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Wind power in Texas, a portion of total energy in Texas, consists of over 150 wind farms, which together have a total nameplate capacity of over 30,000 MW (as of 2020). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] If Texas were a country, it would rank fifth in the world; [ 1 ] the installed wind capacity in Texas exceeds installed wind capacity in all countries but China ...
Windsurfing is a sport involving travel over water on a small 2–4.7 metre board powered by wind acting on a single sail. The sail is connected to the board by a flexible joint. The sport is a hybrid between sailing and surfing.
Windsurfing gained a popular following across Europe and North America by the late 1970s [3] [4] [5] and had achieved significant global popularity by the 1980s. [6] Windsurfing became an Olympic sport in 1984. [7] Newer variants include windfoiling, kiteboarding and wingfoiling. Hydrofoil fins under the board allow the boards to safely lift ...
He started the sport's first company, Windsurfing International. He produced multiple championship winning windsurfing board designs throughout his career, as well as created a popular offshoot of windsurfing with the world's first un-masted wing sail. Drake would go on to become an altruistic figure head for the sport he pioneered over the ...
The Windsurfing World Championships is an international sailing competition organized by World Sailing held since 1980, now annually. Men. Edition Class Gold
Jim Drake's wing invention 1982. The history of wing foiling, or simply "winging" begins with the invention of pre-hydrofoil technology wing surfing dating back to 1981, when aeronautical engineer Jim Drake, who also invented windsurfing, [4] and Uli Stanciu, European windsurfing pioneer, together invented and patented the world's first wing. [5]
Windsurfing, Kiteboarding, Stand-up Paddling, Foiling, Wing-Surfing [1] [2] Robby Naish, La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii 9-8-2019 Robby Naish, Windsurfing, Aerial, La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii, 9-8-2019 Robert Staunton Naish (born April 23, 1963 in La Jolla, San Diego, California ) is an American athlete and entrepreneur who has won 24 World ...
RS:X is a windsurfing class selected by the ISAF [1] to replace the Mistral One Design Class for the 2008 Summer Olympics.The discipline has similarities to Formula Windsurfing - mainly in that the equipment used was designed to allow windsurfing in low and moderate wind conditions with good performance.