Imagine the fun you could have in the New Year if you win some extreme sports vouchers. Zorbing with friends? A weekend of extreme sports in Scotland? Or a blast round a karting track with work colleagues?
You can only win it if you’re in it. So, get your thinking caps on and answer the following question. Which new Channel 4 television programme starring Chris Evans features extreme sports and celebrities?
Is it: A) Famous and Fearless B) What’s hot? C) 101 Challenges. Send your correct answer – either A, B or C to: info@adrenamag.com Closing date for entries is February 28, 2011, midnight GMT.
The images in the above video appear to have offended a lot of people. (Not in the Adrenamag editorial office.)But like many people we have been known to eat too many mince pies and Christmas pudding over the festive period, and before we book our next bungee jumps, we know we’ll need to plan to lose a few pounds. Click here if you aim to do a bungee jump in 2011 or want to buy a bungee jump voucher for someone. (Just don’t show them the video.)
Ayrton Senna de Silva would have been 50 this year. Arguably the greatest ever Formula 1 driver, the Brazilian was a three-time world champion. He died in a crash in 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy, while he was leading the race.
In a survey in 2009, carried out by Autosport magazine, 217 current and former drivers picked Senna as their number one racer of all time. His reputation was built on fierce competitive spirit, blistering one-lap qualifying times and wet weather driving skills that many believe have never been bettered.
Oddly, his driving career began when his older sister Viviane received a 1HP go-kart as a gift. She didn’t feel it was an appropriate present for a girl, but the young Senna felt differently. He was off. In 1977 he won the South America Kart Championship and he competed in the World Kart Championship between 1978 and 1982, gaining runners-up positions in 1979 and 1980.
Senna’s rivalry with the French driver Alain Prost is one of the most unforgiving head-to-head combats in any sport. It culminated in the Japanese Grand Prix in 1989, when the two McClaren teammates crashed going into the final chicane. With both drivers off the track and Prost out of the race, the typically determined Senna managed to restart the car, replacing his injured wing in a pit stop, and going on to win the race, although he was later disqualified. A reminder of the duo’s epic racing battles can be seen in the above video, when the arch rivals returned to their karting heritage in 1993, just a year before Senna’s death.
Today, Senna is the inspiration for racing drivers and kart enthusiasts across the globe, as the top video highlights. What are your memories of Senna? Did you see him race? Did he inspire you to take up karting? We would like you to get in touch with your memories. And those that we publish on the site will receive activity vouchers, which you could use to go karting. If you would like to get into karting, click here.
Some of the world’s most famous bachelor boys could be coming off the ‘available list’. Sorry girls. Hollywood actor George Clooney, 48, is reportedly about to play the part of a married man, while confirmed bachelor, X-Factor and Britain’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell seems to have found his match.
After a half-a-century wait, he’s about to announce his engagement to Afghanistan-born girlfriend Mezghan Hussainy. And Stoke-lad-about-town Robbie Williams is also reported to be ending his long-term bachelor career by tying the knot with his US girlfriend Ayda Field. When you’ve waited so long, how should you celebrate your stag do? Adrenamag has a few suggestions for our star bachelor boys’ last night of frolicking freedom.
Simon Cowell – off-Rd Dirt Buggies: Mr Tell-Like-It-Is Simon Cowell is renowned for his competitive nature. His stag-do needs to be fast, full throttle, and loud. That’s why we’ve gone for Dirt Buggy racing. And, when his friends let him win, he can bury his head in the sand, feeling he’s the fastest celebrity on the planet. He’d also have every chance to comment on the performance of his friends as they race through the dirt: ‘That’s truly awful. You’re never going to make a Dirt Buggy racer. Try a career in pop music or something.’
Robbie Williams – zorbing. The former Take That star has led a roller-coaster career, so why not have one last twirl before he heads for a more serene path? He’d be able to exercise those vocal cords, wet or dry zorbing. And, for someone who has often been accused of living in a celebrity bubble, a real life bubble may bring him down to earth and Let Him Entertain his friends.
George Clooney – white water rafting. Environmentalist and political activist, Clooney needs a carbon neutral activity. Gravity-powered white water rafting would be just fine, even better if he and his friends cycled or Segwayed there. Cool-as-a-refrigerated-cucumber Clooney could impress his pals with his unruffled suave manner as they ride the rapids. And, because he’d be alone in the wilderness with his buds, his fiancée Italian model and actress Elisabetta Canalis wouldn’t have to worry about all those admiring females that Clooney is famous for attracting.
If you are looking to book an activity for a friend’s stag-do – famous or otherwise – click here
