The headline, in its brevity, made me buy the magazine. "The Legendary Da Cat, One of the Most Charismatic Surfers in the World, Died January 3. He was 67 Years Old." At least that’s what I think it says. I can’t speak or read French, and the magazines in English sold at the airport didn’t […]
Somewhere off the coast of Newfoundland, my flight only a few hours old, I watched people surfing. Never mind that these people were from El Salvador and on videotape courtesy of the entertainment division of Lufthansa, they surfed nonetheless.
As entertainment, the fifteen-minute segment made better diversion than the chosen two-hour film for the trip to […]
On my recent trip to the Outer Banks, I found out some important facts:
The high school on Hatteras Island has a football team, and they travel at least an hour to their games. Their record so far has more wins than losses.
The part of Highway 12 that washed away last year has been replaced with […]
The situation I least expected: sitting in a bar in New York City’s East Village, discussing the topic of beach breaks versus reef breaks with a freelance lighting technician. Being on the guest list of a private party is one thing, but this was quite another.
Since the party was for the photo editors of a […]