Youthstream welcome Rui Goncalves as technical advisor

Courtesy of Youthstream Media

Youthstream welcome Rui Goncalves as technical advisor

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 1 December 2015 – With the goal to improve the track preparation, maintenance, safety and to ensure better racing, Youthstream has come to an agreement with MXGP rider Rui Gonçalves to be the advisor for these issues, this will also help the technical communication between Youthstream and the riders.  Rui will start this role as a part-time cooperation with Youthstream as he is still racing and in the future he will become full-time from the moment he stops his career as a professional MXGP rider. Youthstream is very happy to start this cooperation with Rui because he has a lot of experience racing at a high level, he speaks many languages fluently, he is respected in the paddock and is an easy person to approach. With his help we want to continue to improve our racing tracks and the relationship between Youthstream and the paddock.   LINKS Youthstream FIM

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Under-21 stars set for Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup opportunity

Courtesy of FIM Speedway Grand Prix

PLENTY IN RESERVE AS U21 STARS GET MONSTER ENERGY SWC OPPORTUNITY The sport’s junior stars could get their senior break in the Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup in 2016. Every country now has the option to select an under-21 rider, who will serve as a reserve for their four-man team. Should one of the quartet be forced out of a Monster Energy SWC round for medical reasons during the meeting, the under-21 star can be drafted in to take their place. BSI Speedway managing director Torben Olsen hopes the move will ensure teams are given the opportunity to continue competing at full-strength, while handing the sport’s most promising young guns invaluable experience of racing in some of speedway’s biggest meetings. He said: “Injuries are sadly part of the sport and we’ve seen the effect they can have on an SWC event, not least when Poland’s Jaroslaw Hampel suffered a broken leg at Gniezno in the summer. “By giving teams this reserve facility, we’re ensuring team managers have a back-up plan, in case a rider is forced out for medical reasons. “It will also improve the spectacle for the fans in attendance and watching at home – everyone wants to see four riders in a race if at all possible. “And if we can give some of the sport’s promising youngsters their opportunity to compete in the Monster Energy SWC, the experience will be invaluable as they strive to become team regulars in the future.” Notes: For further information, interviews or photographs, please contact us on: T (direct): +44 (0)208 233 6135 Email: speedway@imgworld.com About BSI Speedway BSI Speedway is an IMG company and rights holders of the FIM Speedway World Championships presented by Monster Energy – FIM Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) and Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC). More information available via: www.speedwaygp.com www.facebook.com/speedwaygp and Twitter: @SpeedwayGP About IMG IMG is a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion, operating in more than 25 countries. The company represents and manages some of the world’s greatest sports figures and fashion icons; stages thousands of live events and branded entertainment experiences annually; and is the world’s largest independent producer and distributor of sports media. IMG also specializes in sports training; league development; and marketing, media and licensing for brands, sports organizations and collegiate institutions. In 2014, IMG was acquired by WME, the world’s leading entertainment agency, to form WME | IMG.

Lay Day Called for Target Pro Maui

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Lay day Called for Target Maui Pro – more at worldsurfleague.com

Caption: The Boys and Girls’ Club of Maui enjoying a tour of the Target Maui Pro on another lay day. Image: WSL / Cestari Location:    Honolua Bay, Maui/Hawaii  Event window: November 21 – December 4, 2015 Today’s call: Lay Day Conditions: Small HONOLUA BAY, Maui/Hawaii (Tuesday, December 1, 2015) – Small surf continues to trickle into Honolua Bay, prompting event organizers to call the Target Maui Pro off for the day. The world’s best are ready for more but will have to wait for the incoming swell to get competition back underway and crown a 2015 World Champion. “We arrived early this morning and the bay is completely silent so we’ll have to go on a lay day today and come back tomorrow with hopes of a rising swell,” WSL Women’s Commissioner Jessi Miley-Dyer said. “We’re keeping our eye on the forecast and it’s still looking like great conditions are coming for deciding a World Champion. The anticipation is brutal but we know it will be well worth the wait once more.” Lakey Peterson (USA) and Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) will battle for elimination in the opening heat of Round 4 when competition resumes. Surfline, the official forecaster for the World Surf League (WSL), are calling for: Smaller leftovers from the NNW prevail Tuesday. New, shadowed WNW/NW swell wrap builds in on Wednesday, with a possible continued build in surf size specifically for Honolua Bay into Thursday as reinforcements from the NNW fill in. Friday will ease in size. Breezy trades prevail through the week.  The Target Maui Pro webcast is LIVE on www.worldsurfleague.com and via the WSL app. The world’s best surfing will also be broadcast LIVE on Fox Sports in Australia, MCS Extreme in France, EDGE Sports in China, South Korea, Malaysia and other territories and on Globo TV in Brazil. UPCOMING TARGET MAUI PRO ROUND 4 MATCH-UPS: Heat 1: Lakey Peterson (USA), Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) Heat 2: Malia Manuel (HAW), Tyler Wright (AUS) Heat 3: Courtney Conlogue (USA), Coco Ho (HAW) Heat 4: Bianca Buitendag (ZAF), Johanne Defay (FRA) TARGET MAUI PRO ROUND 3 RESULTS: Heat 1: Alessa Quizon (HAW) 15.37, Lakey Peterson (USA) 8.83, Tyler Wright (AUS) 6.83 Heat 2: Carissa Moore (HAW) 14.93, Malia Manuel (HAW) 11.83, Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW) 7.30 Heat 3: Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) 14.10, Courtney Conlogue (USA) 13.44, Johanne Defay (FRA) 10.34 Heat 4: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 16.60, Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) 11.67, Coco Ho (HAW) 11.50

About the World Surf League The mission of the WSL is simple: to inspire positive change for surfing, our fans and the environment. Formerly the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), the WSL has been championing the world’s best surfing since 1976, running global products across the Samsung Galaxy men’s and women’s Championship Tours, Big Wave Tour, Qualifying Series, Junior and Longboard Championships, as well as the WSL Big Wave Awards. The League possesses a deep appreciation for the sport’s rich heritage while promoting progression, innovation and performance at the highest levels; it strives to put the world’s best surfers on the world’s best waves. Showcasing the world’s best surfing on its digital platform at WorldSurfLeague.com, the WSL has energized an already-passionate global fan base with millions around the world tuning in to see the likes of Kelly Slater, Filipe Toledo, Gabriel Medina, Makua Rothman, Grant “Twiggy” Baker, Greg Long, Stephanie Gilmore, John John Florence, Carissa Moore and others do battle in the most dynamic field of play in all of sports. For more information, please visit WorldSurfLeague.com.