Arif Saif Al Zafein is making a return to Class One action alongside Nader Bin Hendi as World Champions Victory 1 start the defence of their crown with the opening round of the UIM WPPA 2009 World Offshore Powerboating Championship in Qatar later next month.
“Arif is back in the driver’s seat and he will be alongside Nader,” Victory Team manager Gianfranco Venturelli told Gulf News…. Details
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Yes, that is a kayak.Â
Yesterday, Pedro Oliva shattered the record for the largest waterfall run in a kayak with a 127-foot free fall on Brazil’s Rio Sacre. The Brazilian boater is part of the World Record Attempt Expedition, a group of five paddlers traveling around Mato Grossos and Goias, Brazil. The crew flew to the region with the goal of paddling the tallest waterfalls ever kayaked…. Details
The setting cannot be more dramatic. Thousands of limestone peaks rise magically from crystalline emerald waters, dotted by islets and deep, mysterious caves.
However to access all of them, conventional boat tours are not the best way, say both experienced and greenhorn kayakers after doing their thing in the famous Ha Long Bay, located in the Gulf of Tonkin, and in the running for adjudication as a natural world wonder…Â Details
Most people have had dreams of flying. Graham Hawkes had dreams of flying — underwater.
Hawkes has been in the business of building underwater craft for more than a decade. In the early days, his company, Hawkes Ocean Technologies, built vehicles for researchers and moviemakers.
But in the past few years, the ultrarich have increasingly looked for cool playthings for their ocean adventures.
What better toy to have on the end of your 200-foot yacht than a submarine capable of diving to 1,500 feet below the sea’s surface? …Â Â Details