What’s it like to be at the helm of a Red Bull Dinghy Derby boat or up front swinging through creeks and rivers barely wider than the boat itself at over 90km/h? The 180 competitors from this year’s derby know, check it out from their perspective.
Cape Town and its prolific summer South-Easter winds hosted the world’s most progressive kiteboarders in a head-to-head big air competition.
During a two-week weather window, riders from 11 nations waited for the windiest day – and with iconic Table Mountain as backdrop – both wind and sea delivered some pumping conditions. The UK’s own Aaron Hadlow claimed the throne ahead of Hawaiian Jesse Richman (who won in 2013) and Kevin Langeree from the Netherlands (2014 winner). The clinically technical Hadlow pulled his trademark Kiteloop KGB to complete the win, his second in a row.
Lucas is a criminally underrated rider in central Texas. Watch him flex on a ton of Austin spots in this for the lens of Jeremie Infelise.
Nic Lamb has conquered the inaugural edition of the Titans of Mavericks, at Half Moon Bay, in Northern California.
The big wave invitational got underway in 20-to-30-foot surf and light onshore winds. There were air drops, injuries, vertical commitments, shark sightings, and unexpected freak sets in a cold water environment.
Mavs is wipeout land. It’s violent, explosive and daunting … More
Highlights from the first hour of the Titans of Mavericks surf competition off Half Moon Bay