Storm Door's Open Wide!

The Northern California Area has enjoyed a long extended dryspell over the last couple months, and fantastic weather for outdoor activities. We hope you enjoyed it, because it's all about to come to an end in the the next 48 hours! We need the snow and rain so it's a good thing. Just remember to bring in the hammock, clean the roof gutters break out the foulies again. Saturday's CYC Midwinters could be a damp one! PREVIOUS EXTENDED...NOW TO THE MAIN EVENT...A DRASTIC CHANGE IN ...

If you have sailed on SF Bay in the past few years, you have no doubt notices the increase of Harbor Porpoises gathering just outside the Golden Gate in great abundance. Also inside the Bay itself, a local herd seems to frequent Raccoon Straits as well, numbering in the 20's. We have even noticed a smaller herd at the edge of Hunters Point with great frequency. Heck, Otters have even started making an appearance at the San Rafael Canal © David Wells Many of you have been c...

Best wishes for a Joyous Holiday for you and your family this season: Happy Winters
Solstice, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukka, A Krazy Kwanza, or a Righteous Festivus or
whatever you might delight in!




And as a special xmas bonus, Ariane Paul from the Master Mariners sends along this little gem!...

"Please join us in a celebration of the opening of 101 Surf Sports while taking in the spectacle of the countries third largest lighted boat parade. We have been hard at work the past couple of months in creating what we think is a truly special Water Sports Sporting Goods store and we'd like to share it with some truly special people; that's you. So please come on by for some beer and wine along with light hors d'ouvres to check out the store and see just what we have been

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A very impressive short using time-lapse taken recently at Lake Tahoe....

Wipeout's from Day 1 of the 2011 Billabong Pro Pipe Masters.
This was the biggest swell they've said they have seen since 2001
and it was a challenge for most pros....plenty of EPIC wipeouts....

US Opti sailing has gotten into the spirit. Anything looking good in your hood?...

New for 2011 from Tronolone Productions Presents, "All & All Is All We Are", A film by Sebastian Tronolone Jr also known as Buster Tronolone "ALL &" ALL IS ALL WE ARE", the vary first snow kite project that focuses on the progression of the sport of snow kiteing. We are vary excited to bring you this full length This year as always we will be filming the best in the business as we try to find new undiscovered snow kite locations. Come join us on a trip as we look for the best spots to snow ...

Mark III is based on a new concept of a free standing "A frame" mast. The wing shape is made by two main sails and one leading edge sail. Once all of them are hoisted, we get a variable geometry wing that can be reefed.

http://www.omerwingsail.com/


A free-standing, rotating carbon fiber mast, is fixed to the boat (at the same location of a standard rig) by a ball at the bottom and a roller...

High Pressure - The Story of Ireland's First Big Wave Surf Contest is a forthcoming documentary presenting inside views of what was considered a groundbreaking event in Irish waters, held at Mullaghmore Head in February 2011. Along the journey towards the contest, it explores deeper elements of the sport and the value of waves as a natural resource along the Irish west coast....

They have been very busy at the San Francisco Marina, with contractors in overdrive since demolition began late last summer. Most of the new docks are in yet there is still work to be done. According to Robbie Dean, Race Officer at the St. Francis YC, "All of the plumbing and electrical is yet to be run, and they are expecting to be fully optional by the end of January" The new stouter, wider and deeper slips will allow larger vessels and with the dredging work completed,...

Some great clips of the behind the curtain scenes while shooting the new Imoca 60 Acciona!

Enjoy!...

Whilst the majority of the Bay Area populace were busy imbibing in post Thanksgiving Mall Abuse, rousing through the refer seeking something which didn't scream left over or huddled in front of the TV viewing college or pro football, Rob MacFarlane and his lady Kristen were enjoying the spaciousness of Drakes Bay aboard Rob's Nelson Marek 45' " Tiger Beetle. They arrived at Drakes late Saturday in thick fog and located a USCG mooring via radar and soon thereafter jumped into their dink ...

Mythbusters guys do it again! And look there TISC front and center!...

Liquid Robotics of Sunnyvale,California launched 4 surfboard resembling autonomous research craft outside the Golden Gate this afternoon, completely reliant on wave action and solar power, and commanded via app's availble from an I-phone which will cross the entire Pacific Ocean gathering data 24/7 and 365 days a week!

KTVU Report



Liquid Robotics' Waveglider is an autonomous submersible that explores the ocean using the...