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SAN FRANCISCO — A member of the Swedish America’s Cup racing team died Thursday when the team’s sailboat capsized a half-mile north of Treasure Island, authorities said.

Andrew Simpson, a Briton who has won two Olympic gold medals in sailing, died after being trapped for about 10 minutes underneath the boat operated by the Artemis racing team, authorities said. The vessel tipped over at 1:15 p.m., said Coast Guard Petty Officer Mellissa Deaton.

“The entire team is devastated   …  Video and more

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Steve Bodner provides an update on USA 4’s windsurfing campaign which is currently underway:

San Francisco Bay has experienced one of the windiest springs I can remember. Last month we saw a week of 25k+ topped off by two days of 35-45k inside the golden gate.

I should have learned my lesson and just left the whole quiver of sails in the van as the sail you need most is always the one you’ve left behind in the garage.

That was the case again this past weekend   …  More

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Threecolors is the new video by Grobeshaus, It’s a project realized during this winter, entirely filmed “around the corner”.
We focused on the quality of the filming, the shots and of the frames.

For the idea that we had of this video we chose these guys: Daniel Van Keulen, Jacco Bos, who came specially from Holland to film, and it has been really a great pleasure! And of course the italian guys: Gian Marco Maiocco, Mitch Dalle e Marco Donzelli.

The title “Three Colors” is by no means random, we wanted to represent 3 different expressions of snowboarding, three different shades.

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