Johnny Heineken is the 2012 Lord of the Wind. The world kite racing champion has been crowned the best wind rider between kiteboarders and windsurfers, in Los Barriles, Baja Mexico.
The US sailor took the first place in the kiteboarding course race and a second place in the slalom series. Adam Koch kept   … More
Helen Skelton, an English television presenter, has set a new kite skiing world record. The 28 year-old reporter set the fastest time ever for 100 kilometres covered by kite ski, according to the Guinness World of Records.
Skelton completed the distance in 7 hours and 28 minutes  … More
When Louis Gomez, first saw kite surfers on Lake Geneva, Switzerland, at age 65, it didn’t occur to him that he might be too old to take up such a demanding activity.
“I told my wife that sport just didn’t exist when I was younger,” Mr. Gomez said. “To heck with that, I wanted to try it because I wanted to do it. It was a challenge.”
Louis Gomez uses larger kites when the wind is gentle.
Now he’s 73 and, he says  … More
There were 8 authenticated unprovoked shark attacks reported from the Pacific Coast of North America during 2011, which includes 1 special case. There were 5 attacks, including the special case, recorded from California and 3 from Oregon. The attacks were distributed in the following months; June (2), September (1), October (3), November (1), and December (1).
If the Southern Santa Barbara County line is used as  … More