Last Friday, Scott Haraguchi was enjoying a pleasant day of fishing from his kayak about a mile off the southern coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Then, suddenly, he heard a whooshing sound coming toward him. A huge...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/05/15/The-Terrifying-Moment-When-a-Shark-Attacks-a-Kayaker/The short answer is hard.The longer answer involves advanced technological aids.Jacob Schopf represented Germany at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, where he won a silver medal in the sport of canoe sprinting. The Olympic eve...
https://www.neatorama.com/2023/01/02/How-Does-an-Olympic-Canoeist-Train/Leon Hanika is a German champion in the sport of canoe slalom, which is navigating rapids in a kayak or canoe. In this video, he is navigating still waters, but it is still a perilous feat. Hanika must ensure that he doe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2022/03/21/Hold-My-Beer-While-I-Do-This-Barrel-Roll/McCovey Cove in San Francisco Bay lies just beyond the right field wall of a baseball stadium. Boating baseball fans often hang out there during games in the hope of catching stray balls. To give them the full ballpark e...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/06/Hot-Dog-Vendor-in-a-Kayak/Two Nepali men, Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and Sano Babu Sunuwar, went on an adventure they dreamed up called The Ultimate Descent: They would climb to the world’s highest point, launch a paraglider and fly for as long as po...
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