Flying in the Red Bull World Championship is very much a team effort according to the pilots who compete.

It’s non-stop for everyone involved and with every year that passes, the pressure on team members increases as the sport fast becomes a global phenomenon.

As in all motorsport disciplines, the person at the controls tends to get the most attention as the ‘ambassador’ of the race team but in reality the pilot is supported by key people who make it all happen long before they hear the ‘Smoke On’ signal to fly into the track.

Shortly after leaving the South American leg of the ASP Dream Tour, world’s best surfers are already preparing themeselves or the upcoming Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay, held at the iconic South African pointbreak from July 9 – 19, 2009.
Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay will host the ASP Top 45 as the battle for pride, points and the freshly intensified ASP World Title race. To be the best, they need to find the ultimate motivation and focus on good job.

ASP World Tour

COOLANGATTA, Queensland (Monday, July 6, 2009)
In the ASP WQS 6-Star Mr Price Pro Ballito in South Africa, it was always going to be a surfer who could handle all sorts of surf conditions that would eventually win and that was USA’s Tanner Gudauskas.

When his Endurance ship got stuck in ice of Antarctica during his third expedition, one of the world’s difficult survival challenges begun on the snow and icy desert.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, that’s the hero we’re talking about today.
When he was 16, he joined the merchant navy where he got opportunity to see a big piece of the globe. His first two independent expeditions always failed in the end, however Shackleton never lost faith in his explorations.

Extreemblog presents a small preview of a new articles series called: Lost in Action: The Adventurers. Every week, I will present you one famous adventure personality that changed the world we now live in.
Extraordinary lives are almost always rich in action, travel, passion, dreams, sometimes love and treasures. When you live life to the full, you don’t worry about the future, you just grab what you have and seek for more adventures.