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PIPELINE STANDOUT SMASHES HEAD ON REEF, SAVED BY HELMET, QUICK ACTION OF FRIENDS: “THE HELMET IS BLOWN OPEN AND CRACKED. IF THAT HAPPENS TO A HELMET DO THE MATH AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO HIS HEAD.”
Yesterday morning found me in a local orthodontist’s office with my young daughter. She was being fitted for a spacer and it is truly a medical marvel how cosmetic dentists have gotten the hooks in earlier and earlier. I had braces for a year and a half at fifteen or some such. The modern child about town is nothing if they have not had various mouth appliances from 7 – 20.
What do you do when the surf dies down on the North Shore? Sure, the Seven Mile Miracle has a ton going on when the waves are pumping. But when those lay days start stacking up, that ansty energy and unrequited froth becomes palpable.
A total 180 from popular ocean sports, many of the world's elite watermen (and women) have turned to mats, boxing gloves, and punching bags. Guys like Dustin Barca, Ezra Sitt, and Ezekiel Lau were emerging bulked up beyond their usual shredded surf aesthetic, as fans and fellow tour competitors took note. Garages across the Sunset neighborhood were soon padded from wall to wall as these impromptu martial arts and cross-training gyms sprang into the training repertoire of a growing group of powerhouse surfers.