The Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA) announced today that starting with the 2009 season, all PKRA events will be sanctioned by the International Surfing Association (ISA).
In a formal letter sent to PKRA President Mauricio Toscano and PKRA Vice President Paul Caswell, ISA President Fernando Aguerre expressed delight in welcoming the PKRA under its wing. In addition to being recognized as an association member, ISA also granted sanctioning to the PKRA World Tour events.
“This ISA recognition will further … Details
Lance Armstrong denied on Tuesday having “misbehaved†during a random drugs test conducted by the French anti-doping authority last month.
The seven times Tour de France champion was requested, while training in France, to provide urine, blood and hair samples to a tester from the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD).
The AFLD said on Monday the 37-year-old American behaved strangely when the tester asked him to provide the samples and it sent a report to the International Cycling Union (UCI).
The UCI said it could not rule on the matter since the test, which proved to be negative, was commissioned by the AFLD.
Armstrong, who described reports in France on Monday that he had “misbehaved†as outrageous, said he just wanted to have the tester’s ID checked before complying with the request…  Details
At 04:05:30 GMT on Friday 3rd April, 45 year-old, Belgian solo sailor, Michel Kleinjans crossed the finish line of the Portimão Global Ocean Race Leg 3 on his 12 year-old Open 40, Roaring Forty, after 41 days, 02 hours, 50 minutes and 30 seconds and 7,500 miles of racing from Wellington, New Zealand.
To the amazement of the double-handed entries, Kleinjans remained in touch with the Class 40 fleet throughout the Southern Ocean, even taking the overall lead of the fleet on Day 6 of racing and only losing ground in the descent from the Pacific Ocean Ice Gate at 45°S to Cape Horn at 56°S.
His balance of fast racing; skilled boat handling and boat preservation; accurate weather analysis took … Details
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Pamela Anderson’s boyfriend Jamie Padgett got involved in a kitesurfing accident, during their holidays in Hawaii.
The 41-year-old Baywatch actress was …Â Details
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