The Action Dominates the Life at the Controls.
Racing sports cars, jumping from mountains with glide wings, travelling to hard accessable areas which challenges the man, or the woman, ballooning, space travel, hunting or capturing, or speed boat / yatch racing all denotes extreme exmples of human challenges of personal design. This is a review of these activities and their machines or tools which are likewise involved - including their creators.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Mavericks Report: "Big Wave World Tour"
(Half Moon Bay, Calif.) – Looking ahead to an El NiƱo winter and the anticipation of big waves early in the season, the organizers of the Mavericks Invitational big wave surf contest are opening the contest season on November 1, 2012.
Following the approval of the permit by the San Mateo County Harbor District last week, the organizers kicked into high gear the planning for this year’s famed big wave surfing contest off Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay. The contest waiting period is officially November 1, 2012, through March 31, 2013.
“It looks like we’re headed for an early winter, and we want to take advantage of the big swells in November,” said Mavericks Pioneer Jeff Clark, part of a group of business and community leaders organizing the event. “The surfers are ready, the community is ready, and we are stoked to make this amazing event happen this year.”
Mavericks Invitational organizers are also announcing a partnership with the Big Wave World Tour. Founded by famed big wave rider and shaper, Gary Linden, the Big Wave World Tour (BWWT), is an international surfing phenomenon that organizes the best big wave riders in the first-ever big wave surfing league.
The tour showcases the world’s top surfers and local standouts as they battle extreme conditions, and each other, in a season long battle to become the next Big Wave World Champion. The tour includes events in Chile, Peru, Mexico, and now in California.
“Big wave surfing and Mavericks have become synonymous, and a competition there a dream come true,” said Linden, who has served as head judge for previous contests at Mavericks. “Being part of the event is an extreme honor, personally and for the Big Wave World Tour.”
The association with BWWT allows those surfers who are part of the tour to use their performance at Mavericks as part of their overall scoring for the season. The list of competitors for this year’s Mavericks Invitational will not change from last season, when a lackluster winter dashed hopes for a contest.
“The competitors will still earn their way through dedication to surfing Mavericks, proving their mettle at Mavericks, and being voted into the event by their peers,” said Clark. “Gary Linden has experience at Mavericks, making it easy to integrate their judging system and water patrol into our event, while keeping true to the unique nature of Mavericks.”
Mavericks Invitational is the world’s premier, high adrenaline, big wave surfing event. This one-day, invitation-only surfing competition is held at the legendary Mavericks surf break located ½ mile offshore at Pillar Point Harbor, just 20 minutes south of San Francisco. The 24 most daring big-wave surfers in the world will attempt to tame the massive swells on the biggest and best day of the 2012-13 winter season.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Nathan Outteridge has joined the Swedish Challenger for the 34th America’s Cup
Artemis Racing announced today that Australian
Olympic gold medalist, Nathan Outteridge has joined the Swedish Challenger for
the 34th America’s Cup.
Outteridge is well known for his results in both
skiffs and multihulls, having won the gold in Weymouth in the 49er Class, as
well as performing well in the past four America’s Cup World Series events.
Outteridge will begin training with the team next
week in Alameda in advance of the upcoming America’s Cup World Series in San
Francisco where he will helm Artemis Racing Red. Racing will take place from
3-7 October, in conjunction with the Bay Area’s best known event, Fleet
Week.
“Joining Artemis Racing is a great opportunity for
me. Artemis is a solid team all around and I’m excited to join Terry Hutchinson
and the sailing team for my first America’s Cup,” said Outteridge who has just
arrived in San Francisco following the Farr 40 Worlds in Chicago.
“I think anytime you add a sailor of Nathan’s caliber
to a team it’s a good thing. I’m anticipating that the experience we have here,
balanced with his youth and enthusiasm, will be a good mix," said Skipper Terry
Hutchinson (USA).
“It’s great to have Nathan join Artemis. We have
seen that his success in skiff and moth sailing have translated well in the AC45
racing. Nathan certainly has a bright future,” added Paul Cayard, CEO of
Artemis Racing.
--- From Artemis Racing
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DISNEY STAR ROSS LYNCH TO PERFORM AT BALLOON FESTIVAL
For Immediate Release
DISNEY STAR ROSS LYNCH TO PERFORM AT BALLOON FESTIVAL
TEEN SENSATIONS R5 FEATURING LYNCH IN CONCERT JULY 29
READINGTON, NJ --- The screaming won’t just be for the balloons.
R5 featuring Ross Lynch from Disney’s Austin & Ally will perform in concert at the 30th annual Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning in Association with PNC Bank on Sunday, July 29 at 1 p.m. at Solberg Airport in Readington, NJ.
R5 is the fastest-growing young band on the pop-rock scene with more than four million YouTube views and 150,000 Twitter followers. These teen sensations are comprised of the Lynch family of Littleton, Colorado, and include Ross Lynch, star of the Disney Channel's #1 series, Austin & Ally, and Riker Lynch, a featured "Warbler" in Fox's smash TV series, Glee.
They are the latest Disney teen sensations to perform at the balloon festival following the Jonas Brothers (2007), Demi Lovato (2008), Meaghan Martin (2009), Emily Osment (2010), and Mitchel Musso last year.
“With concert tickets skyrocketing, we’re proud to once again offer children and their families the opportunity to see their favorite Disney stars at affordable prices they can’t find anywhere else,” said Festival Executive Producer Howard Freeman. “Our teen concerts series has enabled us to introduce the magic of ballooning to whole new generation and adds value to their festival experience. It’s also one of the reasons we remain the top family destination year after year.”
R5 is comprised of Lynch family siblings Ross (age 16), Riker (20), Rocky (17), sister Rydel (18), and family friend Ellington Ratliff (18). Together they make up one of today’s most exciting young bands featuring catchy rock-inspired songs, a fashionable look, and an energetic performance style.
Ross Lynch has also recorded songs for Austin & Ally, including the show’s theme song, “Without You,” as well as “Double Take,” “Break Down the Walls,” “A Billion Hits,” “Not A Love Song,” “It’s Me It’s You,” “Better Together,” and “Heard It on the Radio.”
Playing Austin Moon in Austin & Ally is his first leading role. Pursuing a career in television, Lynch is following in the footsteps of his cousins, Derek and Julianne Hough from ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. He will also star in the new Disney Channel movie Teen Beach Musical, its next song-and-dance extravaganza, in 2013.
Tickets for the R5 concert presented by 1560 Radio Disney include admission into the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, which features twice daily mass ascensions of more than 100 balloons from around the world and has been named as of the Top 100 Events in North America. VIP reserved seats (first 10 rows) are $50 for adults and $40 for children; Gold VIP reserved seats are $40 for adults and $30 for children. General admission lawn seating will also be available.
Tickets are now on sale at www.balloonfestival.com.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Announcement on Grand Prix
Announcement on Grand Prix
FIDE and AGON are pleased to announce the full details of the new Grand Prix cycle 2012/2013. Regulations for the Series as well as Players contracts can be found below. Each player will be assigned to play in four of the six cities and his best three results will be accumulated for his overall ranking at the end of the series. The top two overall placed in the Grand Prix will qualify for the Candidates event in 2014.From the Regulations, the 18 players qualifying to participate in the series are as follows:
Art. 3.1 Current World Champion and ChallengerViswanathan Anand (IND)All the players qualified above (including the five reserves) must download and sign the Players Agreement and return it by email to office@fide.com and also by mail (postdated not later than 1st June 2012) to FIDE Office, 9 Syggrou Avenue, 11743 Athens, Greece.
Boris Gelfand (ISR)
3.2 World CupPeter Svidler (RUS)
Alexander Grischuk (RUS)
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)
Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)
3.3 FIDE President NomineeThe FIDE President may nominate one player who must be rated at least 2700 as per the January 2012 rating list.
3.4 Organiser Nominees
Six players may be nominated by AGON and must be rated not less than 2700 in the January 2012 rating list or have been a former World Chess Champion.
3.5 Rating
Five players plus reserves as may be required:
3.6 Replacements
Name Title Country Jan-12 Jul-11 AverageCarlsen, Magnus GM NOR 2835 2821 2828.0Aronian, Levon GM ARM 2805 2805 2805.0Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2801 2781 2791.0Karjakin, Sergey GM RUS 2769 2788 2778.5Topalov, Veselin GM BUL 2770 2768 2769.0Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2759 2770 2764.51st Reserve Gashimov, Vugar GM AZE 2761 2760 2760.52nd Reserve Radjabov, Teimour GM AZE 2773 2744 2758.53rd Reserve Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 2747 2765 2756.04th Reserve Kamsky, Gata GM USA 2732 2741 2736.55th Reserve Jakovenko, Dmitry GM RUS 2729 2736 2732.5Vitiugov, Nikita GM RUS 2726 2733 2729.5Morozevich, Alexander GM RUS 2763 2694 2728.5Wang, Hao GM CHN 2733 2718 2725.5Dominguez, Leinier GM CUB 2730 2719 2724.5Tomashevsky, Evgeny GM RUS 2740 2707 2723.5Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2736 2711 2723.5Nepomniachtchi, Ian GM RUS 2735 2711 2723.0Almasi, Zoltan GM HUN 2717 2726 2721.5Adams, Michael GM ENG 2724 2715 2719.5
Any replacement for the initial selection, will be selected on the basis of Article 3.5 which takes into account the average rating and greater number of games, if of equal rating.
The six cities and dates for the Grand Prix series are:
Players must also submit, along with their signed agreement, the six cities ranked in order or preference of participation. FIDE and AGON will consider the players’ requests and allocate the players to the various tournaments taking into consideration the players’ preferences, average rating and other parameters.
2012 Grand Prix Chelyabinsk September 19 – October 3 Grand Prix Tashkent November 21 – December 4 2013 Grand Prix Lisbon April 10 – April 24 Grand Prix Madrid May 22 – June 4 Grand Prix Berlin July 3 – July 17 Grand Prix Paris September 18 – October 2
Links
- Grand Prix regulations (PDF)
- Grand Prix Player Agreement (PDF – new version on May 28)
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