(CNN)It was a tiny error in judgement, but within seconds he realized that the consequences could be potentially . "That wave sucked me up into the mouth of it and slammed me onto a rock and just absolutely destroyed me," American Billy Kemper tells CNN Sport."Knocked me out unconscious. Collapsed my lung. My pelvis was broken down the middle, I had to get my knee reconstructed, the injury-list goes on and on," adds the 30-year-old surfer as he details the impact on his body. "It was straight up life or death."Kemper says there was a brief moment of calm before the impact last year, a...…(CNN)It was a tiny error in judgement, but within seconds he realized that the consequences could be potentially . "That wave sucked me up into the mouth of it and slammed me onto a rock and just absolutely destroyed me," American Billy Kemper tells CNN Sport."Knocked me out unconscious. Collapsed my lung. My pelvis was broken down the middle, I had to get my knee reconstructed, the injury-list goes on and on," adds the 30-year-old surfer as he details the impact on his body. "It was straight up life or death."Kemper says there was a brief moment of calm before the impact last year, a...WW…

(CNN)It's the kind of footage that wouldn't look out of place in any family's video archive, a toddler taking her first tentative steps at the playground. But for the 14-year-old American Minna Stess, the grainy, early footage signals something more momentous. It shows her cautiously trying to climb onto a skateboard, only for it to squirt out beneath her and roll away down the hill. An adorably clumsy chase ensues, and the cycle is repeated again. And again.Pretty much every day of her life since, Stess has had those wheels beneath her feet -- has become the story of her life and those...…(CNN)It's the kind of footage that wouldn't look out of place in any family's video archive, a toddler taking her first tentative steps at the playground. But for the 14-year-old American Minna Stess, the grainy, early footage signals something more momentous. It shows her cautiously trying to climb onto a skateboard, only for it to squirt out beneath her and roll away down the hill. An adorably clumsy chase ensues, and the cycle is repeated again. And again.Pretty much every day of her life since, Stess has had those wheels beneath her feet -- has become the story of her life and those...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — , who retired as the most decorated Olympian in history in 2016, is not holding out much hope for a clean in .Asked how clean he thinks the Games will be the 23-time Olympic gold medalist bluntly told CNN Sport’s Don Riddell: “Four or five” out of 10.“I can honestly say that throughout my whole entire career, I don’t know if I ever competed in a clean field,” added Phelps.“If that’s the case, then yeah, I don’t think anything’s changed.“I think there’s a lot of issues out there and the fact that we’re not held on the same playing field is...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — , who retired as the most decorated Olympian in history in 2016, is not holding out much hope for a clean in .Asked how clean he thinks the Games will be the 23-time Olympic gold medalist bluntly told CNN Sport’s Don Riddell: “Four or five” out of 10.“I can honestly say that throughout my whole entire career, I don’t know if I ever competed in a clean field,” added Phelps.“If that’s the case, then yeah, I don’t think anything’s changed.“I think there’s a lot of issues out there and the fact that we’re not held on the same playing field is...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — is nothing if not steadfast in his belief that he knows exactly what he is doing.The president of (Ultimate Fighting Championship) has just returned from Abu Dhabi, where his much-discussed ‘Fight Island’ project went from fanciful notion to full-blown reality, taking place over a period of weeks, as Yas Island hosted multiple events in July.To satisfy public health guidelines, with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Culture and Tourism for Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) sealed off the near 10-square-mile (25 km) island, which...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — is nothing if not steadfast in his belief that he knows exactly what he is doing.The president of (Ultimate Fighting Championship) has just returned from Abu Dhabi, where his much-discussed ‘Fight Island’ project went from fanciful notion to full-blown reality, taking place over a period of weeks, as Yas Island hosted multiple events in July.To satisfy public health guidelines, with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Culture and Tourism for Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) sealed off the near 10-square-mile (25 km) island, which...WW…