Circumnavigation is a dream for many sailors, but the dream itself can be very different. Most imagine taking their time, setting off on their self-contained mobile islands, and discovering the world one slow mile after another. For them, going around fast is counter productive – something like rushing through a holiday vacation so you can get back and look at the photos of all the fun you didn’t have. For others, though, the accomplishment is the thing. They want to tick “sailed around the world” off of their lists, so that they may move on to the next big project. Then there are the sailors for whom this is a job – those who strive for a record. They don’t just want to girdle the globe, they want to do it younger, faster, or with more difficulty than anyone has ever done before …Â Details & Pictures
Guinness World Recordâ„¢ holder and 9 time world champion Kristin Boese is set to lead the lineup of stellar professional riders for Sir Richard Branson’s exclusive inaugural BVI Kite Jam 2010 at his idyllic Balinese style Necker Island paradise on February 27th – March 5th.
Silke Langenkamp, Destination Manager “Travel Marketing†said: “We have been very happy to announce the famed female German pro rider Kristin Boese as the first … Details
USA Cycling announced today the 2010 USA Cycling Professional Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (ProGRT). In its second year, the five-race series will continue to raise the level of competitive gravity racing across the United States by providing a consistent stage of international-caliber events for elite gravity racers to showcase their downhill skills.
The ProGRT is a downhill-only series for 2010 and will visit four states from April to September, beginning with a return visit to Port Angeles, Wash. for the Northwest Cup, April 24-25. The series will then make a trip to the opposite coast for the Plattekill Gravity Open in New York’s Roxbury Bike Park, May 22-23. Midway through the season, racers will contest the Northstar-at-Tahoe event in Truckee, Calif., June 26-27. The ProGRT will then move to Winter Park, Colo. for the Trestle Bike Park (Crankworx Colorado), July 31-August 1, before concluding again with the Whiteface 5th Annual 5K Downhill in Lake Placid, New York, September 11-12.
Each of the five stops will offer series ranking points to top finishers, resulting in overall individual titles for professional men and women. Additionally, competitors will have the opportunity to accumulate international ranking points as two of the five races are inscripted on the UCI calendar. The racers with the most points throughout the five-race series will be recognized as the best gravity athletes competing on U.S. soil.Â
The leader of the Pro GRT overall rankings as of July 14, 2010 will also be an automatic selection to the United States World Championship team. In addition, the Plattekill and Northstar-at-Tahoe rounds of the Pro GRT will be junior downhill qualification races for the World Championships.
The 2010 series will also feature an Amateur GRT which, like the Pro GRT, will give Expert-level Category 1 racers the opportunity to compete against each other for an overall series crown.
Click here to see the full calendar. For more information on the series, please visit USA Cycling’s ProGRT webpage
2010 USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT)
April 24-25: Northwest Cup – Port Angeles, Wash.
May 22-23:Â Plattekill Gravity Open – Roxbury Bike Park, NY
June 26-27: Northstar-at-Tahoe – Truckee, Calif.
July 31-August 1: Trestle Bike Park (Crankworx Colorado) – Winterpark, Colo.
September 11-12: Whiteface 5th Annual 5K Downhill – Lake Placid, NY
The Pistol River Wave Bash is coming to Oregon between June 17th-20th.
The wind tribe was so overdue for a gathering and where could be better than that notoriously windy stretch of beach at Pistol River?
The timing is epic as the third week in June provides an excellent window for catching classic wavesailing conditions on the south coast of Oregon. The sailing season is … Details