Ron DeMitchell’s first attempt at waterskiing ended with him on his backside in Pontiac Lake.
The Macomb Township resident’s next try was a success, and he took three circles around the lake Friday as part of a recreational outing for people with disabilities.
“I thought that was my best run,” DeMitchell, who is blind, said of his third pass. “It was awesome.”
DeMitchell, 21, and about two dozen others took part in  … More
A quiet day out fishing usually doesn’t end up as a life-and-death struggle – at least not for the fishermen.
But when Kevin Stevens and his nine-year-old son Hunter decided to go out for a day on the water off Galveston, Texas, neither could have foreseen how their day would end up.
The pair, from Clear Lake in nearby Houston, had taken their 12ft kayak out about a quarter of a mile off Galveston island, and  … Pictures and more
GALVESTON — Kevin Stevens needs a bigger boat.
In a scene eerily reminiscent of “Jaws,†Stevens and his 9-year-old son, Hunter, found themselves being dragged across the Gulf by a shark Saturday morning.
The Clear Lake pair was about three-quarters of a mile offshore near 13 Mile Road. They had been fishing all morning and were about to pack it in.
“We were catching little sharks and it was super hot,†Hunter said. “We were about to go in and we heard this big z-o-o-om from the fishing pole.â€Â  … More
Saturday was the Anacapa Challenge outrigger canoe race across the Channel. Oxnard Outrigger hosted the race with teams of twelve paddlers in each crew. Each crew had six men and six women, with an escort boat. Every half hour they would change by being dropped in front of the canoe, then, as quickly as possible the men jump out and the women climb in. This goes on, back and forth until the end of the race, about 4 hours plus.
Our escort boat was  …  More