Join me in the morning for some live tweeting from the Ulster Grand Prix, for all the Race Day action, live as it happens!
See you there, see you here!
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My Castles of Ireland 2016 Tour is part of a larger UK & Ireland run Challenger as can be found on Adventure Bike Rider.
I will add the add the castles to this blog along with a little bit of their history to wet your appetite as to just another thing that Ireland and Northern Ireland has to capture your imagination and set your sights on. You can take in all of the castles on this island in on one trip of 676 miles, that according to Google will take you 14 hours 50 minutes. Of course that means no stops, food, leg stretches, or photo ops.
UPDATE : Just for the info of the readers Nitro Circus filed a copyright infringement against me for this video, with YouTube… Way to go Nitro Circus. I’m pretty sure an copyright infringement can’t be set on a sporting event in an open air stadium, but you know what, the little guy has no chance in taking on someone like you. So well done, you horrid, money motivated, soul-less corporation. It just goes to show everyone eventually forgets their roots. I’m disgusted, and no longer a fan. I am not childish enough to remove this posting or the video, enjoy the couple of cents you will make from it, but instead I will leave this here so you and everyone else can see how you like to dump on your own patrons. Oh and I can be an ass too.
The stunt where they call ‘members of the crowd’ out for the stunt involving the 3 people doing the backflip on the motorcycle – is fake. They are members of the Nitro Circus Team. All fake. Good night.
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A brief history of the show from television to Live Shows and 3D movies can be found on Wikipedia at : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_Circus
Nitro Circus is an “action sport collective” led by Travis Pastrana, featuring his friends and him traveling around the world riding dirtbikes, base jumping, and performing stunts. It has spawned a tour, a second television series based on the tour, and a 3D feature film.
The collective began by releasing about 10 DVDs during the early 2000s. Good sales led to the creation of the television show.
Originally run as a 2006 miniseries on Fuel TV, it began running as an episodic reality television show on MTV that featured people performing various dangerous stunts. Nitro Circus officially debuted on February 8, 2009; Season 2 premiered on August 27, 2009.
Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D was released August 8, 2012 in the United States and November 15, 2012 in Australia and New Zealand for one week.[1] Release dates for other countries are to be announced.[2][3]
Jim DeChamp suffered a serious back injury on June 29, 2011, while shooting for the 3D film. After undergoing surgery, his doctors indicated there was no spinal damage and that they expect him to make a full recovery.[4]
Damien Starkey and Paul Phillips both ex-Puddle of Mudd members scored the movie and provided the majority of the music. This was done through Starkey’s company Give 2 Get Music.
Nitro Circus Live is a reality television show. It follows Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus crew as they perform live all around the world
Nitro Circus visited Belfast for the first time ever on Friday 10th June 2016.
With the imminent release of ticket sales for Motorcycle Live 2016 at the NEC Birmingham I thought I would upload my Gallery from 2015.
MCL 2016 will run from Saturday 19 November 2016 – Sunday 27 November 2016 at the NEC, Birmingham so get those dates in your diary now, and if you are travelling by air, get the tickets booked sooner rather than later to make use of the cheapest fares!
MCL is a show that I make an annual trip to from Northern Ireland, personally I think it is a great show with loads to see and do, which is hopefully reflected in the photos. In 2015 there was a demo from ArenaCross, which was outstanding given the space these guys were working with, enough that I came straight out of the show and booked tickets for the Belfast show.
Enjoy the Gallery…
With the Thursday night Racing Session getting suspended due to a race related incident the Saturday Race Schedule had the extra race bumped into the schedule, meaning a full program of six races.
Racing started sharp and an excellent first race was unfortunately the only one of the schedule to run its course.
Race 2 was stopped following an incident involving Bruce Anstey who incidentally managed a speed trough the trap of a whopping 209.4mph! Thankfully Bruce walked away from the crash after some roadside medical treatment.
Race 3 was then stopped and the remainder of the meeting cancelled following the death of Malachi Mitchell Thomas.
https://tbni.blog/2016/05/15/nw200-2016-a-tragic-end-rip-malachi-mitchell-thomas/
As is the now normal procedure Thursday night saw the first racing of the NW200 event. The weather was glorious, as it had been all week, the roads were in top condition and things are now scheduled to move much more quickly, with the organisers now putting the focus on the racing, for the benefit of the spectators and fans rather than pit lane walks, interviews and TV cameras holding up the proceedings.
A welcome change to the program.
Three races were scheduled for the evening race session, however due to a non race related fire on the course Race 2 had to be postponed. Then when set off again a race incident involving Ryan Farquhar and Dan Cooper suspended and ultimately finished proceedings for the evening.
The third race was scheduled to run on Saturday 14th May 2016 as part of the Saturday race programme.
However more importantly and thankfully Ryan Farquhar, who was seriously injured is now making good progress and full recovery is expected, Dan Cooper was not seriously injured, should also be back to 100% fighting fit very soon.
Gallery :
The 2016 NW200 ended in tragedy yesterday with the death of a new comer to the event, Malachi Mitchell-Thomas, a 20 year old from Chorley in Lancashire.
A true racer who was over at the event with his father and this year had set the Irish Road Racing Scene on fire with his talent, personality and charism.
A true tragedy without doubt, however rather than me try to express this young man’s skills and talent, 2 interviews that I have watched sum everything up perfectly and are absolutely worth watching…
Father pays tribute to Malachi Mitchell-Thomas
Philip McCallen Pays Tribute to Malachi Mitchell Thomas
RIP / Ride In Peace
If unlike me you are unlucky enough to be not making it to the racing today you can stream it live on BBC online :
NW200 Saturday Live Stream
However what I found hard to find was the entry list. So without further ado please enjoy…
Good luck and a safe event to all competitiors, spectators, officials. Everyone.
The live stream of todays practise session is now up and running! If you can’t make it down you can still catch all the action…
NW200 BBC Live Stream – Tuesday Practise Session : 10/05/2016
This session is due to run until about 15:00 hours…
Enjoy
It’s race week and tomorrow sees the first practise session from 0915 – 1500 hours!
Here’s to safe and enjoyable, incident free #nw200 for all participants, officials, spectators, visitors… Everyone!