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6 unusual facts about rider


Eden Gray

In the 1960s, Through her books, Gray had an integral part in the creation of the contemporary interest in esoteric Tarot in general, and the Waite-Smith Tarot deck and the Fool's Journey interpretation of the Tarot trump cards in particular.

Hallow

In the modern period, some neo-pagans believe that the four suits in the Rider-Waite Tarot cards deck (swords, wands, pentacles and cups), which are also a representation of the four classical elements of air, fire, earth and water, are also hallows.

Hell-Rider

The latter starred a rough but basically goodhearted biker gang that Reese had encountered, consisting of leader Animal; Afro-haired Deke; weaselly Slinker; tall, blond Curly; and blond biker-babe Ruby.

Rider-Ericsson Engine Company

George Cayley was the first to build a working model in 1807.

Rider, Reaper

Once Dean states that they are hunting the General the ambushers reveal they are Navaho, also hunting the General for a recent attack on one of their settlements.

After killing a raider briefly stunned by a thrown can of Coca-Cola, Ryan quotes the company's then-slogan, "nothing like the real thing."


2011 Amstel Gold Race

Gilbert also became only the second rider to win the race in consecutive years after Jan Raas' four consecutive victories between 1977 and 1980.

Al Melling

The finished model of the Nemesis weighed 217 kg - Carl Fogarty (the most successful world super bike rider of all time) rode it and stated that it was more compact and lighter than his Ducati race bike.

Aladdin Deck Enhancer

BMX Simulator is a licensed product of the BMX sports bike line, where the player controls a bicycle rider in a top view looking down at the track, similar to Super Sprint.

Antoni Woryna

Antoni Woryna (born 15 February 1941 in Rybnik, Poland - died 14 December 2002) was an international motorcycle speedway rider who appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals five times, and was the first Polish rider to win a medal at that level when he won the bronze medal in 1966.

Arlo Bugeja

Arlo (Budgie) Bugeja (born 18 March 1986 in Humbug Scrub, Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian speedway rider.

Blenheim Horse Trials

The winner, Pippa Funnell, became the first rider to win three times at the venue.

Bonfire Snowboarding

2003 – David Benedek is named Snowboarder Magazine’s Rider of the Year and is also awarded Snowboarder Magazine’s title for Best Video Part of the Year.

Brentano II

Brendan Braveheart (1999) Grand Prix dressage horse provided by Libby and Jules Anderson for Lise Yervasi, para-dressage rider, to compete on towards the 2012 Olympics in para dressage.

Byström

Thomas Byström (1893–1979), Swedish horse rider who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics

Dan Mortensen

During his 1998 run for the saddle bronc championship, Mortensen became the first rider in PRCA history to win over $200,000.00 in a single event.

Daniel Peirce

A few years later, he would buy a 1978 Honda CB750 that would become his daily rider, the Landshark.

Dario Alejandro Gasco

Gasco spotted officially on his major international debut at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he delivered a bronze-medal time of 2:07:37 in the men's cross-country race, trailing behind U.S. rider Adam Craig and Brazil's Rubens Donizete within a two-minute gap.

David Erb

In the June 18, 1955 Californian Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack, Dave Erb was the substitute rider for the suspended Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps.

Diebuster

The Rider Kick is the traditional finisher of the superhero Kamen Rider of tokusatsu fame, as well as his many successors.

Douglas B. Green

Green provides commentary with fellow Rider in the Sky Fred LaBour (stand-up bassist stage-named Too Slim) in the role of Ranger Doug's sidekick, the crusty old trail cook called Sidemeat.

Fremont Rider

Grace Godfrey died in 1950 and one year later Rider married Marie Gallup Ambrose who was the daughter of Asa Oran Gallup, the Club’s manager at the time Rider was there with Melvil Dewey.

Geodetic airframe

The "diagonal rider" structural element was used by Joshua Humphreys in the first US Navy sail frigates in 1794.

Gina Grain

Upon returning to Webcor Builders Cycling Team for another season in 2009, Grain started her stint by edging out New Zealand rider and 2008 Olympian Catherine Cheatley on a blazing sprint road race to score a second stage triumph at the Tour of the Gila in southwestern United States.

Guy Weadick

His career led him to meet his eventual wife, Grace Bensell, another famous trick rope rider, performing under the stage name of Florence LaDue.

Isaiah Rider

Rider attended two junior colleges, Allen County Community College in Iola, Kansas, where he averaged just over 30 points per game; and Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California (33 points per game), before finding a home at UNLV.

Jack Ormston

John Glaholme 'Jack' Ormston (born 30 October 1909 in West Cornforth - died 22 June 2007) was a Speedway rider who finished runner-up in the Star Riders' Championship in 1935, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship.

Javier Castellano

In 2004, Javier Castellano got his big break when he was the rider for Frank Stronach's colt Ghostzapper on whom he won several major races including the 2004 Breeders' Cup Classic.

John F. Rider

The other and probably the best reason that force the end of John F. Rider, Publisher Inc, was that Howard W. Sams Publishing or SAMS Publishing of Indianapolis, IN developed and copyrighted the PhotofactTM service folder that had all the things that Rider provided but added large photographs to identify the parts along with much better written servicing instructions.

Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final

Following the tradition of all Heisei Kamen Rider movies, it is a double bill with the movie for 2002's Super Sentai series Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger, Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: Shushuuto the Movie, both of which premiered on August 17, 2002.

Kamen Rider World

2, from Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue; and Agito, Garai, and Zu, from Kamen Rider J.

Luboš Tomíček

Luboš Tomíček, Sr. (1934-1968), former Czechoslovakian speedway rider in 1961 Speedway World Team Cup

Marco Melandri

Melandri finished on the podium at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Le Mans – at this point he and works rider Dani Pedrosa were the only Honda riders with multiple podiums.

Matari

Matari (or reissued as White Wind, Black Rider) is a book written by Luke Rhinehart, a pen name of George Cockcroft.

Maurice Seynaeve

Maurice Seynaeve (Heule (near Kortrijk) Belgium, 31 January 1907 - Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Argentina, 28 November 1998) was a Belgian Cyclo-cross rider in the years 1928-1940.

Minarelli

Minarelli successfully competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing with Spanish rider Ángel Nieto winning 125cc world championships in 1979 and 1981.

National Tyres and Autocare

Their main rider, Chris Walker, came close to winning the Championship that year, only engine failure with three laps remaining allowed Ducati rider Neil Hodgson to pass him and take the title.

Nina Carberry

In 2011 she won the Irish Grand National on Organisedconfusion which was trained by her uncle Arthur Moore and became only the second woman rider to win the race.

Paradise Film Entertainment

Angel Dark, Bonny Bo, Helena Sweet, Jessica Moore, Julia Taylor, Katy Caro, Marsha Lord, Nikki Rider, Sabrina Rose, Sharka Blue

Pedro Delgado

Delgado's final advantage over the second rider in the overall classification, Steven Rooks, was 7:13 minutes.

Reuben Jones

Reuben (Ben) Jones (born 19 October 1932 in Newport, Shropshire, England; died 3 January 1990 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire) was an Olympic equestrian rider who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs - The Game

Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs - The Game is an upcoming game developed by Firehazard Studio in conjunction with Denaris Software & Pixable Studios and to be published by World Events Productions (WEP).

Shrewsbury Motocross Club

The club has 60 rider members, and stages six race meetings per year at its circuit at Allfields, near Condover, Shrewsbury.

Skip Away

After Skip Away was soundly defeated as a four-year-old by Formal Gold in the Philip H. Iselin Breeders' Cup Handicap at Monmouth Park and in the Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park, he was given a new rider, Jerry Bailey, who replaced Shane Sellers.

Storm Rider Clash of the Evils

Storm Rider Clash of the Evils is a Chinese animated feature film directed by Dante Lam and produced by Puzzle Animation Studio Limited and Shanghai Media Group.

Takaaki Nakagami

He once again took pole at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and again finished second, this time behind Championship leader and home rider Scott Redding.

The Elf Queen of Shannara

Tiger Ty, the Wing Rider, carried Wren Ohmsford and her friend Garth to the only clear landing site on the island of Morrowindl, where the Elves might still exist.

The Lively Ones

Their 1963 song "Surf Rider" (written by Nokie Edwards from The Ventures) was used in the final sequence (and end credits) of Quentin Tarantino's film Pulp Fiction.

The Phantom Cowboy

Ted Wells as Bill Collins / Jim Russell (The Phantom Rider)

The Rider News

The Rider News is the weekly independent student newspaper of Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

The Rider's Digest

The letters pages are a detailed discussion forum, and the Rider’s Lives column has featured Many 'Celebrities' including Scottish novelist Iain Banks, motorcycle & truck racer Steve Parrish, Prince of Darkness - Damned frontman David Vanian, BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and motorcycling MP’s Lembit Öpik and Stephen Ladyman alongside dozens of other riders.

Tim Krabbé

He is known to Dutch readers for his novel De Renner (The Rider), first published in 1978 and translated into English in 2002, of which The Guardian's Matt Seaton wrote: "Nothing better is ever likely to be written on the subjective experience of cycle-racing".

Training the Three-Day Event Horse and Rider

Training the Three-Day Event Horse and Rider (ISBN 0-385-42520-1) is a 1995 book written by James C. Wofford, covering each phase of the equestrian sport of eventing, as well as a brief history of the event and a section on choosing a proper horse for the sport.

Vinters

Jānis Vinters (born 1971), Latvian rally racing motorcycle rider and farmer

Warrior of the Lost World

As the rebels destroy the Omega patrols with their cars (Ford Taunus TCs), helicopters and tankers, the Rider manages to destroy the Megaweapon by short circuiting it, but not before his speedcycle is crushed under the truck's wheels.

Wilmot Proviso

Congressman David Wilmot first introduced the Proviso in the United States House of Representatives on August 8, 1846, as a rider on a $2,000,000 appropriations bill intended for the final negotiations to resolve the Mexican–American War (this was only three months into the two-year war).


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