Rolling with the boys again, this time we head to Russia for the Rail Masters Gibb contest. The biggest kiteboarding rail contest in the world! We kicked off 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa, then we hit Cape Hatteras North Carolina for the Triple-S Surf, Slicks and Sliders contest… This time its into the un-known in Russia.
When did sailors start wearing helmets?
If you haven’t been watching the America’s Cup – and odds are you haven’t – then you’ve missed the transformation of a stodgy old race into an X Game.
Yes, the America’s Cup – to be decided on Wednesday in a final, winner-take all race between the United States and New Zealand – has become an extreme sport, complete with breakneck speeds (on water anyway), whip-fast turns and danger, so much so that one sailor has already died … More
After staging an improbable comeback from 7 points behind and with no margin for error, ORACLE TEAM USA has forced a winner-take-all race tomorrow for the 34th America’s Cup after sweeping both races today.
ORACLE TEAM USA won Race 17 by 27 seconds and Race 18 by 54 seconds and now stands even with Emirates Team New Zealand on the scoreboard with 8 points each. Only twice before in the 162-year history of the America’s Cup has there been a winner-take-all final race, in 1920 and 1983. In 1920 the defender won and in ’83 the challenger won.
The Kiwis have been on match point since last Wednesday, Sept. 18, but … More