]> http://broadbandsports.com/taxonomy/term/202/0 en http://broadbandsports.com/node/18571 Ian Gentil, ripping around Nicaragua. July 2008<br /> Sponsors: DAKINE NIKE 6.0 LOST<br><br /> <img src="http://ll.broadbandsports.com/images/18571_surfing_iannicaragua0708.mpg.jpg" alt="IAN GENTIL NICARAGUA" title="IAN GENTIL NICARAGUA" width="150" height="90" alt="IAN GENTIL NICARAGUA"/><Br><br> Surfing Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:54:32 -0700 http://broadbandsports.com/node/87 Eric Barone, who broke the world speed record for mountain biking in Nov 4, 2001, tried to break it again by riding down Cerro Negro volcano in Nicaragua.<br><br /> Seconds into his descent, Barone's bicycle snapped in two, hurtling the cyclist down the volcano.<br><br /> "It looked as if there was a rock or something in the path that made the bicycle break in two," said one of Barone's assistants.<br><br /> In 2001, Barone flew down the black slopes of Cerro Negro Volcano in Nicaragua at 130.43 kilometers per hour, exceeding his own old world record of 118 kilometers per hour, achieved in Hawaii in 1999.<br><br /> <img src="http://ll.broadbandsports.com/images/scrshot_10_1.jpg" alt="Mountain Bike World Speed Record Video" title="Mountain Bike World Speed Record Video" width="150" height="90" alt="Mountain Bike World Speed Record Video"/><Br><br> Mountain Biking Sun, 06 Nov 2005 22:37:12 -0800