New York — ‘Soul Surfer’Â is the true story of competitive teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, inspiring millions worldwide through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.
Coming to theaters nationwide on April 15, 2011, this exciting feature film stars Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, AnnaSophia Robb, and Carrie Underwood in her film debut. The cast also includes Lorraine Nicholson, Kevin Sorbo and Jeremy Sumpter.
The first film to be released under the new deal between FilmDistrict and Sony Pictures … More
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You know those road trip movies like National Lampoon’s Vacation where absolutely everything that can go wrong does? And you think there is no way all these horrible things could happen in one road trip, that it becomes over the top and hilarious. Well I recently did just that, everything that could go wrong did, except for maybe the dead grandmother, pulling a dog behind the bumper, and Wally World.
My friend from New York City, Matt Petricone, was in town for the weekend and naturally he wanted to go snowboarding. I had suggested Bear Mountain, since this was a last minute trip and Bear is one of the closer resorts being only about 2 hours away from Southern California. But Matt seemed to really want to go to Mammoth since he wanted to get some powder turns in. Knowing that it hadn’t snowed at Mammoth for a bit, I agreed anyway because this was his first time riding in California and I didn’t want to spoil it for him. Normally when you … Pictures & More
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Sydney — Queensland surfer, Jack Freestone (Gold Coast, AUS), 18, is well poised to become Australia’s first ASP World Junior Champion in 10 years with the natural-footer ranked No.1Â heading into the deciding event, the Billabong ASP World Junior Championship fuelled by Monster Energy, which will begin next week at North Narrabeen, Sydney, Australia.
Freestone trumped the 48-man field at event one in Bali (Oct 2 – 13) defeating an in form Dale Staples (ZAF), 20, of South Africa in the Final. Freestone earned himself US$10,000, along with 10,000 ratings points and the lead in the revamped ASP World Junior Tour … More
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