Helly Hansen

The final weekend of Aspen's Spring Jam went out with a bang! A full line up of activities from De La Soul on Friday night at the base of Aspen Mountain to Schnee Tag at Snowmass on Saturday afternoon to finally the Helly Hansen Battle in the Bowls. The final free Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series of the season featured the legendary hip-hop trio, De La Soul, celebrated for their hit songs, "The Magic Number," and "Me, Myself & I." De La Soul packed the base of Aspen Mountain and had everyone jumping and getting down. The Island Islanders soared ...

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"'The Endless Summer' ... it sounds like a cliché, even an endless dream - not even possible, but believe it or not, it exists. My endless summer first came in the form of an annual season of kayaking and rafting on the Zambezi river in Zambia, in between my adventures in the northern hemisphere's summer months. But in 2002 I visited Uganda for the first time. Imagine a river exiting Africa's largest lake, already big enough to offer some of the world's best big-water and freestyle kayaking. At times half a mile wide, the river braids into countless channels flowing ...

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HELLY HANSEN WILL BE PRESENT IN BEIJING FOR THE XXIX OLYMPIC GAMES THANKS TO ITALIAN GUYS, DIEGO NEGRI AND LUIGI VIALE Miami, 9th March After eight months of top-level regattas, the crew of Team Helly Hansen, formed by Diego Negri and Luigi Viale, has finally won the Italian Star selection after taking command of the standings since the first race. The final standings saw them, in fact, winners with a wide margin on the second one. The athlete of the Sezione Vela Fiamme Gialle, Diego Negri, told directly from Miami: -At the end of the five regattas we collected 3rd ...

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GOOD START OF HH SAILING TEAM IN 2008 VOLVO CUP In the last week end the 2008 Volvo Cup starts in Scarlino (Tuscany). The first two days there was a grey, cold weather with just light wind so only two races ran. The last day a sunny weather assured a good sea breeze that blew up to 10 knots. Melges24 class is most popular in Italy and here there were 64 boats from nine countries. HELLY HANSEN SAILING TEAM lined up two crews ALINA and UKA UKA that are favourite to win the 2008 circuit and the World Championship that ...

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HH crew of Città di Milano - Team Hiroshi conquers the Dubai RC 44 Cup Dubai, March 7, 2008 The Italian boat, dressed by Helly Hansen, left no chance to the opposition, winning two out of the last three races and finishing the fleet race event with a comfortable margin over Team Ceeref and Team ES Bankers Dubai. The wind had shifted to the left for today's last races, and the chop made it a significantly different race course than the one experienced during the previous days. This novelty didn't disturb Città di Milano - Team Hiroshi, with Armando Giulietti ...

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HELLY HANSEN Match Racer, Claire Leroy, wins the Harken Women's International Sydney, 19 March 2008 - The world's number one woman match racer, Claire Leroy of Helly Hansen Team, has become the first overseas competitor to win the Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta, which wrapped up on Sydney Harbour this afternoon. With two races apiece in the best of five finals, Leroy and Australia's Nicky Souter went into the starting sequence for the sudden death final race and immediately following the start gun, a second signal was sounded and Souter was recalled for being OCS (On Course Side). After ...

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Davenport is continuing the high alpine assault of his Colorado 14er mission with the California 14er project. So far he has skied, Langley, Whitney and Williamson. Tomorrow he's heading for the South Face of Split Mtn. Below. Photos courtesy of Christian Pondella. Check out Ponella's site at: http://www.christianpondella.com/sierra14/

HH and Baerum Sailing Club has today engaged in a 3 year sponsorship deal regarding one of the largest offshore sailing events in Scandinavia^ Helly Hansen Skagen Race - previously Hovdan Skagen Race. The regatta has become a tradition for many sailors in the region and 300 boats are expected to be seen on the starting line April 30th. The entry is open, and enrollment starts Monday March 10th at noon and last until April 16th - the first 30 boats that sign up will recieve a brand new pair of HH Helly Welly sailing boots. For more information and ...

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Julie (33) and Colin (36) Angus from Vancouver Island, British Columbia have departed today from Britain's north easternmost point, John o'Groats and are travelling 7,000 km to Syria. The duo is using amphibious rowboats for the journey and will follow an interconnected route of canals, rivers, lakes and coastlines through Britain, Continental Europe, and the Middle East. The two 18 foot vessels were designed and constructed by the team, each able to carry a bicycle and boat trailer. Although most of the journey will be on water, the team has the option of travelling overland pulling the boats behind their ...

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Helly Hansen Team wins the RYA Women's Winter Challenge Match Racing Championship in the last weekend. Helly Hansen athlete Claire Leroy, who was named the ISAF World Sailor of the Year in November following her World and European match racing titles in 2007, made a perfect work at Queen Mary Sailing Club because she achieves her third Championship victory without losing a race over the three days. The Frenchwoman won her first Women's Winter Challenge Championship in 2005 and successfully defended it the following year but she lost the title the last year when Finlandd's Silja Lehtinen won it. Claire ...

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