMPOSE: One Year Later<br />
LIGHT MAN<br />
Oh, I haven’t give up yet.<br />
Light Man and Light Woman race forward holding the lighted torch.<br />
The crowd is bigger. The people go wild.<br />
Behind Light Man and Light Woman is Cosmos Man, RA, AH, AS, IM, Black Man, RW<br />
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Light Maker walks out on the platform as the heroes race towards him.<br />
INT. COMMENTATOR BOOTH - DAY<br />
The Commentators watch with glee and excitement the awesome visual display of fireworks.<br />
COMMENTATOR 1<br />
We have some new superheroes here today, with some really extreme powers.<br />
COMMENTATOR 2<br />
We can expect even greater risk with these sporting events to match the superhuman<br />
skills of the competitors whose abilities are beyond that of a normal human being.<br />
COMMENTATOR 1<br />
Expect some rules to be changed and the stake to be raised in these all ready<br />
incredibly dangerous sports.<br />
COMMENTATOR 2<br />
And for the purpose of our many sponsors, the Light maker, along with Light<br />
Man, Earth’s first superhero, are the creators and masterminds behind The World Championships<br />
For Heroes event, believing it is an excellent way to bring the world together and appreciate<br />
the sheer awesome power of the world’s superheroes.<br />
COMMENTATOR 1<br />
Ladies and Gentlemen, the World Championships For Heroes begins now.<br />
FADE TO LIGHT<br />
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M. LIGHT M. LIGHT AND H.R GIGER IN<br />
SWITZERLAND H.R GIGER THE<br />
CREATOR OF THE ALIEN BEAST<br />
2013<br />
The founder and art director of the Light Man Comics, Marek Szostaczko as Artist Marek Light.<br />
A Quick Overview of the Light Man Universe Business Goals and Brand Expansion<br />
Since time began, humanity has always desired a hero, someone to give hope and to inspire. Our current times are no different<br />
as this hero worship takes place in the form of celebrity culture. Marek Light is offering a new positive hero for this generation<br />
by the rebirth of the traditional comic book hero with a modern twist with his character ‘Light Man’ and his universe. Marek is<br />
designing his character to be a truly modern hero for our time; a new figure to unite people worldwide.<br />
Highly ambitious, the Light Man Universe has many goals; to not only bring a lot of profitable entertainment and highly marketable<br />
inspirational characters, but also to revolutionise the way comic culture can affect society and expand beyond pen and paper.<br />
Marek aims to achieve this with a new worldwide sporting event, full length feature films, an animated series, conventions, festivals,<br />
merchandise and more.<br />
Currently, Marek has two published graphic novels, Light Man #1; The Birth of a New Superhero, The First Dream and Light Man #2:<br />
The American Superheroes. He has two animations all ready completed, which have all ready been featured in many film festivals<br />
in 2014 such as the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival; Official Selection, NOFI World Festival of Student & Non-commercial Films and<br />
the San Diego International Kids Film Festival, receiving a very positive response. Full length 25 minute episodes are also in the<br />
making for a variety of his characters. Marek has also featured the Light Man Universe in the MCM Comic Con in London and with<br />
more appearances in various comic conventions in 2015. Marek will visit comic conventions all over the world including America<br />
and Japan to spread the Light Man Universe. He is gearing up to feature in the San Diego Comic Con in the near future. His goal in<br />
all of these present creations of Light Man is to be an invitation and demonstration of all the possibilities of how these characters<br />
can be developed and marketed.<br />
Currently, Marek is working on having an animated cartoon series and a full length live action feature film. The feature film will<br />
massively expand the brand and help make it a global phenomenon. The script for this film is currently under development and<br />
will be presented to investors, screen writing agencies and production companies. More graphic novels are also on the way with<br />
a variety of the characters getting their individual series. Future publications will include graphic novels Cosmos Man, Light Man<br />
#3, Light Boy and Light Girl and Love Man. Marek has all ready developed merchandise based on his characters including not only<br />
T shirts and caps but more unusual items such as uniquely designed Light Man Lamps and perfume fragrances. The ways the Light<br />
Man brand can be expanded is limitless.<br />
Marek’s next big goal is to create a completely new sporting event called ‘The World Championships For Heroes’ which will be a<br />
new kind of Olympics for extreme sports. The Olympics are breath taking and amazing all ready, but just imagine if the concept<br />
was taking further with the heart stopping danger and skill of extreme sports! Not only that but a special message of how the<br />
everyday person can become a hero will be the central theme of the event to positively encourage and inspire a new generation.<br />
The World Championships For Heroes will be a ground breaking event sure to revolutionize sports and unite the world in a new<br />
way. It will be a fantastic investment opportunity and a big promotion for sports worldwide.<br />
Like the Olympics, this amazing sporting event will happen every four years with both winter and summer events. Marek is aiming<br />
to start the qualification program from spring 2019 and the grand opening of the actual event taking place in the spring of 2021.<br />
This will take place in multiple places around the world as each extreme sport demands its own unique environment. However,<br />
there will be a central base where some of the sports that do not need a specific environment will take place along with the opening<br />
ceremony. This location will change locations for the summer and winter just like the Olympics so it can be fairly represented<br />
throughout the world.<br />
Events so far include: Cage Fighting, Wrestling, Strongest Man, F1 Race Car Driving, Football for Heroes, Skydiving, Paragliding,<br />
BMX, Mountain Biking Downhill, Skateboarding, Aggressive Inline Skating, Cliff Jumping, Base Jumping, Street Dancing, Surfing,<br />
including Kite Surfing and Wind Surfing, Water Skiing, Jet Skiing, 8000m High Mountain Climbing, Ice Climbing, Yacht Racing, Diving,<br />
Snow Boarding, Toboggan Racing, Skiing, Ice Skate Racing, Extreme Motorsport, including Super Cross, Motocross and Freestyle<br />
Motocross, Bungee Jumping, White Water Rafting, and High-lining.<br />
Ultimately, the long term goal is to create a new iconic super hero brand, with a very positive message that can be marketed in<br />
many different forms worldwide. The comics, animation, and film script thus far have been created to be promotional ideas to<br />
encourage other creative talent and marketers to get behind and invest in a new polished product with global appeal.
The Infinity Light Arenas<br />
ILA: ARENAS /FL1<br />
20.99$/15.99£/17.99€<br />
The Infinity Light Arenas will be a new state of the art building and like its namesake,<br />
the arena will be shaped in a unique infinity shape that has two massive stadiums<br />
housed within its figure<br />
of eight shape. The stadiums will be able to hold thousands of people. Each stadium<br />
will be able to facilitate an 800 meter track within the oval shape. The Infinity Light<br />
Arena will also feature a massive solar power billboard, towering into the sky with<br />
advertisers having the advantage of having an add that can literally be seen from<br />
across the city. This is innovation at its best because the solar powered place and<br />
light around the arena will not use petrol.<br />
The Infinity Light Arenas will also have dozens of retail shops,<br />
restaurants, a theatre, a concert/performance hall and a mu<br />
seum dedicated to the history of extreme sports and the He<br />
roes Extreme Sport World Championships. It will be like a small<br />
village with endless entertainment for all ages.<br />
www.hewc.tv
The Heroes Extreme World Championships is happy to announce it’s exciting winter line up<br />
of action packed, heart racing extreme sports to compete in this ground breaking international<br />
event. The spirit of the hero and the vision of fantasy meets reality will continue<br />
on in this unique sporting event in the colder months with all the excitement and flavour of<br />
winter fun.<br />
Here are the following sports that made the final cut for the Heroes Extreme Sports World<br />
Championships:<br />
1. Heroes Extreme Speed Skiing<br />
2. Heroes Extreme Ski Jumping<br />
3. Heroes Extreme Paragliding/ Speed Flying Skiing<br />
4. Heroes Extreme Ski Slopestyle<br />
5. Heroes Extreme Ski Halfpipe<br />
6. Heroes Extreme Speed Snowboarding (Darren Powell, Jamie Barrow)<br />
7. Heroes Extreme Snowboard Slope Style<br />
8. Heroes Extreme Tobogganing<br />
9. Heroes Extreme Heli-Snowboarding<br />
10. Heroes Extreme Paragliding Snowboarding<br />
11. Heroes Extreme Downhill Skating<br />
12. Heroes Extreme Ice Climbing<br />
13. Heroes Extreme Inner Tubing<br />
14. Ice Driving<br />
15. Heroes Extreme Snow Kayaking<br />
16. Heroes Extreme Snowmobilin/Snow Cross race (Eco electric only)<br />
17. Ice surfing<br />
18. Heroes Extreme Ice Sailing/Yachting Slopestyle(Eco electric only)<br />
19. Heroes Extreme Airboarding<br />
20. Heroes Extreme Jet Pack Sky Flying ( Eco electric only)<br />
21. Heroes Extreme Snow Downhill Mountain Fat Biking<br />
22. Heroes Extreme Ski Bike Jumping<br />
23. Heroes Extreme Husky Sledge race<br />
24. Heroes Extreme Fat Biking DownHill<br />
25. Heroes Extreme Triathlon Winter Race<br />
26. Heroes Extreme Biathlon Mixed Relay Winter Race<br />
27. Heroes Extreme Snowboard Snowkiting<br />
28. Heroes Extreme Ski Snowkiting<br />
29. Heroes Extreme Ice Swimming
Just like the summer Heroes Extreme World Championships, the winter version will happen<br />
every four years, but two years after the summer events. This means essentially the<br />
Heroes Extreme World Championships will happen every two years with alternating summer<br />
and winter events. The first year for the winter events is hoped to start in 2023.<br />
Like in the Olympics, different countries will host the event each time so all of the world<br />
can be fairly represented and celebrated. However, a country must be able to prove that<br />
it has the natural resources to host these sports as many of them depend on icy cold<br />
weather, frozen water, snow and big mountains.<br />
The first winter Heroes Extreme World Championships will take place in the highlands<br />
of Scotland in 2023. Scotland’s five winter sports centres Cairngorm, Glenshee, Glencoe,<br />
The Lecht, and The Nevis Range, offer fantastic opportunities for a variety of winter<br />
sports. There are also great facilities both on-site and in nearby villages and towns<br />
around all of these sites. Each of the five areas have its own very distinct characters<br />
and challenges. The amount and quality of snow that Scotland gets is some of the best in<br />
the world. Having Mountain ranges and plenty of cold water recourses surrounding the<br />
country also make Scotland an ideal location.<br />
After this, countries can enter a bid to get an opportunity to host the next winter Heroes<br />
Extreme World Championships.<br />
An special winter version of the Infinity Light Arena will be built. However due to the nature<br />
of many these sports, multiple covered and heated stadium seating around the event<br />
sites will be built.<br />
The winter Heroes Extreme Sport World Championships also be about promoting green<br />
and sustainable energy. All powered vehicles will use eco electric engage and the new<br />
“Solar Roadways” technology will also be utilized just like in the summer event.<br />
This technology will turn all pathways, surfaces, roads, and even competition areas into<br />
solar panels that not only collect and convert the sun’s energy but will change colour and<br />
design on demand for every purpose. These solar panels have LED lights within them that<br />
can work in unison to change into whatever pattern or design needed as well as generate<br />
air conditioning to keep everyone warm and use interactive smart technology for fun<br />
and for safety. The solar technology will be able to work even in snow and heavy weather<br />
conditions. Check out http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml for more details.<br />
The opening ceremony will also be very spectacular with special affects and award winning<br />
performers to create an unforgettable experience. A special set of winter versions<br />
for the metals will also be created for the event.<br />
The theme that everyone can be a hero will continue on as it did from the summer events<br />
and incorporate its own huge comic, film and entertainment convention alongside with<br />
the excitement of the sporting events. Expect special winter themed extras like an ice<br />
skating rink, snow men building contests, ice sculptures, a Christmas market and more.
The Heroes Extreme World Championships is happy to announce it’s exciting winter<br />
line up of action packed, heart racing extreme sports to compete in this ground<br />
breaking international event. The spirit of the hero and the vision of fantasy meets<br />
reality will continue on in this unique sporting event in the colder months with all the<br />
excitement and flavour of winter fun.<br />
Just like the summer Heroes Extreme World Championships, the winter version will<br />
happen every four years, but two years after the summer events. This means essentially<br />
the Heroes Extreme World Championships will happen every two years with<br />
alternating summer and winter events. The first year for the winter events is hoped<br />
to start in 2023.<br />
Like in the Olympics, different countries will host the event each time so all of the<br />
world can be fairly represented and celebrated. However, a country must be able to<br />
prove that it has the natural resources to host these sports as many of them depend<br />
on icy cold weather, frozen water, snow and big mountains.<br />
The first winter Heroes Extreme World Championship.<br />
HESWC 29.99$<br />
THE SUMMER 25.00£