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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Amazon to Become an Official Retail Partner of the U.S. SailGP Team
NEW YORK, June 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States SailGP Team is pleased to announce Amazon as an official sponsor and retail partner, marking a major step in the team's mission to elevate the sport's presence on a global stage. This collaboration celebrates the high-performance and growing appeal of SailGP with Amazon's unmatched selection and convenience, creating new opportunities to bring the sport to a wider audience and to engage fans like never before. "We are thrilled to partner with one of the biggest and most recognizable companies in the world, Amazon," said Mike Buckley, 2x World Champion Sailor, U.S. SailGP Team CEO and Co-Owner. "This represents a major milestone for our team and our sport as we continue to expand our audience, bring new fans into the world of sailing, and showcase the excitement and innovation that SailGP represents." SailGP fans will be able to shop a curated assortment of fashion and accessory items, including exclusive designs with Amazon Merch on Demand, in the team's official U.S. SailGP storefront on Customers can choose from a wide assortment of products — all available with fast, free Prime delivery. Additionally, fans can shop curated storefronts from some of their favorite athletes, including Anna Weis, Mike Buckley, Hans Henken, and Peter Kinney, where they share their everyday must-have items and training essentials across fashion, travel, beauty, and skincare. "Amazon has strong ties to sports and fitness, and we are proud to not only offer a wide selection of products and entertainment that help fans cheer on their favorite team or explore a new hobby, but also to create immersive experiences that bring customers closer to the action," says Jenny Freshwater, vice president of Amazon Fashion and Fitness. "We're excited to collaborate with the U.S. SailGP Team and for our customers to discover the world of sailing and learn more about the amazing athletes transforming the sport today." The U.S. SailGP team will continue their 2025 campaign at the upcoming Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix on June 7-8, 2025, where fans will see Amazon's logo on the U.S. SailGP Team's jib sail. For more information on the United States SailGP Team's collaboration with Amazon please go to, U.S. SailGP Team Amazon Storefront. For more information on the United States SailGP Team and their official team partners, please visit the website HERE. ABOUT THE U.S. SAILGP TEAM Energized by prestigious new owners and investors across U.S. professional sports, entertainment and technology, the U.S. SailGP Team is led by co-owners Ryan and Margaret McKillen and two-time world champion Mike Buckley. Seven-time world champion Taylor Canfield is the driver, and the U.S. team has an All-American roster of talented athletes. The Americans are one of 12 national teams in the Rolex SailGP global championship that races in iconic locations around the world using identical hydrofoiling F50 catamarans, flying at speeds approaching 60 mph. Visit for more information. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE U.S. SailGP
New York Times
16-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
New Zealand surges to top spot, U.S. in seventh after first day at Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix
LOS ANGELES — Saturday proved to be a critical moment for the United States SailGP Team to show its doubters wrong. Competing in front of a home crowd on the opening day of racing at the Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix, Taylor Canfield and his all-American crew needed to banish the ghost of Sydney Harbour last month. A capsize on practice race day in Sydney put the Americans out of the competition even before it began, so Saturday marked their shot at redemption and an opportunity to show they can mix it with the best in the world. Advertisement SailGP saw 12 teams on one start line for the first time Saturday, and within the confines of the breakwater in the Port of Los Angeles, the racetrack would be congested, possibly the tightest yet seen. After four frenetic two-lap races, the U.S. finished in seventh place. It's not stellar, but it's no disaster, either. The team sits only one point behind two of the most fancied teams: last season's outright champions from Spain and this season's current leader, Great Britain. 12 boats on the water at the #LosAngelesSGP 🤩 — SailGP (@SailGP) March 15, 2025 Asked to pinpoint what pleased him most about Saturday's performance, U.S. driver Canfield said: 'I can't remember which race it was, it might even have been our worst result of the day, but I think we passed, like, three boats on the final beat (the upwind leg of the course before the finish). So to be mixing it up and being able to pass boats on the track is what we're going for.' Passing lanes are always in short supply on such a high-traffic race course, so Canfield was right to be focused on this part of the game. Australia was the biggest climber of the day after an uncharacteristically poor start. Tom Slingsby blamed a shockingly bad start in Race 1 on catching kelp around the team's foils just before the gun fired, leaving the Australian F50 floundering and struggling to get moving while the rest of the fleet hydrofoiled its way toward Mark 1. Subsequent starts weren't much of an improvement. 'That's on me,' Slingsby said. 'I just wasn't picking good positions, and we were getting boxed out when other people were taking the spot I was aiming for. We'd be saying, 'Let's pull the trigger here,' and then it would just take too long to get on the foils, for whatever reason.' Even so, Australia somehow ended up in third place by the end of the session. If ever there's a measure of a great sailing team, it's the ability to weave a path through all the dirty air flowing off the back of the boats ahead and make consistent gains through the fleet. If Slingsby started poorly, he finished spectacularly, notably when a last-gasp overtake saw the Aussies steal the winner's gun from Mubadala Brazil. Advertisement Brazil's Martine Grael, the first-ever female driver in SailGP, looked destined to take her first win until Slingsby spoiled her team's celebrations. The impressively consistent Canada finished second, with New Zealand back to its best, ruling the race to Mark 1 and sitting atop the leaderboard. For the brief period it raced, Rockwool Denmark notched the highest peak speed of 85.33 km/h, only to come crashing down when it collided with one of the turning marks at the bottom of the race course during Race 1. The Danes ground to a sudden and bone-crunching stop when their T-foil appeared to catch something under the water. OUCH 😬 The moment @SailGPDEN hit a race mark, thankfully no injuries to report, but the team is ruled out of racing for day 1 of the #LosAngelesSGP — SailGP (@SailGP) March 15, 2025 For their unforced error, the Danes were slapped with a painful 12-point penalty, although driver Nicolai Sehested was keen to investigate alternative causes. 'I want to make 100 percent sure what happened before we reach any conclusions. On the software, we're quite far away from the mark, so we're trying to figure out whether we hit the mark or if we hit something else in the water.' Sehested said he's keeping his fingers crossed that the damage to the boat can be repaired overnight in time for Sunday's racing. (Photo courtesy of Jason Ludlow for SailGP)
