Who’ll Become Cliff Diving’s King of Denmark?
Raise the curtain! When 14 of the world’s best cliff divers take possession of the Danish Opera House it’s time to fill the 28m gap between the platform on the rooftop and the chilly waters of Copenhagen harbour with diving complexity. After three consecutive wins for Gary Hunt, the reigning champion, could it be time for a changing of the guard this Saturday afternoon.
Copenhagen provides the athletes with a panoramic view of the royal palace, Amalienborg, and the adjacent domed Marble Church before launching into their three-second flights. 14 of the world’s best cliff diving athletes are ready to hit the water in Copenhagen’s harbour at speeds of 85kph. Don’t miss the royal coronation in Copenhagen on Saturday, June 20, beginning at 1pm local time!
Home. A place to clean up, rejuvenate, rest. Above all, rest. We all need one, and the new voyaging canoe Mo‘okiha O Pi‘ilani is no different. The canoe needs a home, their crew says. And it needs it now.
“Mostly, I’m looking for a safe berthing place for this canoe where kids can get out of the bus and walk over and step onto it,” Tim Gilliom, the canoe’s captain, told me recently. “They have to be able to step onto it. Kupuna too. The governor can’t even … More
What do you get when you put Hawaii, a Good Samaritan, and a hit and run driver together? A Hawaiian hero grabbing his skateboard and chasing down the crazy driver before he can hit or kill anyone else.
That was the scene on the big island of Hawaii in Kailua-Kona, when Good Samaritan, Joshua Lambus, did some sidewalk and street surfing, skateboarding in pursuit of the hit and run driver who had already taken out a 13-year-old girl and judging by his reported ongoing ridiculous driving, was destined to kill or … More