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Hello world!

  • November 24, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

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Storm chase mission 3

  • October 17, 2020
  • surfing travel

My throat was tight. My breath shallow. My eyes stung from staring hard at the horizon. We were told to look for shadows in the water or for a fin,

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The Storm

  • September 3, 2020
  • sailing travel

The storm was upon us. The sail got pinned against the mast and the yard and boom bent back around at angles I’d never seen before. I thought they were about to break, but we headed up into the wind and dropped the main.

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X-Surfers World Tour

  • August 1, 2020
  • events

Orange County’s most talented young surfers will take to the waves in Huntington Beach on August 2nd. In addition to gaining high-profile surfing experience, these young athletes look to gain valuable points

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365

  • June 23, 2020
  • surfing travel

There are four major types of waves. Rolling waves are the most familiar waves, and the type most surfers prefer because they break in a stable pattern. Dumping waves are more unpredictable

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black mountain

  • May 12, 2020
  • hiking travel

Sweeping vistas, marching woodlands, tumbling streams and incredible clifftops unfold as you wind your way along 400 miles of mountain roads.

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Makapu’u hike

  • April 20, 2020
  • hiking travel

Just about every time I visit Honolulu, I take a drive over to the southeastern tip of the island of Oahu to enjoy the Makapu’u hike. To get there, if you’re driving from Honolulu

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Mavericks

  • March 26, 2020
  • surfing

When I go to describe something as remarkable as what I saw that day, I could only say it was a place of dreams. The water is crystalline clear, a mixture of opalescent colors and frosted with white tips.

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Chasing Waves

  • March 22, 2020
  • surfing

You are going to fall in the water. Your head will go under. Depending on how big a wave you fall on, it’ll be like falling into a cross between a cement mixer and a fast flowing river.

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Camping, S’mores & Hot Chocolate

  • March 12, 2020
  • hiking travel Uncategorized

Are you a camper? Growing up, camping was something we looked forward to every summer. One of my favorite things about camping is making s’mores.

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