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Stories, interviews, and features documenting the return to elite sailing — and the pursuit of something bigger after 40.

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Recent Media Coverage

  • Underdog Podcast - Second Wind - Lauren Wilson Racing Team

    By Allison Edmonds / Fox 5 San Diego & KUSI - Underdog Podcast

    Lauren and Allison discuss Lauren’s Olympic Sailing Campaign as a 42 year old mom of two: balancing elite athletics, motherhood, running her own business, and proving that your Second Wind‍ can be more powerful than your first.

    Watch and Listen To The Podcast Here

  • The Second Wind: Lauren Wilson’s Olympic course from Coronado to Mallorca

    By Lisa Lamb / April 5, 2026 / Coronado Times & Her Sports San Diego

    In the world of elite sailing, the path to the Olympics is usually a straight line: start young, skip the typical growing-up milestones, and find a massive corporate or national sponsor. But Coronado’s Lauren Wilson is charting a different course, one that looks more like a scenic, sometimes turbulent, but deeply rewarding loop.

    At 42, Wilson just finished competing in Mallorca, Spain in the Sailing Grand Slam. It is one of five international regattas where the world’s future Olympians gather to test their mettle…

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  • Lauren Hikes on her ILCA 6 Sailboat in a pink sun shirt

    Lauren's Lane to LA: 41-year-old looking for sole sailing bid to 2028

    By Allison Edmonds / February 26, 2026 / Fox 5 San Diego

    SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — It is said that you are never too old to pursue your goals in life, and one Coronado mom has taken that to heart as she returned to sailing after a 19 year hiatus… hoping to make some waves as we near the 2028 Olympic games.

    Allison Edmonds introduces us to this neighborhood all-star, Lauren Wilson.

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  • At 41, Lauren Wilson is working to make the 2028 Olympics in the ILCA 6.

    Former National Champion Eyes Olympics At 41

    By Fritz Baldauf  |  February 18, 2026  |  Latitude 38

    At 41 and a mother of two, Lauren Wilson is vying to make the LA Olympics, 19 years after she stepped away from elite sailing.

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  • Southern California mom Lauren Wilson shares her story of a long-delayed dream

    Sometimes the second wind is stronger

    December 14, 2025 | Scuttlebutt Sailing News

    Southern California mom Lauren Wilson shares her story of a long-delayed dream: My return to competitive sailing didn’t begin in

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  • DoubleShot Creative's Creative Director is making waves on and off the water

    Fueled by the Wind, Guided by the Current: A Creative Director’s Olympic Journey

    December 9, 2025 | DoubleShot Creative

    How our very own DSC Creative Director, Lauren Wilson, is making waves on and off the water.

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  • Coronado Local Lauren Wilson sails in the 2000 Governor's cup at Balboa Yacht Club

    A Coronado Comeback: Lauren Wilson’s Return To Competitive Sailing

    by Clark Fahrenthold  | Jul 7, 2025 | Coronado Eagle & Journal

    The once two-time Junior Yachtsman of the Year award winner has jumped back in the boat and is now in pursuit of qualifying for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles…

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