Waves, but no surfing Today was my first time in the water since Thanksgiving. I think it's the longest I've been out since I started surfing y… Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Add Comment Edit
All Blacks All Blacks captains Crusaders Hurricanes John Mitchell Lynn McConnell Petone Robbie Deans Rugby World Cup 2003 Sports Books Reviews Tana Umaga Wainuiomata Wellington Tana Umaga tells it like it is Sports autobiographies, and rugby versions especially, come and go at a great rate of knots in New Zealand but one that has m… Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Add Comment Edit
car racing Formula One Lynn McConnell Sir Jackie Stewart Teretonga Stewart leaves no stone unturned Sir Jackie Stewart has been a survivor, when many of his closest friends among the motor racing fraternity were not. It has … December 11, 2007 Add Comment Edit
Clarrie Grimmett Cricket Don Bradman double All Blacks Eric Tindill Merv Wallace NZ in England 1937 Tom Lowry W.N."Bill" Carson New Zealand's 1937 tour of England (Part 3) 1937 (Part Three) Lack of consistent play was the difference The New Zealanders, having completed their tour of England, were put… Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Add Comment Edit
Clarrie Grimmett Cricket Don Bradman double All Blacks Eric Tindill Merv Wallace NZ in England 1937 Tom Lowry W.N."Bill" Carson New Zealand's 1937 tour of England (Part Two) 1937 (Part Two) A win over England slips through New Zealand 's fingers Part Two: A win over England slips through New Ze… December 05, 2007 Add Comment Edit
Clarrie Grimmett Cricket Don Bradman double All Blacks Eric Tindill Merv Wallace NZ in England 1937 Tom Lowry W.N."Bill" Carson New Zealand's 1937 tour of England 1937 (Part One) A tour undone by selection inadequacies Lynn McConnell looks, in three parts, at New Zealand 's 1937 crick… December 05, 2007 Add Comment Edit
My blogosphere Today I got some more evidence that people around here are reading, or at least aware of, this blog. I don't think they'r… Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Add Comment Edit
Thanksgiving swell Thanksgiving and the day before brought bigger waves than we've seen in a long long time. Both days some, not all, waves were… Thursday, November 22, 2007 Add Comment Edit
Sweet Here's what I did today: Look out the window, see surfers. Look at the leaves on my tree and see the wind is light offshore. … Sunday, November 18, 2007 Add Comment Edit
Please, may I have a pass? On the list of things I love about surfing, close to #1: it's an honorable way for adults to give themselves a pass. A pass i… Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Add Comment Edit
1500 meters Jack Lovelock New Zealand gold medal Olympic Games 1936 world 1500m record world mile record Lovelock's death revisited, and clarified It says something of the flawed sports psyche of New Zealand ers that any time the name Jack Lovelock is mentioned, invariably th… Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Add Comment Edit
No longer a Jersey virgin This weekend, I lost my New Jersey virginity. I've been to my neighboring state before. Well, through the state. Well, to the… November 06, 2007 Add Comment Edit