BAD WEATHER, GOOD TIMES. STORM BOARDING NZ.
Craig Evans dug deep to win 2017 Red Bull Hardline in a thrilling day’s racing where the high-quality field faced slippery conditions on Dan Atherton’s daunting MTB downhill course.
The Sheffield rider was not the favourite heading into Sunday’s action with fastest qualifier Adam Brayton and defending champion Bernard Kerr looking the more likely for victory.
However Brayton crashed out in the final section, while Kerr made too many mistakes to finish two seconds behind Evans with course creator Atherton charging down for a gallant third.
Robby Naish, 54, has been inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF), at the New York Yacht Club, in Newport.
The windsurfing legend and seven other inductees were honored for the impact they have had in sailing. The National Sailing Hall of Fame has now enshrined 65 sailors.
Robert Staunton Naish was born on April 23, 1963, in La Jolla, San Diego, California. He started windsurfing at the age of 11 when his family moved to Oahu’s Kailua, Hawaii.
Two years later, in 1976, he won … More
When the storms line up back home it’s time time for a Staycation! Last season our Northwest home gave us plenty of occasion to call in “sick”. Spoiler alert, we were ripping pow. Check out some amazing days on our home turf with Lib Rippers like Phil Hansen and Travis Rice hitting it good from Mt. Baker, Alpental and beyond. And get ready for your home resort to go off, this is the year for your very own Staycation