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Category Archives: Surfing
The soundtrack of the brooding ocean and the jazz of surf
The Mattson2 From the Mattson2’s website: If you could soundtrack the brooding ocean and the jazz of the surf, the Mattson 2 would most certainly be the composers. The foot stomps of a shoe-gazed salty air meets the tight groove and polished shake of the night with each of the duo’s multi-layered tracks. …
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Homemade organic sunscreen with only 4 ingredients
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the best beach and sport sunscreens for your skin, products free of the wrong chemicals and containing the right ones. A solid way to avoid those nasty sunburns. In the spirit of Zero Waste, and avoiding those plastic bottles, here is an even better product – homemade sunscreen. …
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Surf band: The Red Fox Tails
The Red Fox Tails: Surf Soul Jazz From the band’s website: Combining elements of Jazz, Surf, Rock and Roll, Latin and Second Line rhythms, The Red Fox Tails have come up with a sound they might call “Surf Jazz”…shaped by world music flavors such as, Peruvian Chicha, 60′s/70′s Ethiopian pop music, as well as …
The best comic book movies of all time – according to the critics
Ranked according to Rotten Tomatoes ratings (see bottom for a full explanation) 35. The Adventures of Tintin – 2011 – 74% 34. V for Vendetta – 2006 – 73% 33. The Mask – 1994 – 75% 32. Ghost in the Shell – 1995 – 94% 31. Superman Returns – 2006 – 76% 30 …
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The Secret To Success? You Have To Learn How To Fail
Hear the name Stacy Peralta and you instantly think either: A) I love Stacy Peralta! or B) Who the heck is she? He is the highest-ranked skateboarder of his time, turned multi-million dollar businessman, turned filmmaker. He is also the creator of, and father-figure to, the Bones Brigade, a skate team that featured the era’s top …
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Surfer breaks world record, rides 90-foot wave: HOLY WOW
Just to preface this video for anyone who has never surfed: the ocean, and specifically surfing, has a way of teaching humility and respect for Mother Nature in a way few things can. It’s tough to comprehend the true size and power of a wave is until you’re staring it down, in the water, just …
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On Being A Role Model: The Truth About My Forbes Interview with Leslie Bradshaw
When my friend Leslie Bradshaw, a woman who absolutely inspires me with her energy, ambition and insanely sharp business intellect, asked to interview me for her Forbes blog series “More Seats,” I said yes, with the understanding and intention of bringing more awareness to the lack of women contributors and editors in Wikipedia. Originally, Leslie …
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How I spent my summer by Amy Senger
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it …
Dolphins surf the Wedge
It’s like the dolphins knew there were people around and they wanted to play with us, or put on a show…