Canada’s Hottest Beach Festival returns to Kelowna this August long weekend. The Wet Ape team is excited for a massive year in 2011, with world class sports and the biggest names in music scheduled to perform this is the biggest year in Center of Gravity history. Center of Gravity will feature 5 sports: Pro Beach Volleyball, Freestyle Mountain Biking, FMX, Wakeboarding, and Basketball. As well as Bud Light Lime Beverage Gardens, Bikini contests, DJ Shows, and After Parties each night. It all takes place on Hot Sands beach along the beautiful Okanagan Lake on one of the hottest weekends of the summer!
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A fan’s tribute to a skate and surfing legend
June 2011 has brought about some sad moments in skateboarding. First there was the passing of Thrasher magazine’s Eric Swenson and now yet another skateboarding icon has been lost, Chris Cahill. News of Cahill’s recent passing appeared in a June 28th posting on the Transworld Business website. He was a well respected, original member of Dogtown’s Z-Boys and succumbed to the same insidious illness that took my mother – cancer. It is a horrible disease that … More
It was as windy as it could get at the Kite Racing World Championships. Not only the racers were about to be tested, the freestylers entered the scene as well as the Kitesurf Tour Europe 2011 kicked off with side-onshore winds at 20+ knots.
The riders were struggling with the tough conditions. It was not the wind, but rather the waves that made the landing difficult for the top Europeans. In the semis, Dutch Jerrie Van de Kop faced German champion Mario Rodwald. Just minutes before the end, Jerrie dropped his kite unable to relaunch. Suddenly Roy, Mario’s dad, went  … More
The latest stop on the Nike Chosen bus tour takes us to Camp Woodward West in California. To many stoked groms Camp Woodward is deemed as the happiest place on Earth