Santa Barbara's Sports News and Information
“I’m a lucky guy,” he says. “I could have easily died or been paralyzed forever.” ---Andre BarbieriThe Grand Finale of our inaugural 2011 Presidio Sports Sports Figure of the Month series celebrates the indomitable positive power of the human spirit -- especially following one of life’s darkest moments.Nine months after a horrific Mammoth snowboarding accident damn near killed him and claimed most of his left leg, Andre Barbieri -- our December Sports Figure of the Month … [Read more...]
New Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table president Rich Hanna has been awarded the Presidio Sports Sports Figure of the Month for October, 2011 for his stewardship of and commitment to the community’s expansive sports activities and programs.On the heels of again leading Semana Nautica – SB’s ever-growing, premier summer beach festival and athletic competitions over a two-week period, Hanna just dove headfirst into his new two-year SBART leadership post.It follows five years of … [Read more...]
It's 9:00 a.m. and the alarm goes off for one local UCSB student.He is different from most of his fellow students at UCSB because most would whine about having to wake up so early on a Sunday morning but not him.Nine is sleeping in for him because his alarm is usually going off at 5 a.m. to the annoyance of his roommates. When asked why he wakes up so early, he will proudly tell you that it is because he is a rower.Sunday was an important day for some of the rowers of the UCSB … [Read more...]
If I told you I have been snow camping in Santa Barbara, would you think I'm crazy? Well, as luck would have it,snow adventures are very possible in the back country of the San Rafael wilderness. With winter right around the corner, it isn't the time to put away your camping gear, but instead, a chance to gain a whole new prospective on what the local outdoors have to offer.Born and raised on the beaches of Southern California, the world of snow and ice has always been intriguing to me. But … [Read more...]
After sixty years of dominating skiing's filmmaking landscape, Warren Miller has done it again. In honor of the anniversary, Warren Miller Entertainment has conceived yet another film, aptly named Dynasty.The film, which will be screening in Santa Barbara for one show only on Wednesday at the Lobero Theatre, is narrated by renowned skier Jonny Moseley, and takes you on a tour of some of the hidden gems of the winter sports world. Wednesday's showing is part of a national film tour … [Read more...]
Annette Gilkeson has been a paddler for over a decade, but the Santa Barbaran found a new passion when she first stepped into a dragonboat four months ago.“I’m totally addicted. I love it,” she said.Gilkeson, 53, traveled to Prague in late August to compete for the United States in the World Dragonboat Racing Championships. Competing in the Women’s Senior A Division (racers ages 40-50), she was part of an American contingent that had its best ever showing in the … [Read more...]
As the hearty runners made their way up Gibraltar Road in the grueling Pier to Peak Half Marathon, they saw the scorched hillsides left by the Jesusita and Tea Fires.There was something burning on the mountain again Sunday morning but it wasn’t brush. It was the emotions of some of the lead runners who missed a turnaround point and lost valuable time and a high finish. Those runners voluntarily dropped out of the race.Eric Forte stayed on the course and smoked the field to win for the … [Read more...]
Santa Barbara's Mark Moreno and Eric Forte went 1-2 in Nite Moves' 5k run on Wednesday, each beating the 16-minute marker.Moreno's time of 15 minutes and 33 seconds was the fastest time of the Nite Moves season, in its 14th week out of 20. The previous low was Kevin Lunn's 15:45 on May 27.Mason Edwards, 23, held off Jim West, 54, in the open-water swim to take the top spot in 14:24. Rick Hayes and Grant Schroeder also eclipsed 15 minutes, some 30 seconds behind the leaders.CLICK HERE … [Read more...]
There’s a new game in town, as Saturday marked the first ever Pier-to-Pier stand-up and traditional paddle board race.In the men’s short course, James Donovan had the fastest overall time among stand-up races while Eric Mehlberg was the top finisher in the traditional paddleboard (laying flat). The fastest women’s short course finishers were Nicole Gutent in stand-up and Rosanna Sandoval in traditional.Decian Sacre was the fastest male stand-up on the long course and Tad Smyth was … [Read more...]
The Santa Barbara Junior Lifeguards program hosted its Fiesta Competition at East Beach on Friday with nine regional teams facing off in a variety of events, essentially finding out who can swim, paddle and run the fastest.Santa Barbara crushed the competition, amassing 532 total points throughout the day. Avila Beach was second with 287 points, barely beating out UCSB with 285.Find out more about Santa Barbara Junior Lifeguards or UCSB Junior Lifeguards. … [Read more...]
