CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq – Crowds cheered and X-Games sports stars bounced off of ramps and concrete T-walls as Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers hosted “Bikes Over Baghdad” at Camp Liberty, Sept. 9.
For more than an hour, seven of the world’s best bike and skateboard athletes thrilled Soldiers with tricks on ramps, made with the help of Soldiers from Division Special Troops Battalion…Â Details
Once in awhile, a column seems to want to write itself. Such is the case with this one. Elle Nakaima Cochran, the activist founder of Save Honolua Coalition, only needed prompting with a few questions. The answers tumbled out in short, concise sentences one after another.
Cochran, schooled at King Kamehameha III Elementary and Seabury Hall and married to surf shop entrepreneur Wayno Cochran since 1996, takes up her story in her own words:
“My first job was at 13 at … Details
RS:X Windsurfing Worlds. It has been a long time coming. The last Olympic windsurfing world champion from Great Britain was Barry Edgington and that was back in 1992. Barry just happens to be Nick Dempsey’s [GBR1] coach. Nick is the 2009 RS:X Windsurfing World Champion. An emphatic win. The final scorboard shows Nick a full 18 points clear of second placed Nimrod Mashiah [ISR21].
Going out to the medal race Nick said that he was not bothered about the weather forecast. He would just sail in the conditions that existed at the time. He had a great start having caught Nimrod unawares seconds before the gun. As a result, Nimrod … Details
Two Australian dare-devils have claimed a world first by kite-surfing across the notoriously stormy waters from Tasmania to the mainland, despite falling agonisingly short of the finish.
Close friends James Weight and Ben Morrison-Jack braved giant swells on their 12-hour trip from the island across the 259 kilometre (161 mile) Bass Strait before winds dropped off just one kilometre from their goal.
The two were forced to …Â Details