A Competition Powered by Nature
Looking forward to see the teams of one of the most challenging races of the world sharing some challenging moments of this outstanding race featured in spectacular video clips.

The quest for victory in the hardest competition around the world, the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009: Balancing speed and safety in a competition powered by nature.

First offshore leg will start in Alicante, Spain, on October 11, 2008

• Brand Awareness: Ocean Racing at it's Most Exciting

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  Fascination Speed: New MB World Speed Record
What do high-speed ski racing and downhill mountain biking have in common? They share the same locations while chasing for new speed records. It's just incredible:

The Austrian Markus Stöckl (Kitzbühel) has set a new world speed record for series mountain bikes (Intense M6 bike) on a 2000 m long and 45° steep speed track in La Parva, Chilean Alps. With a speed of 210.4 km/h (130.7 mph) he exceeded his 8 year old record from Les Arcs, French Alps, by 23 km/h (14 mph). (Via MS Racing Blog)

Labels: mountainbiking, sports, travel, videos

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  Summer Travel Trip: Petra, Jordan
After a Camel Safari into the Sunset of Dahab, exhausting Fun and Freestyle in the Gulf of Aqaba and exotic Free Diving Dahab's Canyon it's worth to visit the Nabatean city of Petra, a breathtaking wonderland of temples, tombs and elaborated buildings out of solid rock.

Coming from Dahab, Egypt crossing the borderline to Israel and Jordan, Petra is located in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba( Dahab).

Being nearly a world wonder Petra is part of several spectacular movies filmed in Petra like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), The Mummy Returns, (2001).

Labels: emea, jordan, petra, travel, videos

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  1000 km Offshore RIB Race accross the Red Sea
Recently I found this video about offshore powerboat racing by coincidence typing Red Sea into my Video Search further below. Having a passion for travel and sports I started a bit of research about RIBs, Rigid Inflatable Boats and it's amazing what kind of highly specialized active community has built around RIBs.

The Red Sea usually is known for strong northern winds and rough choppy waves which make it an excellent place for extreme water sports like windsurfing or kite surfing so I wondered why they took the Red Sea as destination of choice, but participating RIBs powered up to 2 x 300 horse powers are special, they can also cope even with rougher seas like the Red Sea and due to their low weight RIBs often out-perform other similarly sized and powered boats.

The 2006 Red Sea Rib Rally seemed to have been such a success - it was broad casted by Sky News and EuroSport - but I could hardly find any blogs or flickr photos, I hope the 2007 remake will provide a better coverage, best coverage provided Google AJAX search, a combined YouTube/GoogleVideo search further below (Red Sea Rib Rally).

The race from Sharm-El-Sheikh to El Gouna (Abu Tig Marina) to Marsa Alam (Port Ghalib) then north against wind and waves to Soma Bay and back to Sharm also reminded me a bit of the famous Paris-Dakar Off Road Rally.

There will be a repeat in October 2007 (starting on Oct. 27th - Nov. 4th 2007) and since there is no other comparable event around I think that it could become the water equivalent of the Paris-Dakar Off Road Rally for RIBs.

Labels: events, red sea, rib, travel, videos

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  Pirates of the Caribbean Racing to World's End

Seeking fun and adventure, the most popular pirates saga is finally coming to an end, what a pity. Great action around Captain Barbossa, Elizabeth, Will Turner and Captain Jack Sparrow. Lot's of water and stunning cinematic visual effects. After 'The Curse of the Black Pearl' and 'Dead Man's Chest' now:

• At World's End, Part 3

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  Fun and Freestyle in Dahab: Spocks, Grubbys, Diablos, Flakas
Her comment: 'Warm water, strong wind, great people... Dahab is an awesome place.' See her sponsors:

• Naish TV
  
• Naish Store
• Naish Sails
• Naish Kites
• Chiemsee

Acting like an aircraft wing the peninsula of Dahab spots 5 km into the Gulf of Aqaba and produces 300 days of wind from 4 Beaufort upwards, water 22°-28°C, air 20°-40°C.

When I was there I spent my time at the Coralia and I remember two excellent flat water spots and a wave spot outside in the Gulf of Aqaba with extremely strong winds, I used the 4.5 qm all the time.

Assalah (Dahab) with its sprawling conglomeration of palm trees, shops, campgrounds, hotels, bars, restaurants and dive spots isn't far away. It's a great experience for surfing (kite and wind) and diving as well as for excursions into the desert.

Labels: dahab, lifestyle, red sea, travel, videos

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  Far Beyond the Mainstream: Free Diving Dahab's Canyon
Located in the middle between the straits of Tiran in the south and the borders of Israel, Egypt and Jordan in the north of the eastern coastline of the Sinai Peninsula at 28°33.294N , 34°31.257E the reef along the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba has a large gap and a small entry, the Fish Bowl at 14m that leads into the Canyon down to a sandy platform at 30m and an exit at 18m just vertically above.

Amazing, sportive and very individual, this free dive in Dahab's Canyon without any scuba gear, but with a very specialized free diving equipment, spectacular!

The reef starts right on the beach and the Canyon isn't far away. It's an excellent scuba dive site, too, especially early in the morning when the sun comes up, later in the day it's a bit crowded due to its popularity. It's recommended for advanced divers.

Dahab is an entry point to a series of spectacular dive sites. Very experienced technical divers know, that the Canyon has a second exit at 52m and a last one at 75m just before the drop-off into the abyss, well there is also Neptune's Chair a bit further below. And the famous Blue Hole. Check out the Blue Hole Project.

• Finding Rosalie Moller on the Northern Safari Route

Labels: dahab, diving, red sea, travel, videos

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  Finding Rosalie Moller on the Northern Safari Route
The southern scuba diving safari tour through the Red Sea near Elphinstone or Brother Islands usually is very exciting and meets even the highest level of expectations inducing thrilling moments diving with Oceanic White Tip Sharks even for advanced and professional divers while the northern safari route through the Red Sea is famous for its sunken ship wrecks.

The Video features the Jolanda Reef near Sharm el Sheik (one of the most famous of the northern Red Sea dive sites, but very busy) and famous ship wrecks such as the Carnatic (one of the older wrecks in the Red Sea), the SS Thistlegorm (busy as Piccadilly Circus) and the Rosalie Moller (one of the best wreck dives in the Red Sea), which can be found at 27° 39' 03" N, 33° 46' 17"E West of Gobal Sheghir (Northern Red Sea) in a depth starting at 17m (top of Forward Mast) down to 50 m at Bows and best be visited by Safari Boat from Hurghada and occasionally from Sharm El Sheikh and is recommended to advanced scuba divers due to it's depth.

More scuba diving information around the globe on the free and comprehensive dive site directory.

Labels: diving, red sea, travel, videos

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  Funtastic Artistic do Brazil: Capoeira at Jericoacoara
It's a pleasure to watch this guy celebrating the high arts of capoeira in Jericoacoara, located in the northeast of Brazil, close to the equator. Powered by natural trade winds it's the number one place for radical sports such as windsurfing and kite in Brazil. Excellent skills, perfect conditions, beautiful beaches...

• Pics from Flickr

Labels: brazil, entertainment, travel, videos

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  Thrilling Moments Diving with Oceanic White Tip Sharks
Amazing: Being so close to Oceanic White Tip sharks that one could touch them - probably the guy in the boat thinks about whether to dive or better not.

Extensive opportunity watching Oceanic White Tips swimming towards the camera, circling underneath and swimming away again, fantastic pictures and thrilling scenes throughout the video.

The potential of sharing videos is to reach participators not bounded to a single geographical region and thus to broaden reach and to attract the attention of niche markets and markets that did not exist before. More:

• Excellent Shark Video near Brother Islands, Red Sea
• Fantastic Shot of a Sailfish Raising it's Sail

Labels: diving, red sea, travel, videos

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  Excellent Off-Piste Skiing Tignes, France 2007
Capturing a day like this is awesome. When just perfect skiing conditions come together resulting in fresh powder, early sun and deep temperatures it's a pleasure to enjoy a day off-piste skiing on the treeless heights of Tignes between 3600m and 2100m of altitude.

By the way, did I mention the glorious YouTube/AJAX search integration? Check it out further below:

Labels: lifestyle, skiing, tignes, travel, videos

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  Into the Air with AJAX
From Wikipedia:

'This aerobatic team is split into "the Diamond" (Blue Angels 1 through 4) and the Opposing Solos (Blue Angels 5 and 6). Most of their displays alternate between maneuvers performed by the Diamond and those performed by the Solos'.

Check out the new Google AJAX Search API Wizards, they are easy to integrate and a fast way to search several google videos, maps, news and books and allow mash ups and a better participation in current communications.

Labels: ajax, mashup, search, strategy, videos

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  Boarding Complete Two Boats - One Team - One Goal

• Pushing the Limits
• Harnessing the Power of Mother Nature
• Strategy: Balancing Speed and Safety (Part I + II)

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  Pushing the Limits New record:

• Harnessing the Power of Mother Nature
• Strategy: Balancing Speed and Safety (Part I + II)

Labels: sailing, strategy, videos

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  Harnessing the Power of Mother Nature Don't fight the Internet, master it!

• Strategy: Balancing Speed and Safety

Labels: sailing, strategy, videos

  ¶ 'Harnessing the Power of Mother Nature' posted by eA : 9:55 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Strategy: Balancing Speed and Safety The quest for victory in the hardest competition around the world, the Volvo Ocean Race: Balancing speed and safety in a competition powered by nature. Watch participants commenting the most challenging moments of an exceptional race.

Labels: sailing, strategy, videos

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  Brand Awareness: Ocean Racing at it's Most Exciting
Under captain Mark Christensen the ABN AMRO ONE has won the VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2005-2006. Reason enough to share some challenging moments of this outstanding race featured in spectacular video clips.

Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) is a yacht race around the world, held every four years. It's considered to be one of the most challenging races of the world. The general route runs south through the Atlantic Ocean, around the tip of Africa, and then around the Southern Ocean. The route generally covers in excess of 28,000 statute miles (45,000 km) over open ocean. The next race will start in Alicante, Spain, in late 2008. I'm excited!

• Global Brand Awareness: YouTube and Wikipedia among Top 5 Now

Labels: branding, lifestyle, sailing, videos

  ¶ 'Brand Awareness: Ocean Racing at it's Most Exciting' posted by eA : 7:10 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Being First to Publish New Information Isn't it fantastic, within seconds one can take part in a worldwide distributed live-communication and reach an international audience living in states such as California, New York, Florida, Germany, China and even Israel and New Zealand?

As a result of a constantly growing acceptance of social media the global audience has set a new standard for online creative content, online news, audio and video streaming with a potential to reach participators not bounded to a single geographical region or language and thus to broaden reach and to attract the attention of niche markets and markets that did not exist before.


I think I was first yesterdy :-)

• Google Reader Supports Video Now

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  Checkout what's Possible on a Global Level Participating in a social network centered on user-generated content has become one of the most exiting trends today. Free and easy interaction, staying in touch with friends, finding long lost friends, and meeting new people encourages users as well as visitors to share comments, photos and videos, read and write blogs or just hang out. Today's users interact already on a global level.

• Global Brand
• Global Mash Up
• Global Checkout

Labels: google, lifestyle, mashup, videos

  ¶ 'Checkout what's Possible on a Global Level' posted by eA : 11:05 AM  0 comments links to this post

  ASIMO - Advanced Step in Innovative MObility Watch these funny videos about Honda's humanlike robot ASIMO, incredible!

• Global Brand Awareness: YouTube and Wikipedia among Top 5 Now

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  Excellent Shark Video near Brother Islands, Red Sea Great White Tip Sharks filmed off shore near Brother Islands, Red Sea. Amazing!


Find more amazing videos:

• Custom Video Search Module

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  Woidboyz MTV Video, I Just Can't Stop Laughing! Many people asked what kind of language the Woidboyz speak, well it's not easy to identify and even most Germans might have a problem with it, however it is German, but with a charming deep Bavarian accent. Funny MTV-Wildboyz-Parodie from Bavaria, must see:

View more clips on my new video channel in the right column.

Labels: entertainment, videos

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