The third annual Lüderitz Speed Challenge will begin in less than two weeks. This time last year, speed sailors shattered the previously unbeatable 50knot barrier (93kph), setting a string of world and national records in this “Formula One of Sailingâ€. Throughout the month of November many of the world’s top kitesurfers will once again descend on the remote Namibian town of Lüderitz to compete against each other and the clock to prove what is the world’s fastest wind-powered craft.
Last year’s challenge saw the kitesurfers take over many of the top slots in the international rankings for speed sailing, contested by sailboats, windsurfers and kitesurfers… Details
The dream is a reality for hydrofoil skier Geno Yauchler.
Yauchler shattered the official record of 529, which was set by Greg Gill in 2008, with 826 flips in an hour Tuesday morning on Lake Eloise. The unofficial record of 711 was set by Bill Von Zabern on Nov. 3, 2008, and that was the goal for Yauchler when he set out to break the record Tuesday.
Yauchler’s world record was …Â Details
On Sunday, Chris Cole was crowned the 2009 Skateboard Park Dew Cup winner and overall series champion at the final stop of the summer Dew Tour at Amway Arena in Orlando, Fla. ESPN’s Mary Buckheit was in Orlando to cover the event and sat down with Cole over a Wendy’s Frosty after Saturday’s Skate Park Finals. Cole discusses his first year on the tour, what it means to be a family man and skateboarders versus stick-and-ball athletes…Â Details
Stefaans Viljoen takes the crown in the 2009 Cabrinha Race Series in San Francisco on the OR Rise, OR Session harness and OR Race Board.
After 11 nights of fierce completion it all came down to the last night. Series leaders Chip Wasson and Jeff Kafka were away on a kite trip in Fiji (hard to feel bad for them) and the penalty points they picked up put them out of the running for 1st.
Going into the last race …Â Details
