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It takes a lot of driving, work, and a little bit of luck to achieve nearly a million miles in one car. Guy Newmark has been driving one car for forty-five years, a beautiful blue 356, and he has no thoughts of driving any other. After a million miles, Guy finds himself almost sad when he pulls the car into the garage, so he sometimes invents errands in order to keep on driving. With a car still as fun to drive as the day it rolled off the assembly line, this is easy to see why.

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DOS BANDERAS – Two flags, two countries, and two brothers in two action packed weeks! LastNameFirst.tv strikes “South of the Border” featuring Alex & Koa Smith +Tyler Newton!

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After four decades of board shorts, wetsuits and bikinis, Australian brand Billabong has wiped out and ripples are being felt as far away as Canada.

Founded by a surfer and surfboard shaper on Australia’s Gold Coast in 1973, the company went on to sell apparel in more than 100 countries, through retailers and its own stores   …  More

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I haven’t really given it that much thought, but apparently there’s a gap between the moped and the small motorcycle, and it’s kind of hard to find a new moped anyway. Santa Cruz inventor Cam Woods felt that way, anyway, so in 2008 he designed his own moped kit, using sturdy downhill mountain bike components and a clean-running, reliable Honda XR50 motor. It’s pretty trick—it uses a lot of off-the-shelf bicycle parts, and can use any motor in the Z50 pantheon, which includes inexpensive Chinese-built knockoffs and trick 190cc racing mills and all kinds of stuff in between—a gearhead’s dream   …  More

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