RSS for Features section of the New England Sports Magazine http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:24:09 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com RSS for Features section of the New England Sports Magazine http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/features/healing-hands.html Massage can be a cyclist’s best friend. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:35:56 +0100 http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/features/bicycles-help-ease-the-hiv/aids-crisis.html Chicago-based World Bicycle Relief recently announced that it has passed the milestone of distributing 15,000 locally assembled bicycles to volunteer health caregivers through its “Project Zambia.” This represents two-thirds of the total 23,000 bicycles planned for the program and brings the total number of bicycles the organization has distributed in poverty relief and disaster assistance situations to almost 50,000. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:39:20 +0100 http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/features/after-the-accident.html Getting T-boned by a garbage truck on your bike. Stepping on a piece of glass in your swim transition. A mountain bike endo that ends with broken ribs. This is the stuff of endurance—and adrenaline—sports. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:04:40 +0100 http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/features/bike-tours-near-and-far.html New England is fortunate to have so many active cycling clubs, races, enthusiasts and great bike shops. For those who seek a bit more adventure or opportunity to soak up history and information along the ride, there are many great bike tour companies. A variety of bike tours are available through local companies to explore New England or to get you overseas to ride the legendary roads of Europe where the professional pelotons compete at the highest levels of the sport. Check out these great resources right in your own back yard. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:36:08 +0100 http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/features/the-lulek-file.html The rare athlete will remember that feeling and devote his/her life to sharing it with others. Rutland, Vt. resident Steve Lulek is an example of such an athlete. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:33:00 +0100 http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/features/from-the-editor-most-improved-attitude.html I am the poster girl for pre-race jitters. A few years ago I did an early-morning beginner cycling race in Central Park. I was just starting out in endurance sports and was super- nervous about my bike handling skills given that I didn’t have any. How would I survive this race? How bad would the road rash be? Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:28:58 +0100 http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/features/it%92s-all-in-the-wrist.html I possess a dominant idiot gene. It’s an incurable condition that causes my entire life to feel like a never-ending blind date. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:26:09 +0100 http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/features/swirling-rivalry.html Whitewater kayakers Scott Parsons and Brett Heyl have spent more than a decade facing off in competitions around the world, while supporting each other as teammates. But with the Olympics on the horizon, only one would get the ticket to Beijing. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:06:19 +0100 http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/features/summer-ski-bunny.html It’s 92 degrees outside, too hot and humid to run, so I’m at the mall—not to shop or hit the 14-screen movie theatre, but to ski. Yes, ski. I’m headed up the escalator in the Mall of the Emirates, a 2,400,352-square-foot behemoth that houses the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East. Ski Dubai. The huge dome, which makes new snow year round, offers five runs from beginner to the world’s first indoor Black Diamond run (steep with a 200-foot drop). Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:47:53 +0100 http://www.newenglandsportsmag.com/features/down-the-mountain.html If speed is your friend and consequences are something you save to think about later, then have I got a sport for you. Downhill mountain biking, in its varied forms, is not a sport for the faint of heart. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:37:12 +0100