A Venice Beach skateboarding park is transformed into a training ground for the disabled to test their courage.
The once-avid motorcycle rider is not one to shy from adventure. But to dive 4 feet down a steep concrete embankment — in a wheelchair, while paralyzed from the waist down?
“Yeah,” Molo said, gripping his wheels a few feet from the edge. “I’m gonna have to take a moment to think this one over.”
A skateboarding park on Venice Beach transformed into a training ground Saturday morning as … Pictures and more
In the mid-1990s, the City of Galveston hired John Crompton to assess the economic benefit the city received from its Mardi Gras festival.
Located on a barrier island, the city has a single entry point, over a causeway. Crompton simply compared the number of people crossing the bridge on the weekends before and after the festival with the traffic count on the two Mardi Gras weekends. The difference came to … More
Maui — Jack McCoy’s epic film on surfing has had its Hawaiian premier at the Maui Film Festival under the full moon this past week. A Deeper Shade of Blue was chosen to open the 12th annual event at the majestic outdoor Celestial Cinema on the grounds of the Wailea Golf Course. This grand 40 by 30 foot screen is erect each year on the Emerald Golf Course overlooking the Lanai Molokai Chanel. Limited seating isn’t a problem and neither is power.
“We like to say … More
Online entries have opened for the 2012 blokart World Championships to be held at Ivanpah Dry Lake, USA in April next year. So far entries have been received from Spain, Australian, New Zealand and The United States, with sailors from many more countries indicating their intention to enter.
Racing will be conducted over a mixture of course styles, ranging from traditional yachting courses like windward – leewards through to some fast action trapazoidal courses. With target speeds of around 18 to 25 knots upwind and 35 to 45 downwind  … Pictures & More