Extreme kayaker Nouria Newman conquered the Aldeyjarfoss waterfall as part of her journey through Iceland, as seen in recently released video.
The 29-year-old French daredevil visited the country last October to tackle the country’s famous rapids in low season before crowds of other kayakers showed up.
Newman survived the 20-meter fall unscathed and was able to enjoy the rest of the less treacherous journey alongside a group of seals.
Watch in awe as Spanish kayaker Aniol Serrasolses descends more than 25 kilometers by kayak from Chile’s snowy Volcano summit in the Araucanía region, through a forest culminating into a lake where he also manages to pull off the world’s first world’s first double kickflip on a kayak!
It’s been nearly a decade since Sailrocket set a new record to become the world’s fastest sailboat. Now two teams are hoping to set a new record with their radical designs
A little over a decade ago the race to create the fastest sailboat, or fastest sail-powered watercraft was on. Ultimately it was Vestas Sailrocket 2 that claimed a new speed sailing record with such a significant jump that the competition cooled for some years.
Now, a French team and a Swiss team are both hoping to set a new record and in so doing become the fastest sailboat known to man.
The 50 knot mark had long been referenced as sailing’s sound barrier due to the difficulty of making a craft capable of sustaining speeds over that elusive figure. But … More