Rafael Ortiz is now the only Mexican, with international recognition, practicing extreme kayak and freestyle around the world.On this portrait, Rafa tells about the feelings of being an extreme kayakist, his trips, fears and goals while being an university
Girl in a man’s world
Solo circumnavigator, Sam Davies, the 34-year-old Cambridge graduate who once wanted to be a ballerina, has beaten the world of the alpha male to take the top award in hairy-chested sailing: the 2009 YJA Pantaenius Yachtsman of the Year.
Yet still loves to dress in girlie clothes onshore and wears three tiny diamond ear studs and a belly ring which she bares when the sun is shining : in the Tropics she sails naked …Â Details
Short clips of offshore powerboats as they used to be but with a few newer type craft included! Speeds of the boats shown are from between 90 to 160 mph! Â
She was lucky, not because she deserves any the less credit for taking on one of the most challenging of all sailing endeavours, but lucky because the winds and the seas could have been much worse, given the history and reports from the many others who have preceded her over the years.
As the seas become shallow in the pass between Antarctica and South America and also must squeeze between the two great land masses, the current is  … Details & Pictures