| Frigid Water, Gray Skies Don't Stop Surfers in Lake Michigan
More than 2,000 miles from Southern California, the sun doesn't shine through the gray sky. Ice coats the water's edge. Not a single person walks the beach. Sand grass and leafless trees bend south as a bitter wind blows more than 25 mph.
It's a near-perfect day to go surfing.
Burton Hathaway, 31, a transplanted Californian, and two wetsuit-clad friends didn't flinch Thursday as they ran through a snowstorm into Lake Michigan, paddling out 30 yards to wait for the wickedest waves before riding them to shore.
Read the full story at SunTimes.com. .
Kings Park Moonlight Cinema
THE Nissan Moonlight Cinema big screen continues to light up nightly (excluding Mondays) with a different film each night until March 9, 2008. Located in the Synergy Parklands (entry via May Drive) in Kings Park and Botanic Garden, the gates open each night at 7pm for picnickers, with the film commencing at sun-down, approximately 8.30pm. There are still seven weeks to catch a film under the stars in Kings Park, with something for all tastes from new release blockbusters, to classic, arthouse, cult and family movies. For full program details go to www.moonlight.com.au WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY BIG WEDNESDAY (M), 119 MINS Three blond and buff young men are big wave surfers in Southern California, in the swells of the roaring 60s. Following their lives and friendships through a decade of parties, marriages, conscription and of course, surfing, it is as much about the end of innocence as it is a coming of age, as their surfie ideals weather under the test of time.
Images: Storm Churns Up Massive Waves
The storm system that brought rain and snow across Southern California also churned up the surf south of the border. One of the surfers captured video while surfing 12 miles off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico. The photographer and his friends launched their jet skis at 5 a.m. and said they used GPS to find their way in the dark. Some of the monstrous waves they encountered were reported to be 40 feet tall. The waves were so massive that Mexican officials shut down harbors in the area. .
Chasm widens between rich and poor in U.S.
I agree with Darren from Atlanta wholeheartedly. But then I'm a little biased, I suppose, since I was a college drop out surf bum who found himself washing windows for a buck in my mid-twenties and living in my van. That was a result of stupid choices I made thirty years ago. Eventually I got motivated, tired of going nowhere, and knowing nothing but surfing and washing windows, I got off my as* and got motivated. Before too long and after knocking on at least a thousand doors my window washing business soon had a dozen local college students working evenings, then it turned into a janiotorial service for business offices and banks. Now my company cleans some of the largest buildings in Southern California and I have over 200 employees whom I treat well and fairly, and my family lives "The American Dream" - a high school drop out who started out washing windows and living in his van is now a millionaire.
SoCal Surfer Wins Mavericks
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- An estimated 50,000 people turned out to watch a surfer from Southern California win the Maverick's Surfing Contest in Half Moon Bay Saturday, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.
The big wave competition, featuring 24 surfers, drew crowds twice the size of the crowds that came out to view the 2006 event, contest spokeswoman Jennifer Mangiacapre said. 2008 Competition | Viewer Images From Mavericks
Killer Waves 2006 | Awesome Images From 2006 Competition | However, despite the crowd, sheriff's officials reported a cooperative gathering with no alcohol related incidents and no arrests. .
VOTE: What do you think of Warrington?
I think everyone is missing the point here, Warrington Town has become so violent over the years is disgraceful, not forgeting that saturday nights antics were caused by alcohol and Gary Newlove bless his soul was killed by yobs becuase of alcohol, this town needs a good bloody sorting out if you ask me and its about time we all face up to the fact that warrington is becoming more and more driven by people who go out to fight and cause trouble than having a good time, i'd rather in in my living room with a bottle of wine and a good dvd then enter our town centre again. Sky news stated an old couple were knocked to the ground because of a fight over a taxi by someone much younger than them, do people not look after each other anymore, not to mention respect each other. it disgusting. Sky news should be there every weekend and show the country exactly what a state the people of warrington are like under the influence of alcohol.
Greg Long Wins Mavericks Surf Contest
PILLAR POINT, Calif. -- A 24-year-old California surfer was awarded first place in the world's most perilous big wave riding contest Saturday that had competitors dropping into waves more than four stories tall. Greg Long of San Clemente was among two dozen elite surfers who took part in this year's Mavericks Surf Contest -- considered the Super Bowl of big-wave competitions -- in Half Moon Bay, about 20 miles south of San Francisco. After the contest was whittled down to six finalists, Long was crowned the winner, with Grant "Twiggy" Baker of South Africa coming in second and Jamie Sterling of Hawaii landing third. Baker won the event in 2006, the last time it was held. Long and other surfers said wave faces on some of the bigger sets Saturday reached 40 to 50 feet.
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