Dee Caffari has done it, now Steve White is setting out to do it too.
He’s going to sail solo, round the world, non-stop and unassisted, AND the ‘wrong way’, AND break the current record.
The ‘wrong way’? It just means that the world’s wind in the Southern Ocean, where one must venture to round the globe without stopping, are all westerlies, so the logical way to go is to run before the wind, travelling ever to the east. Those who either have masochistic tendencies, are bored with their past circumnavigations or who just have something to prove to themselves, occasionally do it the other way … Details
The 2011 U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, the longest running domestic snowboarding tour, has two stops scheduled during its 15th season. Riders will hit Copper Mountain, Colorado on December 8-11, 2010 first before moving west to Mammoth Mountain, California on March 4-6, 2011. The Copper Mountain stop will include both a ski and snowboard halfpipe event which is a first in US Grand Prix history. As well as the Paul Mitchell Progression Session on Saturday night under the lights! In Mammoth Mountain, the riders will …Â