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How the Christian king Alfonso the Wise was inspired by the Muslim world

Edit Raw Story 11 Mar 2016
In the early 1260s, a Christian Spanish ruler—Alfonso, king of Castile and León—fearfully paced the hallways of his palace in Seville. His father had extinguished the military threat from a militant Muslim movement from North Africa, the Almohads, whom one historian has hyperbolically described as “... ....

Tignes halfpipe World Cup ends 2015/16 with a bang (FIS - Fédération Internationale de Ski)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Mar 2016
(Source ... While Rolland only threw four tricks in his winning run - as opposed to the typical five seen in most men's halfpipe runs - his combination of incredible amplitude (and distance), massive tricks (including back-to-back dub 1260s), and clean landings gave him the slightest edge over second-place finisher Lyman Currier (USA), with Rolland's 95.80 just one point better than Currier's 94.80 ... LADIES TOP THREE RUNS.. 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3....

White and Kim Dominate US Open Halfpipe (USSA - United States Ski & Snowboard Association)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Mar 2016
(Source. USSA - United States Ski & Snowboard Association) ... (Burton US Open) ... In my eyes I really feel like I'm just getting started all over again.' The two-time Olympic gold medalist went easily 25 feet out of the halfpipe on his first hit, saying that he dropped in with a little more speed than usual because he 'thought the pipe was going to slow down a bit.' White also landed back-to-back double cork 1260s in his second run ... QUOTES....

Skiers from Northern Europe drop hammers at PyeongChang slopestyle World Cup (FIS - Fédération Internationale ...

Edit Public Technologies 18 Feb 2016
(Source. FIS - Fédération Internationale de Ski) ... Sjaastad Christiansen a class of her own ... Stridsberg-Usterud does it in impressive fashion ... The reigning Norwegian champion performed super clean from top to bottom, with no mistakes at all, starting well on the rails and keeping the level high going into the jumps with a clean switch right double 1080 to back-to-back double 1260s ... Tjader kills it in his first run ... Original Document ... (noodl....

15-Year-Old Snowboarder Chloe Kim Makes History With Perfect Run, Back-To-Back 1080s (United States Olympic Committee) ...

Edit Public Technologies 07 Feb 2016
(Source. United States Olympic Committee). Print. By John Coon . Feb. 06, 2016, 6.02 p.m. (ET) (L-R) Chloe Kim celebrates a first-place finish with Kelly Clark in women's halfpipe at the 2016 U.S Snowboarding Grand Prix on Feb. 6, 2016 in Park City, Utah ... Snowboarding Grand Prix, a world cup event ... Shaun White scored the first 100 by a male rider at the 2012 Winter X Games when he was the first to land back-to-back double cork 1260s ... 14....

Chloe Kim lands back-to-back 1080s, scores perfect 100 (video)

Edit Yahoo Daily News 06 Feb 2016
Your browser does not support iframes. Chloe Kim notched arguably the most impressive feat of her young snowboarding career, becoming the first woman to land back-to-back 1080s and scoring a perfect 100 at the U.S ... In that run, White reportedly became the first rider to land back-to-back double cork 1260s....

Wise Wins Dew Tour Superpipe (USSA - United States Ski & Snowboard Association)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Dec 2015
(Source. USSA - United States Ski & Snowboard Association). BRECKENRIDGE, CO (Dec. 12, 2015) - American skier David Wise (Reno, NV) won the men's superpipe event under snowy conditions at the Dew Tour Breckenridge on Saturday ... U.S ... rightside 900, leftside double cork 1260, rightside 1080, switch corked 720, rightside double cork 1260 It was Alex Ferreira's first time on the Dew Tour podium; his run included two double cork 1260s. QUOTES....

Skiing: Woods wraps up title

Edit Otago Daily Times 10 Aug 2015
Wells edged closer to record 91.50 on his second run, putting the pressure firmly on Woods going into the final ride. Ambühl recorded a smart 86.75 in his second run, including two linked double 1260s, but he stumbled on his third run to end his title hopes and had to settle for third ... ....

World's elite test ground ahead of the first World Cup of the season. (FIS - ...

Edit Public Technologies 10 Aug 2015
(Source. FIS - Fédération Internationale de Ski). Over the weekend the Freeski Open of NZ Slopestyle and Halfpipe took over the Cardrona Snowpark ... Halfpipe ... Ayana Onozuka finished in second place and Saori Suzuki (JPN) in third ... Finn Bilous finished in fourth ... A stumble on his third run would stop Elias Ambühl from improving his score any further but his second run performance with two linked double 1260s would be enough for third place....

John the Pupil by David Flusfeder review – a true pilgrim’s progress

Edit The Guardian 03 Apr 2015
Set in the 1260s, this imaginative tale follows monk Roger Bacon’s young lay pupil as he travels through war-torn Europe to deliver Bacon’s magnum opus to the pope. Also inspired by the monk Roger Bacon … Sean Connery and Christian Slater in The Name of the Rose (1986). Photograph. Allstar. Jane Housham ... But in this latest book – a delight – he plunges much further back in time than previously, to the 1260s ... More reviews Topics ... comments ... ....

Riddle and Sharpe take wins in Tignes halfpipe, while Wise and Onozuka claim globes (FIS - Fédération Internationale de Ski)

Edit noodls 13 Mar 2015
(Source. FIS - Fédération Internationale de Ski) ... This is my first really big win ... But this feels amazing. It's surreal." ... Then, in his final run Riddle dropped in and simply nailed it, with back-to-back double cork 1260s, his signature flat 360 bow-and-arrow, and a final hit switch right-side 900 tail grab that was most certainly the difference between his previous third-place score and the 95.00 that would earn him the win ... (noodl....

Solid gold shoes: why runners won’t gve them the boot

Edit The Australian 12 Mar 2015
WE report today on the kind of jogger who finds ­articles on new running footwear less useful than training with a chafed groin ... They have devoted themselves to this one brand, probably one model, iteration after iteration, blind to rising cost and changing trend ... “All I can tell you about running shoes, after wearing plenty of them, is that 1260s are the only ones that don’t leave me in pieces ... To wit ... ....

Solid gold shoes: why runners won’t give them the boot

Edit The Australian 12 Mar 2015
WE report today on the kind of jogger who finds ­articles on new running footwear less useful than training with a chafed groin ... They have devoted themselves to this one brand, probably one model, iteration after iteration, blind to rising cost and changing trend ... “All I can tell you about running shoes, after wearing plenty of them, is that 1260s are the only ones that don’t leave me in pieces ... To wit ... ....
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