33 year old Tomass Marnics from Latvia has put together a team of the world’s best extreme kayakers. Together they plan to descend the legendary Saryjaz River. The expedition will take the adventurers directly to the “Eyes of God”, a mystical cliff face reminiscent of an enormous human face, in the no-man’s land between Kyrgyzstan and China.
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First annual Cuyahoga Falls Kayak Race along the Cuyahoga River in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Big shout-out to the participants, volunteers, and spectators, who numbered in the hundreds.
It’s called L’Hydroptere and the French concept sailboat — with its marine style wings — basically flies on the water. CNET’s Molly Wood meets Alain Thebault, the boat’s skipper, and gets an inside look at the tech that makes it glide.
Sharks are at the top of the food chain. The ocean predators follow their instincts. The good news is that humans are not on their diet list. However, like us, they make mistakes, too.
Swimmers and surfers are not sharks’ favorite meal. They prefer sea lions, sea turtles, fish, whales, and seals.
The majority of shark attacks occur near the shore, in the surf zone and sandbars, because … More