Cabrinha Kiteboard Racing – Johnny Heineken fresh off his solid fourth place performance at the Kitesurfing Worlds returned to the St. Francis Yacht Club’s Cabrinha Kites Thursday Night Kite Racing to beat UltraNectar’s Chip Wasson who had been dominating the series to this point. Â
Once again San Francisco Bay delivered big winds that had most riders scrambling to get their eight or nine meter kites ready to go while some brave souls departed the beach on their 12.0’s. ‘I hope it lightens up at the end of the day like last week so I can beat some of these guys’ said one competitor as he rigged up. That was not to be. As you can see from the iKitesurf.com graph the wind built quickly and then held a solid 25mph through out the racing with gusts exceeding 30mph and the lulls never going below 20 mph … Details
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The finalists of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Swatch Girls Pro Junior were decided during an action packed day of competitive surfing by the best European and overseas under-21 female juniors. The final will run over the weekend along with the Swatch Girls Pro a 6-Star Women’s Star Series event which was again postponed allowing the future of women’s surfing to showcase their talent at the main break of Les Bourdaines.
Conditions were small and clean with a light cross-shore sea breeze throughout the afternoon as the low tide offered waves in the 2-3ft range. Surfing further south … Details
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A key crewmember on board Dennis Connor’s victorious Stars and Stripes catamaran when they decidedly beat the 90 ft super-monohull from New Zealand during the 1988 America’s Cup.
Cam was the only American aboard the Commodore Explorer, the catamaran that in 1993 broke the mythical 80-day around-the-world record to become the first holder of the coveted Trophée Jules Verne. In The Race, the ultimate around-the-world sailing competition among unrestricted multihulls that took place in 2000, Cam Lewis’ 110 ft catamaran Team Adventure was arguably the fastest boat in the fleet and only serious damages pushed his team into third place. Cam Lewis is often considered a multihull sailor because his most spectacular victories happened aboard catamarans, but his talent is for making any boat go fast.
‘My mantra in life is to sail fast boats fast, in any waters, as often as possible,’ Cam said …Â Details & Pictures
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Now in its 14th year, the Fluidzone Shark Island Challenge is a one day invitational event held at Shark Island, an exposed rocky outcrop located one hundred metres off the coast of Cronulla, New South Wales.
Shark Island is infamous amongst the surfing community as one of the most dangerous waves in the world. The Fluidzone Shark Island Challenge will provide spectators with incredible visuals as the riders negotiate a sharp, shallow reef that regularly breaks bones and bodies. The event has … Details
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