Golf carts used to be all about playing 18 holes without the inconvenience of walking, but thanks to a new craze that is sweeping across the U.S. the lazy golfers’ favorite accessory is developing a reputation beyond the fairway.
Welcome to the world of golf cart racing, in which speed junkies jazz up their buggies before speeding them round drag race tracks … Details Â
The sport of surfing reached new heights at Mavericks on Saturday. In the end, it wasn’t so much a contest as an elevated state of mind, a heady swirl of fear, respect and bravado among some of the best big-wave riders in the world. In the end, most everyone agreed, some history was made.Â
From the locals to the Hawaiians to seasoned men on the judges’ stand, the talk of the after-party centered around a powerful statement: These were the biggest waves ever for a paddle-surfing contest …Â Details & excellent PicturesÂ
Written by Bruce Jenkins, an excellent staff writer with the San Francisco Chronicle that I have enjoyed for years. He is a very knowledgeable surfer himself and was at the Maverick’s contest. I’m sure you will enjoy his report and the pictures.
On Saturday, a half mile out to sea off Pillar Point Harbor, Santa Cruz surfer Darryl Virostko will pursue the richest paycheck ever awarded for sliding down Everest-like walls of water.
Ending a two-year hiatus for the Mavericks Surf Contest, Virostko and his colleagues decided Thursday that conditions are right for the mainland’s premiere big-wave surfing competition. For Virostko, it will be one of the rare times he has surfed it clearheaded and sober — a seeming advantage for the three-time champion and big-wave legend.
Oddly, his newfound sobriety is likely to keep him from performing the death-defying antics that could lead to title No. 4Â …Â Details