Surf marathon Today was my sixth day of surfing in a row! For a year that was notably lacking in waves, that is a record. And I am doing so muc… Monday, December 31, 2007 Add Comment Edit
Real redemption Against all odds, it happened today. I was able to get some rides and actually have fun. I made most of the waves I went for (tho… Saturday, December 29, 2007 Add Comment Edit
Good waves are bad news By all accounts, today was as good as it gets at our break. How discouraging for me, to have good waves! The better the waves, th… Thursday, December 27, 2007 Add Comment Edit
Redemption session (sort of) I had to have some redemption today, since it's been over a month since I did anything resembling surfing. And I did get some… Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Add Comment Edit
Struggling Looked out the window. Saw waves. No brainwork was necessary: go surfing. There should have been brainwork. The guy I saw out the… Sunday, December 23, 2007 Add Comment Edit
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