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CAMP PENDLETON – About 15 wounded combat veterans got their first taste of surfing Saturday, as the Wounded Warriors Project teamed up with Doheney Longboard Association, Hobe Surf Shop and Quicksilver to host a fun day at Sanford Beach on the Camp Pendleton Marine base.
The day started with surfing lessons and included barbecue, with volunteers and families relaxing in the sun while their wounded warriors received surfing lessons. Each surfer was given a longboard, along with a wetsuit, and more than 30 volunteers were on hand to assist the beginner surfers  … More
At the end of Day 6, 44 athletes remain in the Nicaragua ISA World Masters Surfing Championship, just one or two heats from the Medal Round. With conditions expected to improve on Saturday, it looks like there will be a very exciting completion to this first ever ISA world championship in Nicaragua.
Another full day of Repechage heats – followed by the semifinals of the ISA Aloha Cup – ran in two to three-foot waves, with ever-present offshore winds grooming them to perfection. Over the course of eight heats, the number of surfers eligible to win a coveted ISA medal was further trimmed  … Pictures and more
Major in political science. Graduate with honors. Fail to find a job. Go surfing in the Middle East.
In 2009, I graduated from college in San Diego, California, and couldn’t find a job. My only lead was from the Surfer’s Journal, where I pitched a deviant little idea to tell the story of the Middle East through surfing.
From Israel to Lebanon would be my route. Around the closed Israeli-Lebanese border, where the Israeli army and Hezbollah take only the fiercest aim at one another  … More