the middle of Poland’s largest lake covered by ice, a hundred or so speed demons fly across the frozen surface in special sail boats on blades.
Sleek and built to race, the narrow boat hulls are fixed on a base of three gleaming blades and sports sails like those used in windsurfing to harness wind power and roar across frozen water.
“It’s the speed that gives you an adrenaline rush,” says Tomasz Zakrzewski, ranked number fourth in the world in the DN class ice boat racing.
Sailing on ice is his passion.
“Among the disciplines that use wind and sails, it is the fastest. We sail at three times the speed of the wind…Â More info
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Sanctuary Skateboards, a Redlands-based company, brings creatures of the sea to the pavement.
Sanctuary Skateboards was started in 1997 by Ken Hill, a retired art teacher, and his son Edward Hill, an engineer. The two combined their talents to create the sea creature-shaped cruising boards.
Unlike other skateboards that may have applique stickers or graphics plastered on an oblong piece of board, Ken and Edward’s skateboards are the design.
The idea for Sanctuary Skateboards emerged when Ken was nearing retirement, and Edward, inspired to make the artistic, oceanic-themed cruising boards while surfing…Â More info
Shaun White, 22, the champion snowboarder and skateboarder known for his shock of curly red hair, does not know the meaning of off-season. After winning the slopestyle and superpipe at the Winter X Games last month in Aspen, Colo., he came to New York to compete in the Red Bull Snowscrapers event on Feb. 5. (NBC will broadcast it at 5 p.m. Eastern on Sunday.) Though Snowscrapers took place on a specially built 90-foot-high ramp in East River Park, it was business as usual for White…Â More info
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Tacoma police on Thursday were investigating how a 16-year-old skateboarder was seriously injured Wednesday night while riding in Point Defiance Park.
Investigators have learned that the Tacoma teen and some friends were driving around Five Mile Drive in two cars about 6:30 p.m., about an hour after the park closed. The skateboarding boy was holding on to one of the cars, police spokesman Mark Fulghum said…. More info