Many of the best paddle surfers in the world, whether sitting down or standing up, will gather in Santa Cruz on March 20-22 to compete at the world famous Steamer Lane point break during the 23rd annual Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Festival.
In addition to expert kayak surfers from around the world, the 2009 Festival will offer competition for stand-up paddle surfers, and a special College Team Challenge, featuring UC Santa Cruz, Cal State Monterey Bay and other school teams. …Â Details
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Formula One still retains some of its image as a glamour sport, favoured by playboys and daredevils with little regard for training schedules and nutritionists. Juan Manuel Fangio, who dominated the sport in the 1950s, developed a physique that could best be described as portly, while James Hunt, the 1976 world champion, was a notorious party animal and occasional marijuana smoker.
In the modern age, F1’s increasing demands mean drivers have to be extremely fit and focused at all times. Go out on the town the night before a big race and your dulled reactions will show up all too easily the following morning on the electronic telemetry readouts… Details
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Yesterday, Pedro Oliva shattered the record for the largest waterfall run in a kayak with a 127-foot free fall on Brazil’s Rio Sacre. The Brazilian boater is part of the World Record Attempt Expedition, a group of five paddlers traveling around Mato Grossos and Goias, Brazil. The crew flew to the region with the goal of paddling the tallest waterfalls ever kayaked…. Details
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The setting cannot be more dramatic. Thousands of limestone peaks rise magically from crystalline emerald waters, dotted by islets and deep, mysterious caves.
However to access all of them, conventional boat tours are not the best way, say both experienced and greenhorn kayakers after doing their thing in the famous Ha Long Bay, located in the Gulf of Tonkin, and in the running for adjudication as a natural world wonder…Â Details