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VOLLEYBALL

Tyra Turner recently competed with the other USA teams at the SWATCH FIVB World Championships in Stavanger, Norway. Followed by 4 Grand Slams which took them to Gstaad,Switzerland; Moscow, Russia; Marseilles, France; and finally Klagenfurt, Austria. Afterward, Tyra and her team partner Angie Akers extended their trip 3 days to visit the US troops in Kosovo.

“That was the best part of the trip. I now have my very own set of dog tags, got to shoot some M-16’s and ride in a Bradley tank. We also played volleyball with the troops and sang karaoke, which we hope boosted their morale,” said Turner.

Tyra and Angie had great results overseas and maintained their 5 seed, 5th in the world, not to shabby for their first year together. Blending beauty and performance with ease, Tyra Turner wears Leila from our line of women’s sunglasses and Hard Kore from our sport sunglasses line.

SAILING
The Oldest Trophy in Sport, The America’s Cup will be a one-off match race (one-on-one) between the defender Alinghi from Switzerland (skippered by our Kaenon’s Brad Butterworth) and the American Challenger, BMW Oracle (skipper and CEO, Russell Coutts and owned by Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison), in Giant Multihulls. The race is expected to take place in February and the location will be announced August 8 by the defender.

These boats are insane – gigantic multihulls that have never been designed or built of this size that will reach unheard of speeds on the course. If you’re a sailor – and even if you’re not, the America’s Cup will be a spectacle. The world-wide exposure from this event will likely be unprecedented for many reasons.
Below, BMW Oracle’s 90-foot x 90-foot Trimaran training off San Diego last week in very mild conditions.

Jimmy Spithill driving from the windward helmsman pod in Jetty

Tactician John Kostecki wearing Hard Kore C12, Helmsman Jimmy Spithill in Jetty Black G12, one of the main designers

Mainsail trimmer Dirk DeRidder in Kore C12

AUTO RACING INDY CAR SERIES – NEWTON, IA
Danica Patrick led about 22 laps of the Iowa Corn Indy 250, before flat tires and bad luck intervened. Her comment after the race:

“We started off with a good car, but it just wasn’t our day. We got a couple flat tires at the beginning of the race, which was a bummer but then we just changed up the strategy a bit, which allowed us to lead a few laps. But then the yellows started to come out and we were at the wrong place at the wrong time. But it was a top-10 finish for us, so if this is the worst finish we have this season, I can’t complain.”

Danica Patrick: Started 5th, finished 9th

Danica Patrick has been wearing the yet to be released Burnet Havana G12 – the newest addition to the Kaenon Polarized line of Luxury Performance Sunglasses.

SURF – HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA

In head high conditions, Lakey Peterson dominated the 16 and under division. On the first day she scored a 9.8, almost a perfect 10. She followed up the second day surfing solid again and wining the event. Lakey wears Burny Black G12

This past weekend, she won NSSA Salt Creek and is now competing at the NSSA main event at Tressels June 23 – 27, 2009.

FREE SKIING – EUROPE
Julia Mancuso wearing Calais Tortoise C12 free climbing one of Europe’s Glaciers.

Taking her assortment of Kaenon’s women’s sunglasses along for the ride, Julia spends the off season mountain biking, surfing, stand up paddling, hiking and wake surfing as seen in this video

Here’s an update from her blog posted June 17, 2009 –

“Its been a crazy few weeks, with lots of friends and teammates in town! I guess the word is out that Maui is the place to be!!! Keely Kelleher, Megan McJames, and Hailey Duke were cruising around Maui causing trouble only as skiers can! Also my coach Chris, and dryland coach Ernie came by to check out our setup here.

There is just so much to explore even close to home. We took a little trip to Lanai the other day, which is Maui’s neighboring island, and we felt worlds away. It was so peaceful and the water was so clear and blue! Its so easy too: Just hop on the ferry and you’re there in 45 minutes!

We brought our Stand-up paddle boards and cruised around, though we were hoping for some surf, i guess the swell didn’t hit yet! Anyway it was fun fun fun! Enjoy some of my favorite pictures.”

- Jules

MOUNTAIN BIKE – CALIFORNIA
Tragedy strikes even the best of riders. Yuri Hauswald one of Kaenon’s beloved went down hard breaking his hand and thumb during a training ride on Whittier Bluff Road near Tomales. As a world class mountain biking competitor, Hauswald was preparing for the upcoming B.C. Bike Run when he hit a bump traveling between 25 and 30 miles per hour. Bouncing his hands off the handlebars, Yuri flipped to the ground. hitting his head, bruising his ribs and breaking his hand. Luckily, Yuri was wearing a helmet – however the hand injury required surgery that left him with with no choice but to cancel his planned trip to Canada and participation in the rugged B.C. Bike Run, a seven-stage race of some 250 miles that includes more than 30,000 feet of climbing. Read the full article here.

Yuri – pre-break – in Kore Silver clear sport sunglasses.

Yuri – in and out of the hospital, wearing Calais Matte Black Men’s Sunglasses.

FATHER’S DAY

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A special recognition to the following Kaenon Pro Dads!
SAILING
Russell Coutts
Brad Butterworth
Kevin Burnham
Cam Lewis
Flavio Marrazi
Freddy Loof
Guillermo Altadill
John Kostecki
Pete Melvin
Peter Isler
Mark Reynolds
Santiago Lange
Terry Hutchinson

BASEBALL
Andre Ethier
Aaron Cooke
Brad Hawpe
Bruce Bochy
Bud Black
Cliff Lee
Duaner Sanchez
Edwin Encarnacion
Eric Wedge
Guillermo Mota
Hiroke Kuroda
Jayson Werth
Raul Ibanez
Jeff Baker
Joe Maddon
Kevin Youkilis
Manny Acta
Mike Lowell
Milton Bradley

SURF
Shea Lopez
Jason Reagan
Zack Howard
Kapono Nahina
Paul Pence

WATERMAN
Guy Pere
Darrick Doerner

STAND UP PADDLE (SUP)
Kainoa McGee

PADDLE
Kai and Lauren Bartlett
Ryan Addison

KITEBOARD
Mauricio Abreu

WINDSURF
Matt Pritchard (soon to be Dad)

FISHING
Aaron Martens
Steve Lassley
Marlin Parker
Kevin Nakamaru
Curt Hamby
Martin Carranza

- From our Kaenon Dads to Yours – Happy Father’s Day, from all of us at Kaenon Polarized!