I met locals Jim and John on East Bach at the Coast Guard Station the Thursday before I left Saint Simons for the last sunset session of my trip. Outstanding onshore winds for 2+ hours of kite buggy fun
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This is an online exclusive story from ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue 2016.
Training to become the top-ranked surfer in the world isn’t exactly a day at the beach. American surfer Courtney Conlogue talks to Body Issue reporter Morty Ain about her long hours in the gym, learning to hold her breath underwater and trying to compete with Mother Nature. Here’s Conlogue, in her own words:
ON WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A PRO SURFER
I think some people perceive surfing as just a lifestyle sport. This will be my sixth year competing professionally on the World Tour, and to be involved in something like this goes to show that we do fine-tune our bodies in order to be as strong as we can when we enter the water. During the offseason, I … More
The best belly flop fail in the history of cliff diving! That’s what happens when you put a trampoline on the edge of a cliff and try a quadruple frontflip.
Father’s Day is imminent. With the ratcheting up of the advertisements on the television, radio and internet, you can’t open your eyes without being bombarded with commercials about how great, caring, fun, loving and slightly silly dads are. Well, for one day of the year, at least.And seeing as how great, caring, fun, loving and sometimes silly dads are, they require a gift. They need new barbecues, underpants, tool kits and coolers. They deserve portable … More