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Thailand ATM charge warning for foreign visitors..

Posted by admin on April 24th, 2009

Thailand is still a wonderful place to visit, despite the recent political upheaval it is business as usual in The Land of Smiles…
Do be aware though that a recent decision by the Thai Bankers Association has set usurious ATM rates for foreign Credit Card users..
A single withdrawal from the ATMs of Siam Commerical Bank or [...]

What a week…. Hamilton & Obama…

Posted by admin on November 5th, 2008

lthough confirmed Kimi supporters for many many years, and likely to stay so until he retires, it is with great satisfaction that we watched Lewis Hamilton win a record breaking victory in Brazil this year. Congratulations Lewis. Please keep making history..
The parallels with the change this has brought to many aspects of F1 and that [...]

Extreme Sports Cafe proud to partner with Holiday Autos..

Posted by admin on October 29th, 2008

As from today Extreme Sports Cafe will be offering super car hire deals with our partner Holiday Autos Middle East. Holiday Autos offers Low Cost Car Hire Worldwide, and is part of the lastminute.com group.
We have been using Holiday Autos for quite some time for our own business and leisure trips and can now offer [...]

Pure Review!

Posted by admin on October 6th, 2008

Pure is the exciting new off-road ATV racing title from Black Rock Studio and Disney Interactive.

First off let’s not have any misconceptions here.. If you are looking for an ATV sim akin to Flight Simulator X in terms of realism then you may be disappointed. However, if you are looking for enough realism to give you the [...]

Tandem Skydiving in Empuria Brava Spain..

Posted by admin on August 21st, 2008

 
 
 
We have a long and happy relationship with our partner DZ in Empuria Brava Spain. Up until a few years ago (before we moved the ESC HQ to Asia) it was our home DZ, and you could always find us there.. Most of our staff learned to skydive at Empuria, and our skydiving team Flying Dodo was [...]

Skydiving in Thailand on the up and up again…

Posted by admin on July 22nd, 2008

 
Tandem Skydive Experience with Extreme Sports Cafe at our partner Drop Zone in Sri Racha near Pattaya in Thailand.
To do a Tandem Skydive requires no experience but there are weight restrictions.
The maximum weight for a Tandem Skydive is 95 Kilos. (fully clothed)
Available all year round
WE ARE NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR TANDEMS FROM 14th NOVEMBER 2008
Full [...]

Rocket Racing League…

Posted by admin on July 17th, 2008

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RRL Promo Video
Sound like a video game?
Of great interest to us was the comment on the video that you can play *against* real Rocket Racing League pilots online from a console!!! Mental stuff! 
The Rocket Racing League® is an aerospace sports and entertainment [...]

UK O2 Pay as you Go SIM cards are a rip-off

Posted by admin on May 26th, 2008

I am mobile in the UK at the moment..
Needing a local number I went and bought a SIM card. The iPhone being on O2 here I grabbed one of theirs.. The one that said ‘50 Free Minutes’ on the packet.
It seemed reasonable at £10.00.
However 10 minutes later flashing down the M25 iPhone in one hand, [...]

A skydiving friend’s gear has gone missing. Please forward far and wide and keep a look out for any and all pieces.
Forwarded from Lauren:
My name is Lauren Demme and my gear bag that has all of my skydiving gear in it has disappeared. It is black with purple pinstripes from the Sunshine Factory, [...]

Shutdown Day!

Posted by admin on April 16th, 2008

’nuff said… Learn to Skydive. Learn to Kitesurf. Or cheat and use your iPhone to stay online!