Tamara Bockius on Friday the 14th (August) at Cabrillo Beach in Los Angeles won the women’s slalom title in the U.S. Windsurfing national championships. The win gaveher three national championships — she also claimed the women’s grand master title at the 2012 nationals, and was the U.S. Open women’s champion in 2011. “This title is very special to me,” Bockius said in an email. “It is my 50th Birthday in January and this was a gift to MYSELF.” The win was Bockius’ second this year on the U.S. Windsurfing’s national tour — one event remains in the competition for the series racing title. Bockius also competes in the Maui Race Series, and is a five-time state champion.
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When Mr. Whitey looks up at the dark silhouette of a kayak against a sun-lit sky, his micro-sized brain does not always decipher that the plastic boat isn’t something to eat.
Or that the person in a wetsuit is not a shark mint.
That’s when that biting thing can happen. Darn. And here we were having such a good time.
I admit, the possibility scares me.
In the next two months, all the factors seem aligned for increased chances of great white shark encounters and attacks off the Bay Area coast.
El Niño factor: This past week, 17 miles off San Francisco, the ocean temperature … More
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