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Some of the waves I rode and shared while I was pregnant in 2013.

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If you find yourself without a date this Valentine’s Day, maybe it’s not you. Maybe it’s your car.

According to a new survey by Insure.com, women say that attractive men tend to drive black Ford pickup trucks. Men report that attractive women drive red BMW sports cars.

The survey of 2,000 men and women asked what type, brand and color of vehicle are driven by the most fetching members of the opposite sex.

Women ranked these styles as cars that attractive men drive:   …  More

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Before you write us off as misogynistic pigs, allow us to explain how we came up with these rankings…

The women on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour are some of the most gifted and beautiful athletes in the world, and narrowing the list to 10 was no easy task. After countless intra-office battles and arguments, the final 10 hottest surfer girls were picked with these attributes in mind: beauty, surfing prowess, and what they bring to the sport. Here they are, in ascending order  …  Pictures and more

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Shark repelling devices jump in popularity on Maui after series of shark attacks

A surge in shark attacks on Maui over the past year, including two fatal ones, hasn’t stopped people from surfing and swimming in the warm ocean waters that surround the Hawaii island.

But it has spurred sales of devices that claim to keep sharks away by emitting an electric pulse.

“They just cannot make these things fast enough,” said Hawaiian Island Surf & Sport owner Dennis O’Donnell, who keeps a waiting list for the products and sells out as soon as he’s restocked   …  More

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