Mark Healey, Dave Wassel, Reef McIntosh, Sion Milosky, and more lunatic big wave riders tackle an unnamed outer reef on the North Shore of Oahu. A giant, barreling left that breaks way out to sea, this spot is not for the faint of heart…
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America’s team BMW Oracle Racing (BOR) has taken full advantage of a “wide open” set of design rules for this year’s America’s Cup to produce one of the most staggering and ambitious vessels ever seen on the water. Throwing out the cloth main sail, team BOR have fitted the BOR 90 with a gargantuan, motorized, solid carbon-fiber wing, nearly twice the size of a Boeing 747 wing at 190ft, or 57 metres tall. The engineering and logistics surrounding this incredible boat are mind-boggling – imagine trying to work out where to store the giant wing structure, how to transport it and how to fix it vertically onto a boat – let alone how to sail the thing – but the benefits of a non-deforming main sail include … Details & PicturesÂ
Ice climbing in the Ghost, just outside of Calgary, Canada. I was working from home for a few days but managed to get out early in the morning and do this climb before returning at work at lunch. It’s only about a 30-40 minute hike from the car, and one 50-55 meter pitch of great ice. The temperature was below -20 C, very chilly and hard to avoid the screaming barfies!