segunda-feira, 28 de outubro de 2013

Mike Tyson














Michael Gerard Tyson, better known as Mike Tyson or Malik Abdul Aziz, is a former American boxer. Considered by many as one of the greatest boxers of all time.

Michael Gerard Tyson was born on June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York.


Small and shy, Tyson was often the target of bullying. To combat this, he began developing his own style of street fighting, which ultimately transitioned into criminal activity. His gang, known as the Jolly Stompers, assigned him to clean out cash registers while older members held victims at gunpoint. He was only 11 years old at the time. He frequently ran into trouble with police over his petty criminal activities, and by the age of 13, he had been arrested more than 30 times.

Mike went through many difficult days and several conflicts that nearly had to fight. Despite all the setbacks became a legend in the world of Boxing

Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days old. Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout, 12 of them in the first round.





António Felix da Costa

Born August 31, 1991 in Lisbon , António early to closely followed the career of his brother Duarte , as a spectator enthusiast in numerous different karting championships , and as such , the desire to become a pilot was always present in the Felix Costa .
With nine years makes its first appearance in the Cup of Portugal , where in the middle of the most experienced pilots and shows huge comfortable .
From there , karting , won many different titles in Portugal and abroad , and is today considered one of the great hopes of the Portuguese and International motorsport . In their curriculum in karting has 2 National Championship titles , two Champion titles Portugal Open , Vice - Champion of the World Series Karting , 3rd place in the Open Masters Italy , among other outstanding results .

Antonio transits in 2007 for the premier class , the KF2 . The young driver signs a contract with the largest manufacturer of karts World , the TonyKart , which has trained the likes of Michael Schummacher , Jarno Trulli , or more recently Sebastian Vettel .
It is recalled that , in 2007 , the team TonyKart , Félix da Costa participated in the most important and contested world karting competitions between the Open Masters Italy , UEFA , Asia- Pacific Championship , World Championship and also other international races extreme relevance .

But it is also in 2007 that the young pilot Cascais gives finally the coveted jump to single seaters . In December , signs with German team Motopark Academy , a major leap forward in his career , becoming the Portuguese pilot youngest ever to compete in Formula Renault 2.0 .

segunda-feira, 21 de outubro de 2013

Ronnie O’Sullivan

Take a minute and sit back, you will not be tired after read this one. I mean, no run, no sweat and a lot of suspense and emotion. Any guess? Enough of this, here it go.Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan, a star in a green field, not a football stadium, but a snooker table. He’s one of the best, no doubt about it. The proof is on his rewards, like: 25 tiles, earning around seven million pounds and the achievement of first place in the rank. He started playing professional at the age of 16 and his first title was the UK Championship. Wins after wins, as time passed by make it him a bigger legend at this sport, and the “cherry on the top of the cake” was when he won the fifth title of world snooker champion. “The Rocket”, it’s a nickname for Ronnie O’Sullivan based on his fast games.
Now that you know his story, inspire yourself while you see this shoots. Practice brings perfection, keep that in mind!

segunda-feira, 7 de outubro de 2013

Ken Block

                                                   
   Ken Block was born in Long Beach , California, at November 21, 1967. He's an American rally driver and one of the co - founders and recently appointed Chief Brand Officer of DC Shoes. Block has competed in many action sports events including skateboarding, snowboarding , motocross  and rally, racing mainly.


   Ken Block founded DC Shoes with Danny Way in 1994. This ideia began as a small company creating shoes for skateboarders . Ken Block believes that, like other athletes, skaters needed special shoes to compete at the highest level.
   Block and Way begin to market these shoes and the business began to grow in the world of action sports. In May 2004, DC Shoes was acquired by Quiksilver Inc. This transaction was part of the company's $ 2 billion action sports family . Today, the DC Shoes is known for its wide variety of action sports gear , including shoes and other garments. To market these products Ken Block and DC Shoes with other associates have signed a list of world-class athletes in the action sports market , developing signature lines.

Besides businessman is one of the best rally drivers at a global level. 


                                         Ken Block in action