After weaving a homemade bungee cord, Jamie O’Brien convinces Poopies to jump off the Wahiawa Bridge. JOB and the boys then build a giant kicker ramp and use it at Waimea, Haleiwa and Pipeline. Giant flips and lots of fun lead to what may be the world’s best best slip and slide!
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‘Life, Magic, and Love’ – The fascination of cliff diving.
“Some people don’t understand why we go up 27m and jump off, go back up there and do it again,” says Gary Hunt (UK), four-time Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series champion, expanding he goes on, “it’s fun, it’s extreme, and it’s work – but doesn’t feel like work.” Jumping off great heights with no protection other than concentration, skill, and physical control; in less than three seconds reaching speeds in excess of 85kph, and punctuated by awe-inspiring tricks – that’s cliff diving and what makes up the main attraction.
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El Niño For Dummies
Like black ice, splitting the check and unplanned pregnancies, scientists make things complicated. Instead of simple language, they use cryptic jargon and obscure acronyms to explain the happenings in their respective fields. It’s just so dense and easy to ignore. But some things we shouldn’t ignore. Like El Niño, for example. You’ve probably heard that it’s happening right now. But do you know why? And do you know how it will affect your surfing life for the next eight months? In the likely event you answered “no” to one of those questions, we’re here to shed a little light … More