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Pixar Animates Cities on San Francisco Bay

Pixar & The Incredibles Partner with Emeryville Unified School District -Debby Coleman, Pixar Animation Studios

Pixar & The Incredibles Partner with Emery Unified School District in 2006 in Emeryville -Debby Coleman, Pixar Animation Studios

You can’t help but thank Pixar for its gift to kids and our entertainment world, as well as waking up our lives. This summer you can revisit their animated films and then tour locations around the San Francisco Bay visiting landmarks that for specific reasons are included in Pixar’s productions. Seeing an icon from your hometown really personalizes the company and the film for those of us who live in shoreline cities.

Here are a few locations:

 

  • Emeryville and Pixar University – in Cars, Toy Story 3 and The Incredibles with many Emeryville streets in the opening scene;
  • Fenton’s Creamery on Piedmont Ave in Oakland – in Up;
  • Grand Lake Theater in Oakland – in Up;
  •  Hidden City Cafe in Point Richmond – in Monsters, Inc. and in trailers for WALL-E! and Toy Story 2; and
  • West Cutting Blvd in Richmond – in both Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3

Find out why these locations are included in the productions!

By |2015-07-03T09:52:37-07:00June 30th, 2015|0 Comments
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America’s Cup 2015 Louis Vuitton World Series Launches July 23

Louis Vuitton 2015 World Series Racing Schedule

Groupama Team France training in Bermuda on the updated AC45 - Yven Zedda/Grouopama

Groupama Team France training in Bermuda on the new foiling AC45 – Yven Zedda/Groupama

1. Portsmouth, Great Britain – July 23-26

2. Gothenburg, Sweden – Aug. 27-30

3. Hamilton, Bermuda – Oct. 16-18

Here’s the lineup for the Louis Vuitton World Series races – fleet format with all boats on the water at the same time.

Defender (1) – winner of 34th America’s Cup 

Oracle Team USA training on the the new AC45 foiler on the San Francisco Bay in Feb., 2015 - americascup.com

Oracle Team USA training on the the new AC45 foiler on the San Francisco Bay in Feb., 2015 – americascup.com

ORACLE TEAM USA  – USA   –   Website

Challengers (5)

1.  ARTEMIS RACING – SWEDEN – Website

2. LAND ROVER BAR (BEN AINSLIE RACING) – GREAT BRITAIN – Website

3. SOFTBANK TEAM JAPAN – JAPAN

4. GROUPAMA TEAM FRANCE – FRANCE – Website

5. EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND – NEW ZEALAND – Website

There will be 4-6 World Series events scheduled in 2016, including a return to Portsmouth in July 2016 and a regatta in Chicago during the summer. All teams are invited to host. The 2017 Louis Vuitton Qualifiers and the Louis Vuitton Challengers series will be held in Bermuda in 2017. Another cost-saving strategy as the America’s Cup Match will be held there that year.

By |2015-07-13T10:42:04-07:00June 25th, 2015|0 Comments
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Windsurfing evolves as Kiteboarding on San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay - Courtesy of Scuttlebutt Sailing News

San Francisco Bay – Courtesy of Scuttlebutt Sailing News

In the 1980s, many of us poured onto local beaches in the  early misty morning fog to try our hand at windsurfing lessons. I found myself caught up in a wind off the Alameda shore at Crown Beach, dangerously surfing to San Francisco solo – the rest of my class far behind and clustered close to the shore. After the rescue, I gained more control and stayed in sight of my instructor, finally passing all the tests for certification. The next day I went out in the same water and was hit by such horrific winds that I could not maneuver my board, even though I was certified! That was the beginning and end of the sport for me. Since then, Windsurfing, its gear and competitions evolved, and many experts moved on to hydrofoil Kiteboarding or Sailboarding.

Keeping pace with the changes, a local San Francisco Bay windsurfer turned kiter, who is gaining proficiency at “foiling” on SF Bay, tells his story of the evolution.

Kite Surfers on the Bay-445-1

 

By |2014-12-16T11:34:30-08:00December 16th, 2014|0 Comments
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Luna Rossa Challenge Launches Second Foiling AC45 – Swordfish

big__MG_9288Both the Luna Rossa Piranha and Swordfish  are foiling about in Cagliari, after being modified with on-board systems that allow the AC45 catamarans to fully foil like the AC72s in the 2013 America’s Cup races. (take a look)

The new design protocol for the 35th America’s Cup allows for modifications of the AC45s of any sort, except for the shape of the hulls. Apparently these new catamarans will outperform the old ones and can simulate the sailing conditions of the new AC62s which will be used in the 2017 races. Practicing on the new AC45s will enrich the crews’ training program and better prepare them for maneuvers, boat handling and foiling techniques that will relate to the new AC62s. They are out at sea now testing all the boats’ components and systems in their full foiling modes.

“This is an important day for the team,” according to Max Sirena, skipper of Luna Rossa, “sailing with two boats offers a significant advantage not only for performance comparison but from all points of view. We participated in the last America’s Cup to set the basis for our 35th America’s Cup and now we can count on a solid team and a close collaboration between designers, sailing team and shore team. There is a constant exchange of information between these areas to address the design and optimize its applications.”

Watch Pirahna and Swordfish foiling in Cagliari.

Photo courtesy of lunarossachallenge.com

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.lunarossachallenge.com

By |2014-10-05T23:22:30-07:00September 16th, 2014|0 Comments
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