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The Urt Womp

September 03, 2016

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Bits & Pieces Meet Our Riders! News

Shenanigans as usual at the URT WOMP

Itacoa Legends 2016: Whomper’s Delight

August 02, 2016

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Bits & Pieces Break Check News Travel

The Wave

Itacoa is hard to compare to any other wave. It’s one-part Dominical, one-part Waimea shorebreak, and one-part Baker Beach. The Itacoa Legends 2016 event was more like an epic family gathering than a competition. The “Fish Man”, who stars in his own bodysurfing TV series (and is credited with blowing up the sport in Rio) was just one of the crew...

The Consequence of Winging It in Nicaragua

July 14, 2016

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News Travel

Bull in the road at Playa Colorados, Nicaragua. Photo: Leap of Her

The scream wakes me up. I’d heard this sound before. When we were camping as kids we would tell ghost stories at night in the tent when we were supposed to be sleeping. We would try to scare the pants off each other by making loud ghost screams into the night. That’s the sound. A ghost is screaming. It’s an eerie sound, but funny too, comically eerie. But I’m not in a tent. I’m lying face down in a bed of fine sand covering a thin sheet on a stiff mattress. Where?