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Powerball is the world’s most powerful hand gyroscope, generating speeds of over 16,000 rpm! Simply by starting up the Powerball in your hand and rotating your wrist faster you can develop incredible speeds and increase your strength. Powerball is seriously addictive for all ages, making it ideal for play, exercise, or fun competitions.

Powerball is a dynamic and completely revolutionary new gyroscope that literally explodes with mind-numbing torque and inertia once you activate its internal rotor.

EXERCISE • PLAY • COMPETE

Ideal for sports like Golf, Tennis, Squash and all other activities demanding power in the arms, hands and wrists. Great for musicians too! Drummers, guitarists, pianists (in fact most musicians!) will benefit from the increased strength and dexterity that an NSD Powerball will give them!

How It Works
Merely the size of a tennis ball and weighing about 250g, it looks harmless enough, yet this unique gyro can spin at an incredible 15,000rpm and generate over 40lbs of force – all of which is applied to the fingers, hands, wrists and arms of the user. No matter how fit or strong you already are, using the ball for just 5-10 minutes each day will unconditionally guarantee a substantial strength increase in the full muscle groups of the lower arm and wrist, within a very short time frame.

The Fun Side
The onboard computer/rev. counter makes Powerball one of the most seriously addictive products since the Rubik Cube! Place Powerball on a table in front of a group of guys and sit back to watch what happens; Round and round it will be passed with each player trying their hardest to beat the high score that someone in the group will inevitably get!

The Gentle Side
As a ‘non impact’ strengthening device, which exercises every muscle group in the forearm, Powerball has been medically recommended as an ideal instrument by which to rehabilitate an injury to the hand, wrist, forearm or elbow. It works isometrically to gently stress the damaged area in a perfectly smooth, even manner which cannot be replicated by normal exercise, therefore lending itself to the gentle rehabilitation of Repetitive Stress injuries, Carpal Tunnel symptoms and Arthritic conditions. Buy NowFrom only £12.81p

New Porsche Panamera and Panamera 4

I have been a Porsche fan since the early 70’s, I have watched them race thoughout Europe and have driven most models. I may be a purist and have never really been a fan of the Cayenne. But realise that Porsche see a position in the marketplace for it.

With regards to the new models, I am not sure what to think at the moment, what about you?

England rugby team in poor showing against Italy

Wales legend Phil Bennett says England lack a clear strategy and has written off their Grand Slam chances on the BBC Sport website.

England have beaten Wales and Italy in their Six Nations matches so far, but it has not saved them from criticism.

After England’s 17-12 win in Rome, Bennett told Scrum V: “They are not a great side and they lack confidence.”

“They don’t seem to know what plan to play. [...]

France beat Ireland in six nations rugby. 33-10

France shattered Ireland’s dreams of a repeat of their Six Nations Grand Slam here yesterday beating them 33-10 with scrum-half Morgan Parra who had accused the Irish of being cheats earlier in the week masterminding the defeat.

First-half tries by William Servat – his second for his country – and Yannick Jauzion – his 19th in his 65th test – and a second-half one from Clement Poitrenaud – his sixth – [...]

Vancouver Winter Olympics

Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luge slider competing at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, died today after crashing during a training run and hitting a metal pole. He was 21.

I have watched a video of his crash and am shocked that they are continuing to use the course the metal supports are not protected at all.

At Friday night’s Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, a moment of silence was observed to honor Kumaritashvili and [...]

Tribute to Gerry Birrell.

Gerry Birrell

Before our visit to Rouen, I thought it would be good to remember Gerry.

During the final practice session in sight of the XXI Grand Prix de Rouen, held on Saturday 23 June 1973, Gerry Birrell’s works Chevron B25 – Hart suffered a front left tyre failure while approaching Virage des Six Frères at about 240km/h.

In an accident almost exactly the same as Denis Dayan’s three years before, the tyre [...]

Rouen Circuit Normandy

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Rouen GP Poster from 1966

Rouen-Les-Essarts was a 6.542 km (4.065 mile) race track in Grand-Couronne, near Rouen, Normandy, France.
Opened in 1950, Rouen-Les-Essarts was recognized as one of Europe’s finest circuits, with modern pits, a wide track, and spectator grandstands. The circuit (which ran on public roads) had a few medium straights, a cobbled hairpin turn (Nouveau Monde) at the southernmost tip, and a few [...]

Caen Grand Prix Circuit 1950's Normandy

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Caen Circuit 1950’s

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Caen Circuit pictured from the Caen Holiday Inn Hotel 2009

A Grand Prix for formula One (F1) and formula two (F2) cars was held at the circuit in Caen during the 1950’s, With great drivers such as Sir Stirling Moss and Jean Behra in cars like the 250F Maserati and the BRM 25 winning the event. Traces of [...]

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Information for Normandy, Brittany, and Pays de la Loire regions of France. a site for motorsport  fans, food and drink lovers and travellers, or in my case all of them!

Our Store is now open here selling books, dvd’s guides, computer games and maps of the Normandy and Brittany area’s of France.

I have started a project to document disused motor racing circuits across Europe that can still be visited and have started to build a [...]