Florian Gruber and Erika Heineken have been crowned the 2013 IKA Kiteboard Course Race world champions, in Hainan, China.
The 19-year-old Florian Gruber stole Johnny Heineken’s Course Racing world title, after putting out a stellar performance in Chinese waters.
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A California coastal community is experiencing a peculiar sort of great white shark problem. People aboard paddleboards and atop the local fishing pier are said to be harassing the apex predators, and the state is warning them to stop.
“White sharks are a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act and therefore fully protected,” Traci Larinto and Michelle Horeczko, part of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s White Shark Status Review Team, explained … More
Michel Bourez has conquered the Reef Hawaiian Pro 2013, the first jewel of the Triple Crown of Surfing, at Aa’li Beach Park, on the North Shore of Oahu.
The rare four-man final had a perfect line-up. An experienced Hawaiian, a French charger, a Polynesian all-round rider, and an Australian underdog. Patacchia, Flores, Bourez and Atkinson.
But the road to the last clash was long and difficult … More
With so many people asking “what is it like” to sail this boat at this speed, we thought it was time to do a more ‘pure’ edit of our fastest, final incredible run. This run shows Vestas Sailrocket 2 absolutely smashing the outright world speed sailing record and easily becoming the sport’s first true 60 +knot boat. She averaged 65.45 knots over the 500 meter course and hit a peak speed of 68.33 knots (78+mph, 126 + kmh). The run was in Walvis Bay, Namibia on November 24, 2012. Beware, this contains … More