The first ripping swell of the season hitting Pipeline and GoPro is there. Jamie Sterling, Sion Milosky, and Mikey Bruneau pull into some massive pits with their GoPro HD onboard. Special Thanks to underwater cameraman Tyler Harmon.
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Amid the fighting and poverty in Afghanistan, within a country torn apart by war and spilling over with uncertainty, a small but growing number of young people ride skateboards.
They share a common passion. They skate as a means of building relationships and to forget about — if only for brief periods — bombings and other harsh realities that are part of so many young Afghan lives … Details
Philip Hoffman, a pioneer of big-wave riding in Hawaii in the 1950s and the co-owner of Mission Viejo-based Hoffman California Fabrics, which supplies printed textiles to the surfwear, quilt and craft industries, has died. He was 80.
Hoffman, a Capistrano Beach resident, died Wednesday at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo of complications related to pulmonary disease, said his son, Marty. The son of a wool flannel salesman who founded Hoffman California Fabrics in Los Angeles in 1924, Hoffman joined the company in the late 1950s after working as  … Details