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The single day record for shows in daytime television was set in 1984 by Michael Larson, who won $110,237 (equivalent to $323,000 in 2023) [3] on Press Your Luck. Larson achieved this record by memorizing the show's board patterns, repeatedly hitting the board's squares that awarded contestants money and an additional spin, which would, in turn, replace the spin he had just used, effectively ...
Kiteboarding or kitesurfing[ 1 ] is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and wakeboarding. Kiteboarding is among the less expensive and more convenient sailing ...
The world's largest kites are inflatable single-line kites. The world record for the largest kite flown for at least 20 minutes is "The Flag of Kuwait". [60] The world record for most kites flown simultaneously was achieved in 2011 when 12,350 kites were flown by children on Al-Waha beach in Gaza Strip. [61] The single-kite altitude record is ...
The Circle. (American TV series) The Circle (sometimes called The Circle US[1][2] to differentiate from other international versions) is an American reality competition television series, produced by Studio Lambert and Motion Content Group, that first aired on Netflix in January 2020. It is based on the original British TV series of the same ...
Max Maeder. Singapore. Maximilian Maeder[ a ] OLY (born 12 September 2006) is a Singaporean Formula Kite professional athlete. [ 22 ] He is the reigning Formula Kite World, Asiad, Asian and European champion. He holds the distinction of being the youngest winner in any Olympic sailing class competition, achieving this at the age of 16.
Circle kites Circular kites, circle disk kites, disk kites, EPS-plate kites (see "Cup kites" below), paper-plate kites [108] Cody kites War kites designed by Samuel Franklin Cody (1867–1913) [109] [110] Conyne kites [111] Cooperative kites are kites made by more than one person with significant contributions by each person in the cooperation ...
Netflix renewed The Circle for a second and third season on March 24, 2020. On January 15, 2020, the season was won by Joey Sasso, who had played the game as himself, and won the US$100,000 prize that came along with it. Shubham Goel was the runner-up. Sammie Cimarelli won the Fan Favorite award and US$10,000.
The 1900 Wright Glider was the brothers' first to be capable of carrying a human. Its overall structure was based on Octave Chanute 's two-surface glider of 1896. Its wing airfoil was derived from Otto Lilienthal's published tables of aerodynamic lift. The glider was designed with wing-warping capability for full-size testing of the concept ...