Surfboard

after taking one bite, they’ll leave. It’s all just a big misunderstanding. They confuse us for seals, their real prey. From below, it is hard to distinguish between what is seal and what is human, especially when they’ve a surfboard. Just to clarify, the human has the surfboard, not the seal. Great white’s are not a great threat, yet we demonize them. Cats, on the other hand,…

Eddie would go. This is a statement known around the surfing world and encompasses big wave surfing. Eddie Aikau developed a reputation of being one of the best big wave surfers in the world. Sadly, Eddie lost his life in 1978 when a canoe he was traveling in capsized and he paddled off into the open ocean for help. He was never seen again but his memory lives on through one of the biggest surfing competitions in the world now known as The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau. Eddie Aikau will…

Soul Surfer: A Survivor She was bitten by a shark, but her Bethany’s big courage motivated her to recover and get back to the surfboard. The novel Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton is about a girl named Bethany whose arm was bitten by a shark making her ability to surf almost “impossible” There are lots of historical events that cover the same theme of courage. Two courageous surfers that rescued a man that was drowning in the turbulent ocean, a pilot that saved 155 lives by landing a plane on…

thought living in America, I pictured straw yellow hair, surfboards, snow…I tasted ketchup and mustard and mayonnaise; smelled streets and new cars and sometimes horses and barns, dollar bills and bacon”(Jarrar 201). Anders then states that everyone views America different. Also that since Nidali was born in America that she will finally be living there. Nidali…

called The Jeff Ho Zephyr team that's where they got the name Z-boys. The start of Z-boys was in 1973 when Jeff Ho opened his surf shop in Venice beach California. The first Z-boy was Nathan Pratt when he was 14 years old. He was hired to work as a surfboard maker and the founder of the Z-boys. By 1974 the Z-boys had 5 members Allen Sarlo, Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Chris Cahill, and Stacy Peralta. They were known at that time to be a pack of ruff and rood surfers. In the 1970’s skate was frowned…

What's to know about that lonely planet on the far reaches of our solar system? More than you'd think. It turns out Pluto spits out a fair bit of news on the reg so listen up. Here are five things ignorant Earthlings don't know about the planet. 1. PLUTO IS COLDER THAN WE THINK AND WE DONT KNOW WHY The upper atmospheric temperature of the planet has been found to be much colder than any Earth-based studies have previously found. About 70 degrees Fahrenheit colder actually. That's news to a lot…

I was going to one of my favorite places to go to the beach. I was going to trying to do some kiteboarding. I was going with one of my best friends of all time, Thomas Bacon. We rented a beach house right on the ocean. We packed up two cars with surfboards and boogie boards galore. We drove for six hours down with me watching movies on my phone. We stopped at Williamsburg to see a friend at William and Mary. The trip was going remarkably without flaw. We continued down to OBX and when we got to…

Narrative Chirp, chirp the birds sang. It is almost 8 in the morning. Everyone is awake and ready for the adventures that will come with the day except for Lucas. Lucas is sound asleep in his house while his girlfriend is on a run with their dog. ***It is 9:30 and Lucas has finally awoken. Him and his girlfriend, Alissa get into their beach clothes and head off to get some breakfast. When they finish they go to their shop with their dog, Mack. When they arrive at their shop, Brave New World,…

Time had flown by since the night Kendrick shared his information with her about the extended lifespan of Selkies and their lifemates. Aileana guessed nature had to devise a way for a non-Selkie lifemate to share the extra time their Selkie mate has on this planet. Her Seanmhair knew all too well; there were no guarantees in the world of Selkies or humans. You needed to enjoy each day you’re given and try to bring happiness to others. They decorated Christmas tree gleamed with all Seanmhair’s…

My TEDtalk is about sharks and bees, animals that should not be feared and that humans need to stop killing. Both are important to the ecosystem, and without them, the world would be much worse off. Bees are disappearing, and without them, Earth is in trouble. Bees are responsible for most of the flowers and fruit that humans enjoy. They spread pollen so plants can reproduce. If bees disappeared completely, much of our food would disappear as well. This would cause serious problems for everyone.…