When asked why he went up there to die, he replied:
“I didn’t go up there to die. I went up there to live.”
Huntington Beach, CA – June 12, 2013 – The votes have been tallied and seven legendary wave riders will once again be forever enshrined in surfing’s history books on July 25, 2013. Through a selection ballot, a host of respected surf industry veterans, former professionals and surf journalists narrowed down a field of hundreds of candidates to name the seven 2013 Surfing Walk of Fame’s honorees in their respective categories – Taylor Knox (Surf Champion), Donald Takayama (Surf Pioneer), Jack McCoy (Surf Culture), Keala Kennelly, Sharron Weber (Women of the Year), Roy Crump (Local Hero) and Father Christian Mondor (Honor Roll).
The Surfing Walk of Fame is the only tribunal in surfing to award specific categories as well as require a 10-year margin since the commemorating achievement. This year’s recipients will be … More
There’s still snow to be found, even in the summer. You just have to look a little higher that normal. Bjorn Leines, Thomas Delfino, Flo Achenrainer, Angus Leith, and Bernie Kraxner all piled in an RV and traveled through the Austrian Alps searching for shred. Here’s what they found.
Napa native Donny Robinson, the BMX racer who took home a bronze medal from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, couldn’t wait for the 2013 season to begin.
His friend Kyle Bennett, one of his teammates in Beijing, had passed away in an automobile accident in October 2012. The next month, during the season-ending USA BMX Grand Nationals in Tulsa, Okla., he sustained a concussion.
“I did not have the opportunity to finish my season as anticipated … More
In the beginning there were five. Then there were seven. Then three. Over the past ten years we’ve flown kites featuring one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and even nine struts. This year, for the first time ever, we are seeing production kites with zero struts.
While their designers all claim they are lighter, more compact when packed, and feature better low end performance than kites with struts, they each took different approaches to their creations. Just as existing strutted kites can’t be put in a single performance category, strutless kites will each have their own unique personality.
Strutless kites promise to be … More
TAKING TO THE water in an outrigger canoe is not at all leisurely. This canoeing does not include stopping to peer into houseboats on Lake Union or exclaiming over a glorious sunset or pausing to chitchat with the rest of your crew.
Outrigger canoeing is a little bit relentless. When you are one of six paddling in a single boat, making sure your paddle hits the water to the rhythm called by a pacesetter in front, canoeing requires concentration. Glance at the houseboats and you might miss … More
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