ACTRESS SPORTING NEW ROLE.Byline: Angela Randazzo Daily News Staff Writer Actress, model and mother of two, Dana West's adventurous spirit is being put to the test as she hosts a television sports show debuting this afternoon. ``Adrenalin TV,'' showcases some of the most extreme sports extreme sports Sports events characterized by high speed or high risk. Such sports include aggressive inline skating, wakeboarding, street luge, skateboarding, and freestyle bicycle events (wherein tricks such as back flips are performed on a bicycle). , craziest stunts and wildest adventures in the sporting world. As host, West travels around the country to interview the participants - sometimes participating in the sport herself. ``Most of the sports are new to me, but I'm very daring,'' West said. ``I'm trying it for the first time and learning on-camera.'' West recently moved to Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. with her husband, Aki, and two children, Nicholas, 9 and Gabriella, 4. The California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. is also owner of the West Modeling and Acting Studio in Westlake Village. The classes for children and adults range from acting to modeling to voice and speech techniques. Reared in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , West always had the desire to go into show business. Her modeling career helped put her through college. One of her first jobs was at KTLA KTLA KCBS TV in Los Angeles (Channel 5), where she started as an editorial assistant and worked her way up to reporter on one of the news shows. Now the station is carrying her new show. In between, West has hosted a variety of infomercials and appeared in a number of TV shows including ``Unsolved Mysteries'' and ``Murder One.'' But the 36-year-old's latest gig makes past jobs seem tame. For a future segment, West will go to Montana to interview skiers who will be jumping out of a helicopter, then skiing down a mountain. That leap of faith may be a little too risky for even her daredevil spirit. However, she has already participated in such events such as wakeboarding Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water behind a boat. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques. , scuba diving and taking a dip in a 112-degree hot spring during a blizzard. The show also includes some nutty events like furniture racing. ``It's a fun-filled, fast-paced show everyone will enjoy from sports enthusiasts to children,'' West said. ``I always do things in a big way.'' Two episodes of the half-hour show will air at 4 and 4:30 p.m. today on KTLA. |
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