Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Sat, Feb 28 2004
Flea Does It Again
Note the wetsuits on these world-class surfers at Maverick's. That water is cold. But the best don't care. They want the reward, and that means more than money. Just being able to be in the line-up is a competition in itself, because surfers get a 24-hour notice to get there when the wave action is pronounced ripe. The supreme surfing location was featured in Stacy Peralta's film, Riding Giants, which was shown at this year's Sundance Film Festival. I found some beautiful online videos of surfers at Maverick's. (Disable your pop-up stopper before you click on a specific video link). Darryl "Flea" Virostko won the competition this week for the third time. He's a Santa Cruz "local boy" and he's been surfing almost all his life. He isn't quite six feet tall, but when he rides those steep waves at Maverick's he seems to be on top of the world.
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Note the wetsuits on these world-class surfers at Maverick's. That water is cold. But the best don't care. They want the reward, and that means more than money. Just being able to be in the line-up is a competition in itself, because surfers get a 24-hour notice to get there when the wave action is pronounced ripe. The supreme surfing location was featured in Stacy Peralta's film, Riding Giants, which was shown at this year's Sundance Film Festival. I found some beautiful online videos of surfers at Maverick's. (Disable your pop-up stopper before you click on a specific video link). Darryl "Flea" Virostko won the competition this week for the third time. He's a Santa Cruz "local boy" and he's been surfing almost all his life. He isn't quite six feet tall, but when he rides those steep waves at Maverick's he seems to be on top of the world.
posted at: 13:47 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
