Thu, July 29, 2010

100 Ways Surfing Is Better Than Other Sports

Posted 5 months ago

As the 2010 world tour is about to begin, let’s have a bit of fun. Here’s a list I started scribbling a few years ago, inspired by writer Tom Boswell’s list for baseball. I’m sure there will always be more items to add or to improve the list and maybe I’ll revisit it next year. But until then, I…

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They’ll Never Say Chris Bertish Won Maverick’s in Small Waves

Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago

What started as a potential feast ended up a bizarre famine as South Africa’s Chris Bertish won the 2009-2010 Maverick’s Surf Contest in the biggest conditions the contest has yet seen. Maybe too big.

Huge, fast moving swell and extreme tide changes kept conditions big, bumpy and incredibly…

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American Teens Get Bronzed By the Aussies (Again) at the WJSC

Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Surprise and disappointment were the two key elements to the USA’s bronze medal finish at the World Junior Surfing Championships in New Zealand: A disappointing team finish behind Australia (again) and surprise as to which team members got the farthest.

Jake Halstead led Team USA with a…

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