2024-2025
Armada Reliance 92 Ti
Here are our measured
specs, flex pattern numbers, and rocker profile pictures for the new Armada
Reliance 92 Ti. The post appeared first on BLISTER .
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Pipeline, located on
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2024-2025
Armada Reliance 92 Ti
Here are our measured
specs, flex pattern numbers, and rocker profile pictures for the new Armada
Reliance 92 Ti. The post appeared first on BLISTER .
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For decades, American
alpinist Kitty Calhoun made a name topping out on some of the world’s highest
peaks, including the West Pillar of 27,766-foot
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How One
Cyclist Is Making the Sport Inclusive for Riders of All Sizes
Learning to ride a
bike can be your first taste of freedom. Suddenly, the world beyond your front
door opens up, ready to be explored on two wheels. But for Marley Blonsky it
wasn’t that simple. Back when she was eight years old, trying to ride with her
older sister and her friends, she was told she was too slow. “I always wanted
to be part of the club,” she says. “It felt like something I was co
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Here’s
What It’s Like to Go Camping with Shailene Woodley
The camp chairs are
set up. A cracked clipboard rests under my arm. I’m stuffed into my mom jeans.
It’s showtime. June gloom blankets
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How
Indigenous Activists Lead the Largest Dam Removal Project in American History
Molli Myers was
pregnant with her firstborn when the salmon began to die. It was 2002, during
the depths of a yearslong drought, and farmers far upstream of her community on
the Yurok reservation in
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For decades, American
alpinist Kitty Calhoun made a name topping out on some of the world’s highest
peaks, including the West Pillar of 27,766-foot
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People
Are Traveling More Than Ever, Driving Residents Crazy. It’s Time to Listen to
the Locals.
Paige McClanahan, a
journalist and travel writer, is much too diplomatic to phrase it this way, so
allow me to be the grump: you’re the reason locals so often dislike tourists.
“Travel has become a consumerist exercise where the goal is to get our money’s
worth out of a place,” McClanahan says in a phone interview from her home in
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How One
Cyclist Is Making the Sport Inclusive for Riders of All Sizes
Learning to ride a
bike can be your first taste of freedom. Suddenly, the world beyond your front
door opens up, ready to be explored on two wheels. But for Marley Blonsky it
wasn’t that simple. Back when she was eight years old, trying to ride with her
older sister and her friends, she was told she was too slow. “I always wanted
to be part of the club,” she says. “It felt like something I was co
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Here’s
What It’s Like to Go Camping with Shailene Woodley
The camp chairs are
set up. A cracked clipboard rests under my arm. I’m stuffed into my mom jeans.
It’s showtime. June gloom blankets
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How
Indigenous Activists Lead the Largest Dam Removal Project in American History
Molli Myers was
pregnant with her firstborn when the salmon began to die. It was 2002, during
the depths of a yearslong drought, and farmers far upstream of her community on
the Yurok reservation in
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Women
Weren’t “Tough Enough” to Finish the Barkley Marathons—Until Jasmin Paris Came
Along
In a 2015 YouTube
video, an interviewer asked Gary “Laz” Cantrell why no women had finished his
race, the infamous Barkley Marathons in the rugged mountains of
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How
Biniam Girmay Made History at the 2024 Tour de France
Heroes of the Tour de
France have a few things in common. Most are white men, and they tend to hail
from European nations with strong cycling cultures and robust infrastructure
for developing professional racers. Over the event’s 121-year history, riders from
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To Break
a World Record on Everest, Nepali Mountaineer Purnima Shrestha First Broke with
Tradition
Born into a family of
subsistence farmers in the tiny
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How
Biniam Girmay Made History at the 2024 Tour de France
Heroes of the Tour de
France have a few things in common. Most are white men, and they tend to hail
from European nations with strong cycling cultures and robust infrastructure
for developing professional racers. Over the event’s 121-year history, riders from
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To Break
a World Record on Everest, Nepali Mountaineer Purnima Shrestha First Broke with
Tradition
Born into a family of
subsistence farmers in the tiny
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Flash
Review — Vorsprung Telum
It’s always noteworthy
whenever a brand ventures into a new product category, but that’s just the
start of the story with Vorsprung’s first shock, the Telum. We’ve begun testing
it, and you can now check out our early impressions. Blister’s Flash Reviews
and Deep Dives are accessible to those who purchase one of our paid
subscriptions To get our comprehensive Deep Dives and our initial, unfiltere
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After an amputation
following a car accident, Zoe Smith tried surfing for the first time. Zoe
worked hard to overcome the challenges and then began to take part in para surf
competitions. Fast forward to 2024 and Zoe achieved gold at the Para World Surf
Championships – an outstanding achievement. We caught up with Zoe to find out
more. Zoe, can you share your journey into para surfing and how it
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BEST
DOUBLE BARREL AT PIPELINE EVER? JOB & MIKE STEWART GO CRAZY
How these 2 can still
work their magic for this long is head turning. SNN
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WATCH:
Artisans episode six – Jaleesa Vincent
ARTISANS presented by
Reiziger: A Tracks video series examines the genius behind some of surf
culture’s most creative figures presented by Reiziger. This episode we sit down
with the free flowing, creative and eclectic Jaleesa Vincent. Surfer, poet,
painter, musician, shaper and more. The eclectic interests of Jaleesa Vincent
coalesce as a creative lifestyle where there is always something fun to
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Competitive surfing is
a cut-throat sport, metaphorically, so here is 100% guaranteed way to win more
surfing competitions #jacklinksnz
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Sally
Fitzgibbons Is Running for International Surfing Association Vice President
Sally Fitzgibbons has
entered the race for the International Surfing Association’s (ISA) upcoming
vice presidential elections. According to an internal communication obtained by
the Spanish-language outlet Duke Surf , Fitzgibbons will be one of four
candidates vying for two open vice president positions when the national
federations vote on December 10. Fitzgibbons , a 15-year WSL Championship To
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Riding
in the Barrel: What’s the Big Deal?
Lately I’ve been
thinking, why do we make such a big deal about the barrel? It’s not like it’s
everybody’s favorite thing about surfing. Truth is, relatively few surfers ever
get to experience an actual barrel ride. Yet, judging by so much of the content
of today’s surf media, the sport seems more obsessed with that particular
aspect of wave-riding than ever before. Slabs? All about the barrel. S
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Sally
Fitzgibbons Is Running for International Surfing Association Vice President
Sally Fitzgibbons has
entered the race for the International Surfing Association’s (ISA) upcoming
vice presidential elections. According to an internal communication obtained by
the Spanish-language outlet Duke Surf , Fitzgibbons will be one of four
candidates vying for two open vice president positions when the national
federations vote on December 10. Fitzgibbons , a 15-year WSL Championship To
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Florence
Brothers Descend on Scotland for Cold-Water Slab Session
Any slab you go to
around the world, there’s a good chance you’ll run into at least one
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Rizal
Tanjung, Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing Score Swell of the Year at Keramas
I’m usually the last
guy to gripe about anybody blowing up the so-called “secret spot” —
photographers, filmmakers, “the surf media,” or just your typical loudmouth in
the lineup eager to name drop and spill the beans. It’s not because I think
everything is fair game, I just don’t see how anybody expects secrets to be
kept anymore. The internet, social media, and the fact that everybody moves thr
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Florence
Brothers Descend on Scotland for Cold-Water Slab Session
Any slab you go to
around the world, there’s a good chance you’ll run into at least one
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Rizal
Tanjung, Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing Score Swell of the Year at Keramas
I’m usually the last
guy to gripe about anybody blowing up the so-called “secret spot” —
photographers, filmmakers, “the surf media,” or just your typical loudmouth in
the lineup eager to name drop and spill the beans. It’s not because I think
everything is fair game, I just don’t see how anybody expects secrets to be
kept anymore. The internet, social media, and the fact that everybody moves thr
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Kai
Jones Talks being a grom, going viral, girls, and the biggest injury of his
life
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San
Francisco Is a Hiker’s Paradise: 7 Must-Do Trails in the Bay Area
Support our work! The
Inertia may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn
more about our gear review policy here . Editors note: This post is presented
by our partners at Fjällräven . With adventures in every direction,
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Jake
Langston’s Mohawk Helmets is Pure Steez
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Rip Curl
Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational presented by Eddie Aikau Foundation
In the annals of all
recorded surfing history, Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaiʻi,
has been one of the most iconic spots in the world for big wave surfing. This
beach is legendary for its massive winter swells, which can produce waves as
high as small mountains. It is during these times when the waves are most
enormous that “Eddie Would Go,” and the iconic event in his memory would be
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By Amanda Blackwell –
“Eddie would go.” A common vernacular often said to pay homage to the Herculean
legend, one of the most revered watermen in Hawaiian history– Eddie Aikau. The
most culturally significant contest in the history of surfing was dedicated in
his name, as we know. Yet back when the contest took shape in 1984, it was
likely no one had any idea that a woman, maybe donning a ponytail
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Jamie
O’Brien and Mike Stewart Share a Gaping Pipeline Barrel
Jamie O'Brien Mike Stewart Pipeline barrel
There are a handful of
surfers who can be considered Pipeline legends. Jamie O’Brien and Mike Stewart
are at the top of that pile. They’ve both seen the inside of countless barrels
at the
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Jamie
O’Brien and Mike Stewart Share a Gaping Pipeline Barrel
Jamie O'Brien Mike Stewart Pipeline barrel
There are a handful of
surfers who can be considered Pipeline legends. Jamie O’Brien and Mike Stewart
are at the top of that pile. They’ve both seen the inside of countless barrels
at the
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Mikaela
Shiffrin Crashes Out of Killington World Cup
Shiffrin leads Gurgl slalom race
Mikaela Shiffrin’s
journey toward her 100th World Cup win took an unexpected turn on Saturday when
a crash during the second run of the Killington giant slalom sidelined the ski
racing legend. But while Shiffrin recovered off the slopes, the U.S. Ski Team
delivered one of its strongest collective performances of the season, offering
a glimmer of hope and momentum for American skiing. Shiffrin was
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Mikaela
Shiffrin Crashes Out of Killington World Cup
Shiffrin leads Gurgl slalom race
Mikaela Shiffrin’s
journey toward her 100th World Cup win took an unexpected turn on Saturday when
a crash during the second run of the Killington giant slalom sidelined the ski
racing legend. But while Shiffrin recovered off the slopes, the U.S. Ski Team
delivered one of its strongest collective performances of the season, offering
a glimmer of hope and momentum for American skiing. Shiffrin was
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The
Wedge Was Thumping During a Surprise Thanksgiving Swell
Thanksgiving delivered
a huge south swell to the Wedge in
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Talking
High-Performance Surfmats With the Guru, Graeme Webster
Graeme Webster makes
his G-Mat Custom Surfmats in the
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2-Board
Quivers: Reviewers’ Selections (24/25)
Following their
3-board quivers, our reviewers chime in with which snowboards and splitboards
they'd select for their personal 2-board quivers. The post appeared first on
BLISTER .
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The
Wedge Was Thumping During a Surprise Thanksgiving Swell
Thanksgiving delivered
a huge south swell to the Wedge in
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Talking
High-Performance Surfmats With the Guru, Graeme Webster
Graeme Webster makes
his G-Mat Custom Surfmats in the
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Reviewer
Reports + a Shop Talk First (Ep.324)
Luke and Jonathan
offer their early-season reviewer reports, then Jonathan talks to Bangtail Bike
& Ski’s new owner about why he did something that no other shop in the
world has done — but why others might want to. The post appeared first on
BLISTER .
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Surf
instructor blasted for doing chanteuse Ellie Goulding dirty
The rise of the surf
instructor will certainly be one of 2024’s defining marks as this year of the
wood dragon draws to a close. Yes, it is wild to think we have less than thirty
days until the beginning of 2025, which will be filled with its very own
storylines, but we are not there yet and so back to surf instructors we go.
Folk continued the learn-to-surf craze, first popularized in 2020, hiri
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Taxi for Reubyn Ash,
don’t worry, he’ll be back. In the meantime pop on a brew, and kick back with
Reubyn, Joss and the crew as they whip into the north coast of
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Reviewing
the News w/ Cody Townsend, November 2024 (Ep.335)
Cody and Jonathan are
back to review some of the news of November; rate your takes; offer some
mountain town advice; share what we’re reading & watching; and more. The
post appeared first on BLISTER .
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Mason Ho and his good
friend Baby Bear kick off their session at a fun, rocky surf spot. The duo
trade waves, laughs and good vibes along the way. After making the most of the
conditions there, they head over to tiny Backdoor, where they join friends for
a few more rides… The post appeared first on Carvemag.com .
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Jamie
O'Brien and Mike Stewart share a Second Reef bomb
Jamie O'Brien and Mike
Stewart have orchestrated a memorable joint stunt at Banzai Pipeline,
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The five oceans of the
world hide many living and non-living secrets. Seamounts are underwater
mountains, and some even rival the height of the tallest peaks on land. A
seamount is a large submarine landform rising at least 3,281 feet (1,000
meters) from the seafloor. Unlike islands, seamounts do not break the ocean's
surface. Most are remnants of extinct volcanoes formed as magma pushes through
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How
Milkweed Inn Challenged My Idea of Food
It’s not that I don’t
like food. I do. I carry frozen cheesecakes on winter expeditions. They’re
caloric and they don’t freeze hard, so you can bite off chunks without chipping
your teeth. I once ate the same dead catfish boiled over a fire for three days.
Was it good? Absolutely not. I like cardamom, snap peas, and Asian pears. I eat
frozen bean burritos. I hate raw tomatoes, a trait I attribute
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The 2024
Sweat Science Holiday Book List
Nothing says “winter
holidays” to me like the combo of a cold day, a warm fire, a soft couch, and a
book. If you’re looking for some couch material—or gift ideas for the endurance
people in your life—here are the books I’ve enjoyed most this year that fit
with the general themes of Sweat Science. The Inner Clock , by Lynne Peeples
Buy the Book There’s lots of advice about circadian rhythms floati
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How to
Visit Jackson Hole on the Cheap—You Just Need to Know These Tips
Ski trips shouldn’t be
relegated to the rich and even richer. We all deserve to go powder chasing
midwinter without dissolving our bank accounts. But these days, finding a
budget way to ski requires serious homework. You can always venture away from
the headliner areas to smaller, less crowded local ski hills that want to
entice visitors through budget deals, but you may have to sacrifice quality
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Racism
claim and counter-claim rocks tight surf community at South Africa’s Jeffreys
Bay
The pretty surf town
of
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Wavegarden
creates a wave pool lab and high-performance surfing center
Wavegarden opens high-performance surf lab
Wavegarden announced
the creation of the company's first experimentation center. The Wavegarden Lab
is the first private wave pool solely dedicated to continuous research and
development (R&D) and high-performance surfing. The Basque Country firm led
by Josema Odriozola and Karin Frisch upgraded the original demo center at their
headquarters near
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The
Passenger 2 – Miguel Blanco
The Passenger 2
beautifully captures the journey of surfer Miguel Blanco, presenting surfing
not just as a sport but as an art form that embodies the ultimate harmony
between human creativity and the raw forces of nature. Through his profound
belief in the power and majesty of the natural world. From
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Killer
Whale Spotted Wearing Dead Salmon as a Hat
Orcas revive dead salmon hat trend
A killer whale was
recently spotted wearing a dead salmon on its head. Though researchers have
thrown out some best guesses, nobody seems to know for sure why exactly a
marine mammal would be wearing a dead fish as a hat. The whale was spotted off
the coast of
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Mammoth
Mountain Sees Record November Snowfall Thanks to Atmospheric River
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When someone says
“Guam Bomb” they’re probably referring to a barely driveable, imported car
common to the island — not the surf or military arsenal, although there’s
plenty of both on the island. The small island in the middle of the Pacific—one-third
the way between
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Watch
Mason Ho Literally Surf on Top of a Rock
Mason Ho has a
preternatural ability to surf rocky breaks. At this point it often seems like
he’s just trolling us, like he’s picking waves specifically because of how
nightmarish they would be to the rest of us mere mortals. The latest video
posted to his YouTube channel was a prime example, where he went out for a
session that should send a shiver down the spine of even the most advanced
ripper
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Watch
Mason Ho Literally Surf on Top of a Rock
Mason Ho has a
preternatural ability to surf rocky breaks. At this point it often seems like
he’s just trolling us, like he’s picking waves specifically because of how
nightmarish they would be to the rest of us mere mortals. The latest video
posted to his YouTube channel was a prime example, where he went out for a
session that should send a shiver down the spine of even the most advanced
ripper
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Jamie
O’Brien heaps scorn on Vans after scoring best waves of Pipeline mega-swell
They say that revenge
is a dish best served cold, though Thanksgiving dinner teaches us, each and
every year, that the “correct temperature” of any foodstuff is pure myth.
Piping hot fresh apple pie, for example, is not nearly as delicious as
refrigerated breakfast apple pie the next morning. Conversely, chilled
cranberry sauce is half the taste sensation as a melty cranberry sauce warmed
right u
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The once
cute-as-a-button Australian surfer Larry Blair, who famously won back-to-back
Pipe Masters titles with long flaxen hair sprouting from the middle of his
crown, back when the Pipe Masters meant something , has revealed the gruesome
torture and murder of his step dad, and his family’s life on the run. In a new
book titled The Outside, written with his pal Jeremy Goring, Lazza says his
Dadd
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The 14
Best Holiday Climbing Deals
Before you sneak away
from your family to get after some early season ice or a gym session, do your
future self a favor: Snag these Black Friday climbing deals. Whether it’s time
to retire some questionable gear or you’ve had your eyes on a new addition to
your climbing kit, you’ll probably find what you need on sale now through Cyber
Monday. In particular, there are a number of deals on climbing
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The 14
Best Holiday Climbing Deals
Before you sneak away
from your family to get after some early season ice or a gym session, do your
future self a favor: Snag these Black Friday climbing deals. Whether it’s time
to retire some questionable gear or you’ve had your eyes on a new addition to
your climbing kit, you’ll probably find what you need on sale now through Cyber
Monday. In particular, there are a number of deals on climbing
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Nikolai
Shermer Points it Straight Downhill in a Steep Colouir
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Wave of
the Day: Jamie O’Brien and Mike Stewart, Pipeline
“I didn’t think I was
gonna make it,” said Jamie O’Brien of this Second Reef roll-in bomb from Black
Friday’s swell. (More on this soon.) "But I came around the corner, looked
up and I was like, 'oh my God, this way is like this way might connect all the
way to Pipe.'" As JOB came around the corner, he saw none other than Mike
Stewart down the line -- a flashback from the movie Freakside, when JOB
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Surfing
identified as curing loneliness amongst ultra-isolated Gen-Z
The Covid-19 pandemic,
and the subsequent measures to slow that deadly cough, were mostly shouldered
by the youth. Kids locked out of schools, college students packed up and sent
home, fresh graduates just into the workforce told to utilize food delivery
applications while NOT leaving their small apartments while checking in on
various video conference applications for job tasks. As such, an almo
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WILL THE
3X WORLD CHAMP EVER COMPETE AGAIN? JOHN JOHN FLORENCE
“This is Jamie O &
The Mason Ho Show” Welcome to our 5th episode featuring the legendary John John
Florence & Mason H0! Get ready for some classic conversations as we dive
deep into the world of surfing.
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Making
Thanksgiving Dinner Doesn’t Have to be Stressful. Here’s What You Need to Know.
I used to have a
recurring dream in which I’m sitting on my mat awaiting instructions from a
panel of my yoga teachers. I’m at an Iyengar yoga assessment, for which I’m
completely unprepared. And I am terrified. After what seems like an eternity,
they tell me my task: I’m to carve a Thanksgiving turkey right there on my mat
using the props in front of me—a plastic fork and knife. It’s possible th
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Making
Thanksgiving Dinner Doesn’t Have to be Stressful. Here’s What You Need to Know.
I used to have a
recurring dream in which I’m sitting on my mat awaiting instructions from a
panel of my yoga teachers. I’m at an Iyengar yoga assessment, for which I’m completely
unprepared. And I am terrified. After what seems like an eternity, they tell me
my task: I’m to carve a Thanksgiving turkey right there on my mat using the
props in front of me—a plastic fork and knife. It’s possible th
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The best
Pipe surfer and bodyboarder party wave unruly Pipeline! Jamie O’Brien and Mike
Stewart 🤝🏼
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Surf
titan lists sprawling Balinese-style Laguna Beach compound for $23 million
The surf industry
titan Joel Cooper, CEO of Lost International and co-founder of iconic eighties
surf brand Gotcha, has listed his
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Madcap
scenes in Hawaii as Mason Ho introduces latest guy-pal “Baby Bear”
The BIPOC surf hero
Mason Ho, spawn of the great Michael Ho and nephew of the even greater Dez Ho,
has gone YouTube official with his latest guy-pal Baby Bear. Mason, thirty-six,
from
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Nic Von
Rupp Endures Brutal Wipeout From Nazaré Drop-In
It’s been a slow start
to the winter for Nazaré . Though swells typically start to arrive in October,
this year went well into November with nothing. That explains why, when waves
finally did appear at the famed break, it was absolutely jam-packed. In a video
posted to his YouTube channel , Nic von Rupp gave us a glimpse at what he’s
calling the most crowded day he’s ever seen at Nazaré, and a pl
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