Spend some time above the clouds with Crewstacez. A two days edit, in their home resort of Crans-Montana, mixing backcountry and Park skiing …
The first event of the Jamaica Surfing Association’s 2010 National Open Series kicked off at the Lighthouse surfing beach along the Port Royal Main Road on Saturday 16 of January. Top Jamaican surfer Inilek Wilmot, Brother of 2009 National Open Champ Icah Wilmot, walked away with the 1000 points on offer for the win and now leads the points race in the five event series which climaxes in December.
The waves were a foot overhead with a stiff on shore breeze that set up … Details
Peetu Piiroinen has rounded off an epic weekend by adding the Burton European Open halfpipe title to the slopestyle title he took on Friday. Paula Ligocka, a relatively unknown young rider from Poland won the women’s contest
As with his slopestyle victory, Peetu’s eventual win was far from a foregone conclusion. In fact, highly unusually, the Finnish stomping machine fell on his first two runs as he attempted to stick a 1080 double cork. In the meantime, the rest of the field was stepping up in a serious way … Details & Pictures
Africa is home to some of the world’s finest sailing and wind sports accolades. From the annual speed kiting event held in Luderitz, Namibia, which crowned world champions and declared the kite the fastest sailing vessel, to the first stop-over of the grueling Volvo Ocean Race. Home-grown athletes like Sjoukje Bredenkamp grace the world circuits with their presence and bring home outright speed records as they brave the howling winds around the globe.
For the past 24 years, the worlds fastest have … Details