When I left Oahu after living there for three years, I knew I’d miss it every day. And I do. Usually it’s the obvious things: the perfect waves; the pineapple scent in the air as you drive to the North Shore; the fact that, unlike in New York, there’s zero chance of snow in March. Today, though, the thing that’s making me long to go back is a lecture series. Not exactly romantic, I know, but hear me out.
On the third Thursday of every month, Chinatown Boardroom—one of the coolest shops on the island, but more on that in a second—hosts a Surf Discussion Series. Big names in the surf world come to the shop and, as co-owner Eric Walden puts it, “talk story” with the crowd…. Details
From an early age Mike Douglass had always had an interest in extreme sports and started out riding and racing BMX. He developed a passion for all things related with extreme sports & motorsports and knew he wanted to be involved in the industry in some way.
He came up with the initial concept for ExtremeSponsors.com in 2000 when looking for a way to streamline the ‘sponsorship’ process. Ask any serious athlete what their goal is in their career and they will say ‘sponsorship’. At the time to find a sponsorship deal usually meant being in the right place at the right time, spending hours creating a rider CV and posting hundreds of letters out to potential sponsors. This is when he got the idea for ExtremeSponsors.com.
With a strong background in IT & Internet Management Mike developed a system to assist …Â Details
Another potential day for the world-renowned Mavericks Surf Contest in Half Moon Bay has come and gone.
Contest officials on Saturday were considering holding the contest Wednesday, contest director Jeff Clark said. But by Sunday, the anticipated swell had disappeared.
“We were looking at this last swell,” Clark said. “It had potential of being a contest swell, but it ended up being not strong enough.”
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I am a product of the Vietnam War. Though I’ve jokingly said that for years, it is true. During the war my mother was a Vietnamese civilian working as a translator for the United States Army in Saigon, where my father was stationed as an American helicopter pilot in the Navy. They met there. Just as the North Vietnamese were taking over Saigon on April 29, 1975, my mother fled Vietnam aboard a refugee boat amidst the historical chaos. My father was also on the coast, hovering overhead while commandeering his final mission in Vietnam. They were separated but four months later, my mother would ultimately relocate to San Diego where they reunited and eventually married.
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