WHEN Emma Jones unwrapped her most wished-for present on Christmas Day — a skateboard — she was over the moon.
But the her joy soon turned to frustration because the snow meant the 11-year-old could not try it out for days.
As soon as the snow melted, Emma rushed out to play, but was left angry and upset after discovering dog mess all over the streets, which is ruining her most-prized possession … More
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The Surfing Heritage Foundation is proud to invite you to an intimate and exclusive dinner with surf/skate/film VIPs, Stacy Peralta and Sam George. Peralta is the writer/director of acclaimed and award-winning documentary films; Riding Giants and Dogtown and Z-boys. George is a noted surf historian, screenwriter, and spent a decade as the editor of SURFER magazine.
A former professional skateboarder, Stacy Peralta’s lingering love of skating manifested itself in the film, Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary film on the legendary skateboard team known as the Z-Boys, and Riding Giants, a 2004 documentary of the history of modern big wave riding. Peralta also wrote the screenplay for  … More
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Sean Reyngoudt, the world’s only amputee professional kiteboarder and waverider, will be featured in a new TV action-adventure series, “Catching Air”, premiering Thursday, Jan. 6 on the Discovery Channel’s HD Theater. All six episodes will air weekly at 9 p.m. through Feb. 17th.
Using the Renegade prosthetic foot from Freedom Innovations in Irvine, Calif., the 27-year-old Reyngoudt will be following the wind as it whistles through the most rugged terrain from his hometown in the Florida Keys in the East, to the scenic gorges of Oregon and Alaska in the West  … Details
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Sergey Brin and Larry Page, co-founders and presidents of Google, are only two of a large team of professionals and executives that are getting into the world of kiteboarding. The search engine company has several wind riders hitting the winds and waters of California.
It’s just like the one-brings-one-or-two-to-the-sport effect. Courtney Lischke, another Google executive, is also a frequent “flyer” in the San Mateo beaches. There is a reason why everyone says kiteboarding is the new golf  … More
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