Five pro athletes including five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson, pro surfers Ian Walsh and Dave Kalama, pro snowboarder Eddie Wall and pro skier Chris Benchetler hit the beach, the racetrack, and the mountain all in one epic California day. The crew gathers in Surf City USA at the famed Huntington Beach Pier for a dawn patrol surf session in fun, shoulder high conditions with Ian Walsh and Dave Kalama leading the charge. Jimmie and TV Host Erin Bates both catch waves of their own, before it’s time to jet off to the racetrack! Only in California!
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The American Youth Sailing Force is challenging to win the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup this September on San Francisco Bay. Many young sailors have grown up visualizing themselves sailing for the Cup. Red Bull is making that dream more possible.
The Force was formed first and foremost with the goal of representing the United States in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. Our team represents the highest level of youth sailing in America and aims to prove that with steady determination, hard work and passion young American sailors can be a leading force on the international sailing circuit.
The Red Bull Youth America’s Cup is an international sailing competition between 10 teams, each representing their home country, with all team members being between 19 and 24 years old. The event will take place September 1 to 4, 2013 in San Francisco Bay. The teams will be sailing the same 45 foot, wing sailed catamarans currently being sailed by the elite America’s Cup teams competing in the America’s Cup World Series. Not only does this event represent the pinnacle of high performance youth sailing in the world, but it will also form a clear pathway for the next generation of the world’s top sailors into the America’s Cup.
Carissa Moore (HAW), 20, has claimed the 2013 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford over Tyler Wright (AUS), 19, in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves today in front of a capacity crowd at Bells Beach. Today’s win vaults the young Hawaiian back into the lead on the ASP Women’s World Championship Tour (WCT) ratings for the first time in over a year.
“To win Bells is a dream,†Moore said. “As a little kid, you always looked forward to   … More
Carissa Moore (HAW) has claimed the 2013 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford over Tyler Wright (AUS), in clean three to five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves today in front of a capacity crowd at Bells Beach. Moore opened the final with a 9.57 and then survived a twenty-five minute lull as both competitors anxiously waited for the ocean to cooperate. With two minutes remaining Moore secured a back up score of 5.83 with a combined heat total of (15.40) to be crowned the 2013 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Champion.
JP Walker and Simon Chamberlain both agree that Finland is the best spot to go for handrails. Finland is known for being cold and dark, with tons of snow, unique architecture, and lots of new spots to discover.