Top riders can jump 10 metres or more
Water polo player Monika Eggens (left). Twenty-year-old Monika Eggens recently returned to her hometown of Pitt Meadows from the Pan American Games 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico, with a silver medal around her neck.
AREA COLLEGE ROUNDUP ... Hartwick College has expanded its horizons for the 2012 Division I women's water polo season. Twelve of the 24 women on the Hawks' roster hail from foreign countries, including their top three scoring threats in Canadians Shannon Leonard, Lisa Bass and Allyssa Analytis. The three seniors are entering their fourth and final seasons at Hartwick, which is ranked 13th in the ...
"THERE is nothing better than 'splitting a peak' with family," surfer Sharon Jackson says. The 49-year-old owner of Da Bomb Surf Centre and Museum in Maroochydore has spent her life chasing waves all over the world - from Indonesia and America to Hawaii and New Zealand.
A growing number of illegal commercial vendors at Kailua Beach Park has some proposing to do away with all of the vendors, except one.
SANTA CRUZ -- Water walkers are all the rage these days. Not in the religious sense, mind you. Stand up paddlers, who from a distance look to be walking on water, are increasingly dotting the near-shore waters of Monterey Bay when the ocean is calm.
Surfers will now be tested for illegal substances before major competitions, a move that some believe could damage the sport’s subversive allure.
It’s been eight months since I last stepped foot on ISU’s campus. Four of those months accounted for summer vacation. And the latter four? Those accounted for my time spent as a Rainbow Warrior at the University of Hawai’i-Manoa on the beautiful island of O’ahu.
When the Bay Area’s cold wintry days come in January, the best place to escape to is the Hawaiian island of Maui, said Keli’i Brown, Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau Director of Public Relations. After a week of comfortably warm weather there, I totally agree with the affable...
The 50th National Surfing Championships gets underway at Piha this week, and along with the longboard and shortboard titles the stand up paddleboard crown is also up for grabs.
February 1, 2012 (Honolulu, HI) -- The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has selected TEAM Unlimited/XTERRA to produce the 2012 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, Alabama, on May 19.
Disc golf's Ice Burrrg Open took place in Lansing, Michigan on January 8, 2012 at the Grand Woods Park Disc Golf Course. This event served as a fundraiser to help improve the park by putting in new tee-signs, directional arrows, and anything else the course might need to keep...
The Scuba Diving Instruction industry foundered in 2009, but revenue has bounced back considerably since then. Nonetheless, the tough times are not over. Because the industry’s core consumers are traditionally young professionals, a complete rebound in revenue has not yet occurred. Indeed, the number of certified divers declined at an average annual pace of 1.5% over the five years to 2012, and ...
Oregon State’s biggest focus this recruiting season was building offensive line depth, after the Beavers rushing offense ranked last in the Pac-12 in 2012.
World No.2 Sally Fitzgibbons remains confident she will be fully fit by the start of the Roxy Pro presented by Land Rover at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast on 25th February despite carrying several injuries.
One of disc golf's top professionals in the world, Avery Jenkins, will be participating in the San Francisco Disc Golf Club 2012 Bag Tag Challenge at Marks Meadow/Golden Gate Park Disc Golf Course on Saturday, January 7, 2012.
Tourism in the UK faces a massive year. Californian surfer and writer Michael Kew discovers the joys of surfing in Porthcawl, Wales.
Big Wave Dave Reidenbach was conducting a media interview in an unusual location.
Courtesy: OSU Sports Information HIGH SCHOOL Name Pos. HT. WT Hometown (HS) Gavin Andrews OL 6-5 300 Granite Bay, CA (Granite Bay) Grant Bays OL 6-3 290 Oceanside, CA (Oceanside) Chris Brown RB 6-0 195 Fresno, CA (San Joaquin Memorial) Chase Eldredge OL 6-4 260 Palos Verdes Estates, CA (Palos Verdes) Malik Gilmore WR 6-4 200 Lakewood, CA (Lakewood) Tyler Hasty CB 5-11 180 Newcastle, WA (Bellevue ...
My name is Gary Warner and I am a hodad.For those who aren't familiar with archaic surfer slanger, a hodad originally was the kind of Southern California guy who greased his hair and wore white T-shirts and cared more about working on his hotrods than hanging 10 at the beach....
