Emmanuel Rondón and Kirsty Jones have won the Master Of The Ocean 2009, a surf, windsurf and kiteboard triathlon competition held in Cabarete, on the north coast of the Dominican Republic.
Rondón got the best overall score and won it for the second consecutive year.
In each category, there were also winners. Winston Martinez was the best windsurfer, followed by Oscar de la Cruz, Nino RodrÃguez and Samuel Pérez.
In the surfing discipline… Details
Bill Dubé gets giddy when he talks about batteries and speed.
After all, his 500-horsepower Killacycle electric motorcycle goes from 0 to 60 miles per hour in under a second. He claims it is the fastest electric vehicle on the planet. In October, the Killacycle traveled a quarter mile in 7.89 seconds, topping out at 174 mph, a record.
Dubé, 56, an engineer and Rhode Island native whose day job is designing air chemistry instruments at the University of Colorado, is … Details
Feast of perfect waves for Tandem Surfers at 2009 Noosa Festival of Surfing
Organizers and sponsors of the 2009 Noosa Festival of Surfing once again elected to include a tandem surfing competition to this years’ festivities. Tandem surfing is always a crowd favorite and it delighted the thousands gathered to watch the great surfing action this past week-end at Noosa Heads’ fame surfing break.
The tandem surfing team who entered this year were treated with First Point perfection and gave a stellar performance. The competitors were three Australian pairs from Sydney: Simon & Nicole, Dan & Sacha, and Stuart & Linda, as well as the French expats, now Noosa residents: Fred and Aurelie.
Contest director Alan Atkins (ISA) and tandem head judge Barrie Boehne decided on a competition format which would maximized water time for all the couples and encourage them to perform difficult lifts without compromising the surfing performance. All four couples battled it out during three heats… Details
Mammoth Mountain, CA – The first official day of the Fifth Annual Roxy Chicken Jam on Saturday saw intense snowboarding competition under sunny skies with great snow conditions at California’s Mammoth Mountain ski area. Kelly Clark, 2004 Olympic gold medalist, took first place and her second consecutive Roxy Chicken Jam Superpipe Crown. Mercedes Nicoll (CAN) put down a smooth run to claim second place and Sarah Conrad (CAN) took the third spot on the podium… DetailsÂ
