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Portimao Global Oceab Race – Leg 3, Week 4 Review (Saturday 14th March – Friday 20th March):
In the race south-east through the Furious Fifties towards Cape Horn, Desafio Cabo de Hornos continue to extend their lead over the German team on Beluga Racer. Team Mowgli stays west, until moving further east on Monday, regrouping with the fleet.
A Force 12 gale leaves the fleet shaken but safe as the leading boats close in on the coast of Chile and downwind conditions for Desafio Cabo de Hornos and Beluga Racer in the final sprint to the cape results in the two boats rounding within …Â Details
Surfing is not an Olympic sport, but the Olympic Museum in Laussane, Switzerland, has included Sofia Mulanovich, a former world surfing champion and a superstar in her homeland of Peru, in its “Heroes” exhibition, which opened today and will run through the summer.
The exhibit recognizes athletes from different eras, and Mulanovich earned a spot alongside such luminaries as Roger Federer, Tony Hawk, Michael Jordan, Duke Kahanamoku, Carl Lewis, Diego Maradona, Michael Phelps, Shaun White and Tiger Woods. … Details
Chapter 31 of Real Skateboards’ Video Log Lost Days and Throwaways was uploaded to the web recently. If these are the scraps, I can’t wait for the release of the final cut.
…. Check it out hereÂ
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A bit of the valley’s almost-forgotten sporting history resurfaces today and Saturday as dozens of motorcycle racers spin around a short, slick and quick concrete track at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.
“You have to lean in pretty far and stay on the gas,” Jethro Halbert, a professional racer from San Jose, said before Thursday’s practice round in an indoor pavilion. “There’ll be a lot of bumping out there.”
Indoor motorcycle racing was popular in the 1950s and 1960s, when San Jose was Northern California’s mecca of motor sports from go-cart to stock-car racing. But as …Â Details