HUNTINGTON BEACH – The U.S. Open of Surfing will be scaled back next year in response to the melee that erupted on Main Street after the close of this year’s event, resulting in thousands of dollars in property damage and city money spent on cleanup … More
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Donald Takayama started surfing at age five in Waikiki, Hawaii. A few years later, Dale Velzy happened upon Donald at Makaha Beach and learning that he had shaped his own board, told Takayama that, “if he ever got to the mainland, there would be a job waiting for him”. At twelve years of age with money saved from a newspaper delivery route, Donald bought a plane ticket to Los Angeles and showed up on Velzy’s doorstep.
Donald would … More
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Surfing – Sally Fitzgibbon says the sport has transformed from lifestyle to elite fitness regime
GORGEOUS, tanned and extremely talented, life must be a breeze for surf champ Sally Fitzgibbons.
Exciting, fast paced and fun, yes, but it is anything but easy.
Like Gold Coasters Joel Parkinson, the reigning champion, and Mick Fanning, this year’s tour leader and a two-time world champion, Fitzgibbons has shattered the perception of professional surfing as a lifestyle sport.
The 22-year-old was a champion runner who won gold at a junior Olympics and has also represented her state and country at touch footy and soccer and insists … More
A few Newport Summer sessions and hangouts with Ford Archbold.