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On Valentine's Day, while you were canoodling and sucking on Sweethearts, Jamie O'Brien (JOB) was paddling into triple-overhead waves at Makaha with six buddies on the same giant inflatable SUP. The ride has since been entered for an XXL Award, and is likely to win in the category of "Craziest S**t One Could Possibly Do On A SUP." Cogratulations, Jamie.
After a month-long training program at the New Zealand Starboard SUP Academy, Sean Poynter is in the best shape of his life. Photo: Mike Fields
After a month of intensive training and personalized fitness assessment at the New Zealand Starboard SUP Academy in January, World Tour standout Sean Poynter says he's in the best shape of his life. He left the Academy with a new approach to health beyond just a physical change. Poynter also changed his mental habits, eating habits and lifestyle to reach a balance that optimizes his athletic prowess. Here, he breaks down just what happened to him at the Academy, and how it changed his take on health, fitness and mind control.
SUP: Tell us about your New Zealand training camp.
SP: I was sent to New Zealand with Connor Baxter, Zane Schweitzer and a handful of other Starboard athletes for this training program, and at first I didn't know what to expect. It was a school of learning about our bodies and training, testing the different aspects of our outer nervous system to find a balance that works best for each of us individually. We learned a ton about ourselves and our bodies, what makes us tick and how we need to tick. I took so much from it; it completely changed my life.
What new fitness strategies are you implementing as a result of the Academy?
I'm doing a program to extend what I learned there, which is largely composed of different variations of paddling and running. The academy introduced me to a lot of new training elements that I'd never done before, and it taught me that simple exercises are best for what I'm trying to accomplish. It's a program that I now have to take on through the year so I'll be training in a way that promotes the best of me. To not overwork or underwork myself.
How are you changing your diet?
The whole idea is simplification. You want to simplify your life as much as you can, and with that comes food. You are what you eat and there's no need to over complicate what you put in your body. That's why I'm making the switch to all organic. I'm eating good proteins and good carbs, not manufactured junk. I make sure it's fresh because that has a big effect on how your system processes food. I'm eating way cleaner, way more simply, and drinking a ton of water. I'll also be doing a three-month juice cleanse soon.
What other techniques are you implementing into your training?
I've been doing Fartlek training, which is basically training tailored to every individual's level of output. By knowing what my body can put out, I can adjust my workout to train to maintain the desired balance. Along with paddling and running I do a lot of resistance stuff, like dragging a water bottle behind my board to add resistance while I paddle. I do a lot of running in intervals; going different percentages of my capacity. Also running stairs, running hills, fast walking, running in waste deep water, those kinds of things. Again, simple; running shoes and a paddleboard have me feeling stronger than I've ever felt.
How do you maintain your mental health, motivation and competitive focus?
Having a goal that I really care about is the number one thing that keeps me focused. For instance, I want to win a world title. I'm motivated and focused on achieving that. Also, I realized that I perform best when I'm in a calm state, so I'm now doing things like meditation, stretching, listening to a certain type of music that calms me. But it all comes back to having that one goal. Set a goal and from there it trickles down.
For more from SUP the mag on Sean Poynter, click here.
To learn more about Fartlek training and the methods employed by the Starboard SUP Academy, click here.
Sophia Bartlow is a girl on fire. She's ranked fifth on the Standup World Tour, she championed the 2014 US SUP surfing tour and this year, she's relentlessly determined to win her first world title. But beyond the stats and skills, Bartlow's competitive drive is buttressed by an uncanny energetic spirit. On land, her aura inspires stoke; she prances around her contests giving hugs and singing praises, encouraging competitors, congratulating groms, all with a smile. In the water, her vibrancy is channeled into fierce competitive prowess.
Bartlow credits her electric nature majorly to her mother, Jericho Poppler, a legendary female surfer nicknamed the "Wave Dancer" after winning the first-ever women's world title in 1976. SUP sat Bartlow down for some insight about rising under the influence of the original Wave Dancer.
SUP: How did growing up with a legendary mom influence your SUP career?
SB: I honestly didn't understand that my mom was a legend growing up. But she used to hold a contest every year, "Jericho's Kids for Clean Waves," and we were always doing a lot of events. I got to meet all these cool people from SUP and surfing, but I didn't realize who they were till I got older and gained some perspective. It wasn't till later on that I realized I'd been brought up by a legend.
Describe how you were raised.
My mom brought me and my siblings up super liberally. She's more than just a surfer; she's an environmentalist, a dancer and an artist. She raised us with principles from a lot of different cultures she'd picked up from traveling. I had all these Hawaiian influences; she's always been so "Aloha." I think she learned that from her mother, my grandma Bobby, who is known for surfing Makaha back in the day. She's also known for her cheese bread (laughs).
How did Jericho help shape you as an athlete?
My mom never forced me into SUP surfing, and I think that's why I love it so much. But she always supported me and my siblings in the water. Having my mom at contests was ridiculous. She'd be louder than the loudspeaker giving us tips. It wasn't always easy; I had to ban her from coming to some of my contests. Looking back, it was a huge part of my development because she gave me advice that's stuck with me to this day.
At any point did you feel pressure to perform because of how good your mother was?
Yeah, but the thing is, I know I can do it. I've beaten the best, so it makes sense to chase a title. I never wanted to be world champion because my mom was world champion. I've wanted to do it because I know that I can. Chasing this title is just another stepping stone in the road, a platform toward the plateau of great things I want to do in the future. I feel really blessed to be who I am and to come from where I do.
Who's a better surfer, you or your mom?
My mom is definitely better at surfing. She's so stylish! Even now, at 64 years of age, on a bumpy, windy, closed out day in Huntington, she'll go off the lip, come down in the backwash with fins out, extra hair flip for style, soul arching like nobody's business. She's so graceful when she surfs. That's why she was the first to get the title "Wave Dancer."
How does she inspire other female surfers?
Her presence alone is inspiring, in or out of the water. But the fact that she's still ripping at her age is pretty encouraging. On land, the way she carries herself and the things she says embodies the same things her surfing does—power, grace and flow. She's the epitome of living art, still surfing all the time. It's enough to inspire any woman.
More SUP women here.
Go wide , go better . Naish x32 mediterranean sup 2015 from Federico Piccinaglia on Vimeo.
"Hey, wanna go to Italy?"
"Nah, there are no waves there."
"I beg to differ."
Here's your evidence.
There are, in fact, waves in Italy. And judging from this video, they're good ones too. They may be rare, but they're there. So go to Italy. See Pompeii. Eat carbonara. Tour the Vatican. And if you're really lucky, go SUP surf in conditions like this.
More videos here.
Bipolar Sunset.
We've seen just about every mood Sunset Beach has to offer this week at the 2015 Sunset Beach Pro, but unlike last year's final, conditions for today's event weren't ideal. If Day 1 of this year's Standup World Tour season opener was Sunset's mad face, today was its, "meh." Can't win 'em all, we suppose, though the Standup World Tour still came out on top today due to the salvation of its world-class athletes. The final day of the Sunset Pro kicked off in knee-high, clean and rippable surf, placing the versatility of SUP on full display as competitors shredded small potatoes with power surfing that made micro rides look impressive.
Parlez vous power surfing?
Round 3 highlights included Poenaiki Raioha comboing the field in heat 4 with a remarkable display of Tahitian rail work. He may not speak English, but he speaks power surfing. Further highlights include Kala Alexander being late to his heat due to a light altercation with police about his chosen parking spot. Silly police, Kala can park wherever he darn well pleases on the North Shore. Kody Kerbox topped his heat with a commanding performance, tallying the highest scoring heat-total of the event with a 18.5.
Zane Schweitzer prevailed against a stacked heat featuring runner up Mo Freitas, Robin Johnson and former world champion, Brazilian Leco Salazar.
Racks on racks on racks
The quarterfinals featured thoroughly stacked heats with the world's top talent. Opening heats provided no shockers, with Kai Lenny and the Tahitian favorite Poenaiki Raioha winning in anticipated fashion and moving on to the semis along with runners up Justin Holland and Bernd Roediger. Young Hawaiian ripper Kody Kerbox also took his heat, with runner up Caio Vaz beating out the American favorite, Sean Poynter, in the closing seconds. Hawaiia's Mo Frietas also advanced along with Beau Nixon, putting to rest our predicted shocker claim by ousting Zane Schweitzer.
Swelling up
Conditions improved for the semis as a bump in the swell period brought consistent, shoulder-high waves. The first heat featured Kai Lenny, Justin Holland, Poenaiki Raioha and Bernd Roediger. Those four went to battle in an improved arena of surf with anticipated favorites Kai Lenny and Justin Holland advancing to the finals. And remember that kid who wasn't supposed to compete on account of his broken pelvis? Mo Freitas? He won his semifinal heat and advanced with runner up Caio Vaz.
Mind over manners
The final opened in the best waves of the day, and Brazilian champion Caio Vaz picked off the first. Kai Lenny—the ruthless contender that he is—employed his mental attack early on, and pushed Caio a little too deep for the wave. Caio missed the sweet spot on one of the best waves of the day, finishing the ride with a gesture to Lenny instead of his signature snap. Lenny gained the upper hand and carried it till the buzzer despite the worthy performances of all the contenders.
"Choose to be defined by how you challenge yourself, not by your ability to defeat others."
That's the mantra of Titus Kodzoman, a former Royal Marine turned senior SUP instructor, yacht-master, big-wave charger, kite surfer and freediver now based in Norway. Kodzoman painted his stripes as a survivalist and a waterman with feats like spending three winters in the northern mountains of Norway to learn Arctic survival, surviving an attack by five-meter Great White shark and being the first person to dive in the "Oslo Ice Challenge," the world's first-ever international under-ice freediving competition.
In May 2015, Kodzoman will attempt yet another feat to perpetuate his mantra—a 2,500-mile, self-supported solo SUP expedition along the entire mainland coast of Norway.
The journey will launch in Grense Jakobselv, a remote village fringing the Arctic Sea on the Russian/Norwegian border. From there, Kodzoman will paddle northwest under a sleepless sun around Nordkapp, nearing Europe's most northern region deep in the Arctic Circle. Upon reaching Nordkapp, he'll round south, paddling the rugged coastline all the way to the Swedish border at a clip of 20- to 30-miles per day. He hopes to complete the entire mission over the course of four months, and he'll do it all on a 14-foot standup loaded with all the supplies necessary to self-sustain.
Kodzoman's mission supports a handful of worthy objectives. Beyond the act of completing the expedition, he hopes to publicize his journey in attempt to inspire others to get out on the water and try SUP. He's also working to draw attention to issues affecting the marine environment, and raising money for JustaDrop.org, an international charity that brings clean water to people in need.
To learn more about Kodzoman, his experience and his expedition, visit supnorway.com. After he sets off on May 1st, you'll be able to track his progress here.
Check back with SUPthemag.com for more coverage of Titus Kodzoman and his Norwegian adventure.
You should watch The SUP Movie. Look at the cast: Kai Lenny, Noa Ginella, Izzi Gomez, Sean Poynter, Mo Freitas, Connor Baxter, Zane Schweitzer, Kody Kerbox and more ripping around the world from Maui to Nicaragua to Chile to Fiji. Plus it was made by our pals at Poor Boyz Productions, a high-quality, high-performance action sports media house. And if that isn't enough to get you get you to click here and purchase it on iTunes, watch the exclusive clip from the movie above. It's Ginella at his stylish best. Enjoy.
Then you're going to want to click here to watch the rest.
Rob Rojas recently paddled 24-hours straight in Southern California waters to raise money for the cancer awareness group Ocean of Hope. Rojas, 41, a Fish & Game warden by day, and endurance SUP legend by night (he often trains in the wee hours of the morning before work and took line honors at the 2014 Battle of the Paddle distance race), claims he was in church when he just "had the idea of doing this 24-hour paddle." His 10-year-old son is obviously cut from the same cloth, joining his dad for the first stretch of the paddle, 23 miles from Newport Harbor to Dana Point Harbor, starting at 7 a.m. during the Hal Rosoff Classic. Once in Dana Point, the elder Rojas did lap after lap—often being joined by paddling supporters, including some cancer survivors and current battlers—until the clock struck seven once again. We caught up with him to get his take on the feat.
How did your son Conrad end up doing the Newport to Dana Point section with you?
He woke up two days prior and said "Dad I want to paddle Newport to Dana with you for cancer." I didn't push him and I told him he could stop at any time and Mom could pick him up. He stayed committed and followed through, which is what I am most proud of.
Does he paddle distances like that often?
This is the first time he has gone over 20. He has done several races in the five-to-eight mile range in 2014.
How'd you settle on paddling for cancer awareness?
Cancer affects everybody. It affects heroes and cowards, men and women, adults and babies, cops, firefighters, military personnel. It is indiscriminate and most of all, cancer sucks!
What was the hardest portion of the paddle for you?
Saying goodbye to my son after spending six-to-seven hours paddling the coast with him.
How many people paddled with you over the 24 hours?
Approximately 20 total over the 24-hour period. I was never alone.
We understand you had some paddlers with cancer come paddle with you? Tell us about that.
It was pretty awesome and humbling to me. Here we had two guys, Bill Kindel and Wally Buckingham, both are going through chemo right now and both charged right through it and have winning attitudes. They are beating cancer and kicking its ass. Both guys paddled multiple laps with me and both donated to the cause. In addition, Wally's twin brother, Wayne Buckingham just beat cancer in October and came down and paddled a bunch of laps as well. I figure odds are I may get cancer someday and if I do, I want to be like Wally, Wayne, and Bill!
How did you eat? Did you just sit on your board?
Naw, I was very spoiled with the good food. When people bring you chicken long rice soup, won ton soup and carne asada tacos, you have to stop and eat!!!
How does your family deal with your training schedule for events like this?
Train? I just got in shape as I went along haha! It's all in the head and the most important thing you can do for something like this is know you can do it and get your sleep!
What is your training schedule like for something like this?
I trained normally. Hit the gym approximately three days per week, paddled approximately three days per week and surfed when the surf was good!
More Rojas here.
You can't party any harder on a wave than this. Here, the French masses take on one of their tidal bores on standups, kayaks, surfboards, pretty much anything but baguettes. Before today we didn't know we had to do this. Yet another item added to the bucket list.
More videos here.
OK, so this video by American Rivers doesn't feature any standup paddling. Instead, it takes us on a fun romp through some Pacific Northwest rivers with grom Parker Arneson. It highlights 50 things he loves about those rivers, from rough-skinned newts to waterfalls to vistas to skipping stones. For our list, we'd add SUP. They're all good reasons to protect our rivers, to get on them more and most importantly, to think and act like a kid when the opportunity presents itself. These are our playgrounds.
Learn more about American Rivers.
More videos.
A month of SUP in Patagonia from Mark Kalch on Vimeo.
Yeah, inflatables and GoPros are still pretty awesome. Especially when you can use one for exploring everything–rivers, lakes, oceans–and the other for capturing it all. 'Capturing it all' becomes especially relevant if the groms are along. Here's how Mark Kalch sees Chile with his brood, a packable board and a small camera.
Today the Sunset Beach Pro saw the end of Round 1 and the repecharge Round compete in pristine, overhead morning conditions that faded as the SW wind picked up toward mid-afternoon. The top two finishers from the first round automatically advanced to Round 3, while the remaining contenders were relegated to the repo. From there, the first-place finishers and the two highest scoring second-place finishers of the repo advanced to Round 3. For everyone else, it's tough tomatoes as the first elimination round of the main event ran its course.
Highlights in Round One include the highest scoring heat total of the day, an 18.1 from Zane Schweitzer (remember, that's SUP mag's predicted shocker…though he's not really a shocker since everyone knows he rips… but anyway, we so called it). Zane finished his heat with a near perfect wave—a 9.77—sending the rest of his heat's competitors into combo land.
Further highlights from Round 2 include Mo Freitas competing despite having broken his pelvis only a few weeks back. Man, that kid is tough.
The Brazilians rocked the Round 2 Repo with advances from Kianoa Texeira, Yuri Daberkow, Ian Vaz and Leco Salazar, meanwhile American's Giorgio Gomez and the legendary Chuck Patterson also advanced alongside Hawaiian phenom, Connor Baxter.
The Round 3 heat draws are stacked with the world's top SUP surfing contenders. Look forward to fierce competition from here on out and check in with WatermanLeague.com for the morning call tomorrow, as we continue the 6th annual Standup World Tour season opener at the Sunset Beach Pro.
Standup paddling is one of the oldest activities on water, and its roots in Hawaiian culture date back as far as the history books will take you. There's good reason for that.
The standup is the most versatile tool in the waterman's arsenal, and Hawaii is a waterman's ultimate arena. It boils down to this: If you were stranded on an island, susceptible to heavy doses of open-ocean wind, swell and flatwater and you could only bring one toy, what toy would you bring?
The locals know the realities of living in the middle of the Pacific well, and for mainlanders who venture across the ocean with visions of perfect waves in pristine conditions, it's a reality check. Hawaii is not always what photos make it out to be. Sure, it's home to world-class waves and the seven-mile miracle when conditions are on, but it's equally home to world-class winds, often onshore and sometimes down days with little swell or wind at all. We've been witnessing it all week as we've sat tight waiting for the start of the Sunset Beach Pro.
Legendary figures like Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, Kainoa McGee and other unsung paddlers have proven time and time again: SUP is as optimal a craft as any to match the massive swells that clobber the Hawaiian shoreline. Some argue it's the best. But how about when the wind's coming strong out of the North and the "Seven-Mile Miracle" is blown out from V-land to Haleiwa? Are you going to make the hour-long trek to the east side to check for waves? And what if there aren't any? Break out the paddle, harness that wind and ride it into the sunset like the dark horse that your sport represents.
In line with downwinding, Hawaii also offers distance paddling between islands, an athletic endeavor most don't attempt prone, or at all. Maui is a breeding ground for distance racers, from older guys like Jeremy Riggs to young champions like Connor Baxter and Kai Lenny. What better way to earn your waterman stripes than to paddle from Maui to Molokai or Molokai to Oahu?
And then there's the fishing, the small-wave riding or even just cruising. Whatever ocean condition—and Hawaii has them all—a standup is a great tool for each.
We're not necessarily "stranded" on an island, but we know which toy we'd choose if we were.
Check back with SUPthemag.com for onsite contest coverage, and stay posted for more insight from the North Shore.
We've given you a hearty dose of SUP surfing this week. And we're giving you more with this Weekly Insta, SUP's collection of the best Instagram photos from the standup world every seven days. But what can we say? It's the opening season for the 6th annual Standup World Tour, and it's not our fault our lives and our Instagram feeds have been inundated with radical SUP surfing coverage from the North Shore all week. But don't worry, we know our friends enjoy all aspects of SUP, and that's why we've been sure to pepper in posts from all the waterways that we endeavor. Enjoy!
Hashtag #theweeklyinsta for your photos to be considered for the feed!
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All photos: Greg Panas
Your favorite meal, only different…
It was at the same iconic break as last year's Standup World Tour opener at the Sunset Beach Pro, only today, it tasted different. Instead of the well-seasoned, succulent Sunset the ocean served last year, today we had a whole lotta mashed potatoes (and a little side of chicken) in a no pain, no gain proving ground of 8- to 10-foot, beefy Sunset. It made every competitor mind their manners at the table—survival skills, gutsy surfing and a dash of chance, and voila, day one of the 6th annual Standup World Tour is served.
Serve the girls first!
But wait, isn't this a men's event? Ya, but the women proved themselves along side the boys today. 15-year-old world champion Izzi Gomez and 17-year-old Fiona Wylde both competed and made heats in today's trials. Gomez fell in the semis, while Wylde advanced into the first round of the main event which will continue tomorrow if conditions align.
Musical chairs
To be fair, wave selection was an absolute lottery for the trial heats. Shifty conditions put plenty for some and zilch for others on today's morning special. Some worthy contenders (Jacy Shimahara and Alohi Kalalau, to name a couple) were taken out with waveless heats, while others found some gems (Austin Kalama, James Casey and Bernd Roedigger, to name a few more).
Upset stomach?
Maui's Kai Lenny wasn't thrilled after the first heat in today's main event, when he took second in his heat with the second highest-scoring performance of the day, a 13.66. Aussie Justin Holland beat him with the day's top score, a 14.17, for the day's highlighted battle.
Leftovers for breakfast!
We're likely to see the contest run again tomorrow, which means Round 1 leftovers for breakfast followed by the repechage and possibly a third course with Round 3, if the waves are tasty.
Tune into WatermanLeague.com to catch the live webcast, #standupworldtour with all your photos and keep checking back with SUPthemag.com for onsite event coverage and exclusive interviews!
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
2nd | ATAMU CONTI (PYF) | 4 1.17 2.53 | Needs 3.35 to be 1st | 6.53 | |
3rd | MEDERIC BERTHE (FRA) | 2.67 0.33 1.8 1.83 3.77 | Needs 3.58 to be 1st Needs 2.77 to be 2nd |
6.44 | |
1st | MAUIKI RAIOHA (PYF) | 1.23 1.17 5.17 0.93 2.17 | Wins by 0.81 | 7.34 | |
4th | MATSUNAGA MASAMACHI (JP) | 0.97 2.9 | Needs 4.45 to be 1st Needs 3.64 to be 2nd |
3.87 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | JULIEN BOUYER (FRA) | 2.67 4.17 6 0.77 | Wins by 3 | 10.17 | |
2nd | MARCO GRILLIO (BRA) | 0.8 5 2.17 | Needs 5.18 to be 1st | 7.17 | |
3rd | MIKEY O'SHAUGHNESSY (HI) | 0.3 0.9 3.33 | Needs 6.84 to be 1st Needs 3.85 to be 2nd |
4.23 | |
4th | JEFFREY SPENCER (HI) | Combo to be 1st Needs 7.17 to be 2nd |
0 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | JOSH RICCIO (USA) | 1.33 1.3 7.33 | Wins by 1.99 | 8.66 | |
3rd | JUN ADEGAWA | 0.77 2.33 | Needs 6.34 to be 1st Needs 4.35 to be 2nd |
3.1 | |
2nd | KAWIKA KINIMAKA (HI) | 6.67 | Needs 2 to be 1st | 6.67 | |
4th | JACY SHIMAHARA (HI) | Needs 8.66 to be 1st Needs 6.68 to be 2nd |
0 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
x | NOAH YAP (HI) | Needs 2.58 to be 1st Needs 2.01 to be 2nd |
0 | ||
2nd | BRIAN TALMA | 2 | Needs 0.58 to be 1st | 2 | |
x | LANDON MACNAMARA (HI) | Needs 2.58 to be 1st Needs 2.01 to be 2nd |
0 | ||
1st | IZZI GOMEZ (USA) | 2.57 | Wins by 0.57 | 2.57 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | DORRENCE DAVID (PYF) | 2.67 3.37 4 | Wins by 0.17 | 7.37 | |
4th | KAEO ABBEY (HI) | 1.7 0.27 1 | Needs 5.67 to be 1st Needs 5.5 to be 2nd |
2.7 | |
2nd | FIONA WYDE (USA) | 2.87 1.23 4.33 | Needs 3.04 to be 1st | 7.2 | |
3rd | AUSTIN KALAMA (HI) | 0.37 3.33 2.23 0.9 3.77 | Needs 3.61 to be 1st Needs 3.44 to be 2nd |
7.1 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
2nd | ALOHIKEA KALALAU | 3 1 3.07 | Needs 6.27 to be 1st | 6.07 | |
3rd | AYOMA HIROZAKU | 2 | Needs 7.34 to be 1st Needs 4.07 to be 2nd |
2 | |
4th | Needs 9.34 to be 1st Needs 6.07 to be 2nd |
0 | |||
1st | KAINOA HAUANIO | 5.17 4.17 | Wins by 3.27 | 9.34 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
2nd | KAINOA HAUANIO (HI) | 1.83 4 2.5 3.17 4.37 1.27 | Needs 4.94 to be 1st | 8.37 | |
4th | ATAMU CONTI (PYF) | 0.9 | Needs 8.4 to be 1st Needs 7.47 to be 2nd |
0.9 | |
3rd | MARCIO GRILLIO (BRA) | 2.5 3.1 | Needs 6.21 to be 1st Needs 5.27 to be 2nd |
5.6 | |
1st | JOSH RICCIO (USA) | 1.03 8.27 | Wins by 0.93 | 9.3 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
3rd | MAUIKI RAIOHA (PYF) | 0.6 1.23 | Needs 3.93 to be 1st Needs 3.88 to be 2nd |
1.83 | |
4th | ALOHIKEA KALALAU (HI) | Needs 5.16 to be 1st Needs 5.1 to be 2nd |
0 | ||
2nd | JULIEN BOUYER (FRA) | 4.67 0.43 | Needs 0.49 to be 1st | 5.1 | |
1st | KAWIKA KINIMAKA (HI) | 1.83 3.33 | Wins by 0.06 | 5.16 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
4th | IZZI GOMEZ (USA) | Needs 9.16 to be 1st Needs 1.88 to be 2nd |
0 | ||
3rd | KEVIN SEID (HI) | 0.57 | Needs 8.59 to be 1st Needs 1.31 to be 2nd |
0.57 | |
2nd | DORRENCE DAVID (PYF) | 1.87 | Needs 7.29 to be 1st | 1.87 | |
1st | AUSTIN KALAMA (HI) | 5.83 3.33 2.6 | Wins by 7.29 | 9.16 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
x | BRIAN TALMA | Needs 6.16 to be 1st Needs 3.18 to be 2nd |
0 | ||
1st | SEBASTIEN GOMEZ | 2.33 3.83 1.23 | Wins by 2.99 | 6.16 | |
2nd | FIONA WYLDE (USA) | 3.17 | Needs 3 to be 1st | 3.17 | |
x | MEDERIC BERTHE | Needs 6.16 to be 1st Needs 3.18 to be 2nd |
0 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
2nd | KAI LENNY (HI) | 5.67 2.07 7.43 0.43 0.5 0.9 0.77 6.23 | Needs 6.75 to be 1st | 13.66 | |
1st | JUSTIN HOLLAND (AUS) | 8 6.17 5.9 | Wins by 0.51 | 14.17 | |
4th | JULIEN BOUYER (FRA) | 1.13 0.93 2.23 2.5 | Combo to be 1st Combo to be 2nd |
4.73 | |
3rd | AARON NAPOLEON (HI) | 2.5 2.6 1.6 1.93 | Combo to be 1st Combo to be 2nd |
5.1 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
4th | KAI BATES (AUS) | 4.27 0.53 | Needs 3.51 to be 1st Needs 3.3 to be 2nd |
4.8 | |
3rd | LUCAS MEDEIROS (BRA) | 0.57 3.57 2.07 1.03 | Needs 4.21 to be 1st Needs 4.01 to be 2nd |
5.64 | |
1st | KALA ALEXANDER (HI) | 2.57 5.2 0.73 0.37 | Wins by 0.2 | 7.77 | |
2nd | KAINOA HAUANIO (HI) | 3.5 3.5 4.07 | Needs 3.71 to be 1st | 7.57 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
3rd | IAN VAZ (BRA) | 2 2.73 | Needs 8.44 to be 1st Needs 2.98 to be 2nd |
4.73 | |
1st | BERND ROEDIGGER (HI) | 3.5 4.67 0.57 6.5 | Wins by 5.47 | 11.17 | |
2nd | BRENAN ROSE (USA) | 3.93 1.77 0.5 | Needs 7.24 to be 1st | 5.7 | |
4th | DORRENCE DAVID (PYF) | 1.1 | Combo to be 1st Needs 4.6 to be 2nd |
1.1 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
4th | LECO SALAZAR (BRA) | 3.17 2.43 4.27 2.47 | Needs 7.96 to be 1st Needs 3.47 to be 2nd |
7.44 | |
2nd | BENOIT CARPENTIER (FRA) | 5.1 1.07 2.63 | Needs 7.13 to be 1st | 7.73 | |
1st | JAMES CASEY (AUS) | 3.33 5.73 1.1 6.5 2.17 | Wins by 4.5 | 12.23 | |
3rd | AUSTIN KALAMA (HI) | 0.67 5.17 2.3 | Needs 7.06 to be 1st Needs 2.56 to be 2nd |
7.47 |
Shokogi Presents MO FREITAS visit Selina Bocas del toro from Epicmedia on Vimeo.
Mo Freitas was bred on the North Shore of Oahu. What does this mean? He knows how to navigate his SUP in some of the heaviest waves in the world. Those heavy waves include barrels. And that's just what Freitas found on a recent trip to the Caribbean side of Panama in Bocas del Toro. He makes it look easy. It isn't. That's just years of experience.
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For info on paddling in this region, click here.
Sony Handy Cam SUP Sessions #1 from InfinitySURF on Vimeo.
Dave Boehne, Anthony Vela, Michael Jackson, some '90s-quality home video footage and a chunky winter swell in Southern California. It's a recipe for a fun little video.
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Kody Kerbox – Locked 'n' Loaded from Andrew Welker Photo on Vimeo.
Kody Kerbox has been working hard in the off-season from the Standup World Tour. And by working, we mean surfing.
Kerbox ended the 2014 season ranked 10th on the SUWT. If this edit of him free surfing on Maui during January is any indication, he could easily make the top five. Keep an eye on him as the season progresses.
More Kerbox here.
The waiting period is open for the 2015 Sunset Beach Pro — the first and most prestigious event of the men's Standup World Tour — with giant swell forecasted to deliver yet another epic start to the World Tour season on Oahu's North Shore. Sunset is a massive arena among Oahu's most famous proving grounds, making the opening event-title of the world tour the most coveted win of the season. As the tour rounds into its 6th year of competition, the international lineup of competitors is an all-star cast of world-class athletes, all hungry to start the season strong. Here are SUP magazine's top picks for the 2015 Sunset Beach Pro.
1. Kai Lenny
It's no secret that current world champion, Maui's Kai Lenny, is far and beyond the most well-rounded waterman on the Standup World Tour. At only 22 years old, Kai's track record speaks for itself — four out of five SUP surfing world titles, three years in a row finishing top-2 in the Standup World Series race league, a win at this year's first-ever Standup competition at Pipeline, star of the recently released film, The SUP Movie, and a reputation for SUP surfing 30-foot + Jaws. After finishing second last year at the Sunset Pro, first in 2013 and second in 2012, Kai is the undoubtable favorite going into the sixth season tour-opener.
2. Sean Poynter
California's Sean Poynter — third-place overall finisher of the 2014 Standup World Tour season — spent all of January in New Zealand for an intense training program before coming to Hawaii to prepare for the Sunset Pro. Upon returning home from New Zealand, and then to Hawaii to train for the contest, Poynter told SUP, "I've been a sponsored competitor since the seventh grade, and I feel like I really just started my career as a professional athlete. I am in the best shape of my life." Poynter was a man on a mission in the 2014 season, championing the men's most recent competition, Location X Morocco, with multiple excellent scores ahead of friend and Starboard teammate Zane Schweitzer in the final. While a title at Sunset has historically eluded Starboard's top surf competitor, look out for a breakthrough performance in this week's competition.
3. Caio Vaz
The Brazilian contingent is alive and thriving on this year's Standup World Tour, with no more an exemplary competitor than last year's Sunset Beach Pro winner, Caio Vaz. Vaz came in second on last year's world tour—and the year before that—nipping at the heal's of Kai Lenny with winning performances on the tour's first two stops, Hawaii and Brazil. Along with brother Ian Vaz, who took 9th on last year's tour, look out for the Art in Surf athlete to rally hard to win a second SUP world title for Brazil in 2015, beginning with a top rank at Sunset.
4. Leco Salazar
Leco Salazar had a comparatively tough season in 2014, finishing 8th overall after losing a neck-and-neck final against Kai Lenny at the tour's final stop in France. But don't let last year's stats fool you — Leco is the only competitor whose name isn't "Kai Lenny" to hold a world title, which the Brazilian took in 2012 with a narrow but defining lead on runner-up Sean Poynter. Vengeance is as motivating a factor as any, and after last year, expect Salazar to seek redemption with a no-holds-barred approach at the 2015 Sunset Beach Pro.
SUP's predicted shocker: Zane Schweitzer
That game-changing, month-long training program Sean Poynter attended in New Zealand? Yeah, Zane Schweitzer was there as well. Schweitzer, a long-time world tour SUP and surf competitor who's traditionally made his mark at the head of the race pack, is also in the best shape of his life coming into the 2015 surf season, and he's no slouch when it comes to powerful waves like Sunset, even on his backhand. It won't be a shocker if Schweitzer takes the crown, since he's a proven contender coming from a clan of standout SUP athletes, but it'll definitely be an upset for which we'll take pride in claiming foresight.
SUP's thoughts go out to: Mo Freitas
North Shore's own Mo Freitas suffered a broken pelvis in the weeks leading up to the Sunset Beach Pro during a surf session at Haleiwa Beach. As of now, he's steadily recovering but not able to compete in this year's season opener. Look out for last year's 6th-ranked overall world tour competitor to come back strong for Brazil in April. Get well soon, Mo!
Stay tuned to watermanleague.com for updates on the competition, which coordinators expect will kick off tomorrow. Tune in there for the live webcast.
Check back with SUPthemag.com for exclusive event coverage, athlete interviews and photos from the 2015 Sunset Beach Pro.
Santa Catalina Island, a mere 22 miles of ocean from the crawling sprawl of the City of Angels, has long been a sanctuary for those people looks to escape the frenetic pace of Southern California living. Bison roam the hills (left after being brought over for a movie in the '20s), chaparral covers 90 percent of the land and fish are plentiful in the clear, unpolluted water.
Over half a million people visit the chunk of rock each year to scuba dive, kayak, dock their sailboats, get off their cruise ship, run a marathon or just party in Avalon, the only incorporated town on the island.
My girlfriend, Thea, and I wanted to do it a little differently. We loaded up our overnight camping gear in drybags, rolled up two inflatables, grabbed our paddles and hopped on the Saturday morning ferry from Newport Harbor, a short drive from our home in Dana Point.
It was a partially cloudy November day with only a light breeze and temperatures in the high 60s when we stepped off the ferry to Avalon. We spread our gear out on the boardwalk in town and started organizing our gear. A bearded, obese guy in basketball shorts serenaded us as I pumped up the boards as Thea filled our water bladders. After fielding questions from five different groups of people about what we were doing, we pushed off into the calm water.
We took our time paddling up the coast, stopping to talk and gaze at the hills and speculate as to the lives of the people that own multi-million-dollar yachts. Garibaldi dotted the rock reef below us in orange flashes.
Goat Harbor, our chosen camp spot, was empty. There are three primitive campsites there and none of them were filled. The hills behind camp were steep and covered in oak trees, leading to the beach covered in round, grape-sized rock that crunched pleasingly under foot while we set up camp. As the sun set, we realized that we were in view of millions of people with Venice Beach, Malibu and Long Beach just across the channel from us. Yet we were alone.
Or we thought we were. As we stirred hot water into our freeze-dried dinners, we heard rock crumbling down a cliff south of camp. Our headlamps illuminated two reflective eyes that were quickly approaching. An Island Fox, native to the Channel Islands and small, grey and auburn, emerged from the darkness and walked within 10 feet of us. He looked at us, took a couple sniffs, then turned his bushy tail and scurried off over the boulders on the shore. It must have found a meal from campers there before.
After our evening excitement, we fell asleep to the sound of stones churning across each other in the shore pound.
Before I even unzipped the tent in the morning, I knew we were in trouble. A gusty 15-knot wind buffeted the nylon walls and bent the poles inward. When I looked, shoulder-high whitecaps were coming in the very direction that we had to paddle to get back to Avalon. Breakfast was a quick affair and we stuffed our gear quickly into our drybags and shoved off.
It took us two hours to paddle less than two miles. Thea paddled on her knees. I stood occasionally, if only to give my knees a break. Then, right as we came around Long Point, the wind died. We had two hours to make the afternoon ferry and had to paddle twice as fast for the next two hours to make it. We started cranking.
We made it with ten minutes to spare and shuffled onto the ferry with Mexican families, European tourists, drunk Orange County bros and snuggling couples. The sun set over the island as we pulled out of the harbor. Thea and I raised expensive, pre-mixed margaritas to our weekend adventure across the channel.
Do It Yourself
How To Get There: We took off from Newport on the Catalina Flyer (we got a great deal on Groupon). There are also ferries from Dana Point, Long Beach and San Pedro.
What You Need: Inflatable boards (they don't allow hard boards on the ferry; we used ULI Boards; rental info here), paddles (including a three-piece backup), pump, drybags, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, tent, camp stove, freeze dried meals, warm clothes, paddling clothes, snorkel gear, first-aid kit, headlamp, water (we used MSR Dromedary bags), CamelBak, hat, sunglasses.
Where To Stay: We reserved our campsite at Goat Harbor, which is a 6.25-mile paddle from Avalon. Check out Visitcatalinaisland.com for more info.
Backwaters is a series by SUP magazine that highlights less-known and less-populated paddling destinations.
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SHAPER DAVE MEYLER: The BOGA Classic has earned its name as the favorite shape of many paddlers. In today's age where most all-around boards are shaped like super tankers, the classic takes its design cues from more of a surfing long board profile, making it one of the best gliding shapes we offer whether on flat water lakes or small waves. With the combination of good volume distribution for great stability and lightweight construction for ease of carrying and performance, the Classic remains BOGA's top-selling all-around shape. New for 2014 is a cleverly designed six-point tie-down system on the deck for storage.
OUR TAKE: The Classic is Boga's take on a one-board quiver. With a healthy 11'2" length and 30" width it's a versatile board that's just as comfortable skimming across a glassy lake as taking on the summer surf. The aggressive nose, thin rails and pulled-in squash tail allow the Classic to surf a variety of waves from small ankle-slappers to overhead and down-the-line, although the rail-to-rail performance felt a little sluggish at times, as any board of this size would. The deck pad was divided in quarters with wide gaps in between that are slippery but also let you know where you are on the board. The board tracks well in the flats and is stable when things get rough. The bamboo veneer with nice teal pin lines makes for a dang good-looking board that will hold up to the abuse of inland or ocean paddling. A fine choice for a wide variety of paddlers.—WT
This gear review originally ran in our Summer 2014 issue.
For more information, visit: BOGABOARDS.com
Sam George knows paddling. That knowledge was procured the old fashioned way. By doing it: From grinding away at surf contests to utilizing kayaking to find remote surf breaks to becoming one of the early practitioners of standup. And now the former SURFER magazine editor and senior editor at SUP magazine is bringing that experience to you.
So if you're out there longing for paddling advice, just Ask Sam. Anything. He'll put his seasoning as a paddler to work for you. Ask in the comments or send emails to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Q: I just started doing downwind paddles here in the SF Bay Area (inspired by Will Taylor's article in SUP) and while I've experienced the advantage of paddling with the wind at your back I have yet to actually surf any windswells. The videos make it look so simple, but it's obviously not because every time I see a swell and paddle for it it's always too late. What's the trick? —Andy Miller
A: There's no trick involved, Andy, but simply a change of perspective. And this I learned while down-winding with the great Dave Kalama. In conventional surfing, he explained, it's all about what's going on behind you. But when down-winding, it's all about what's going on in front of you. Keep you eyes forward, watching the swells that have already passed under your board. When a passing swell is steep enough to create a visible trough—or steep enough to actually cap over and break—stick the nose of your board down into that trough and paddle like hell. After a while you'll start to feel the good ones coming. No looking back, just ride and repeat, all the way to Alcratraz.
Q: What's the best wetsuit design for SUPing? I paddle year-round in central Florida but sometimes winter and spring mornings can get chilly. —Martha Mullins
A: Here's the thing about wetsuits—they're designed to keep you warm in the water. But once past the beginner stage stand-up paddlers don't spend much time in the water. So are you talking about chilly water or chilly air temps? If the water's dipping below your comfort level I'd suggest a long-john type wetsuit, insulating your lower body and torso but leaving your shoulders bare for ease of paddling. If the air is chilling your stoke I'd go for a 2mm short-leg spring suit—you lose a lot of heat through bare shoulders. If you get too warm you can always cool off in the water.
Q: One of the things that attracted me to the sport of SUP was how simple it is. Simple, that is, until you turn the board over and see all those fin boxes and attachments. One, three, four, some even have five fin attachments. So many choices, so little information. What's the difference, if there actually is any. —S. Forester
A: Yeah, those fin boxes are the only complicated thing about a stand-up paddleboard. And without going into too much arcane detail here's a fin set-up primer. A single fin provides speed and directional stability, which is why all race and touring boards feature one box. A tri-fin setup increases maneuverability—pressure against the outside fins being maintained throughout turns, allowing more acute directional changes. Four fins give you that same maneuverability but without the anchoring effect of the middle fin, making for a fast, loose ride. And five boxes provide the option of riding either way. Simple, huh? My advice: if you've got the boxes try every configuration and work out one which suits your style best.
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All photos: Greg Panas
The morning call for the 2015 Standup World Tour season opener didn't come easy for yesterday's event, the Turtle Bay Pro on Oahu's fabled North Shore.
At 8:00 a.m., the women's contest was officially on. By the time the first heat hit the water at 8:15, it was officially on standby. The Pacific was playing tricks with a mirage of shifty peaks and wonky, double-overhead sets wreaking havoc on the event schedule, but after a little confusion and a lot of debate, competition finally kicked off around 10:00 a.m. with the juniors event — the Na Kama Kai Youth Challenge. After all, who better than the fearless and frothing groms to test the waters?
Fortunately, conditions improved drastically as the day progressed, and following the Na Kama Kai Challenge, which was championed with an outstanding performance by Oahu's own Keola Auwae, the ladies took to the lineup for a full day of action-packed competition. After last year's Turtle Bay Pro champion, Nicole Pacelli, finished fourth in an upsetting semifinal heat and fell from the competition, the final was left to current world champ, Izzi Gomez, long-time frontrunner Candice Appleby, former 6th-ranked SUWT competitor Caroline Angibaud and emerging dark horse, Australia's Shakira Westdorp.
The final began with Gomez and Appleby trading waves and jockeying for first position, while Westdorp and Angibaud struggled to find their rhythm early on. Then, after finishing strong on a few long set waves, Westdorp took the lead and held it for the majority of the heat. Meanwhile, Angibaud suffered what contest announcers called prematurely dubbed "somewhat of a shocker," failing to catch a single wave in the first 20 minutes of the 25-minute heat. But then, the tables turned. In the last five minutes of the final, needing an 8.1 heat total to take the event, Angibaud swung late for an overhead set wave and edged into a steep drop, following it up with a series of hearty turns and a layback snap to finish the wave with a 6.77 — the highest scoring wave of the heat. She caught one more wave in the closing seconds of the final, scoring a 3.93, for a combined 10.77 heat total that earned her the title as the 2015 Turtle Bay Pro Champion.
With an early season upset placing two of the less likely contenders at the forefront of the 2015 title race, expect to see all contenders in top-form and highly motivated for their next contest, the Brazil Pro Grand Slam in April.
First-call for the Men's season opener, the Sunset Beach Pro, will takes place tomorrow morning with a possible start at 8:00 a.m. HST.
Tune in to the Waterman League website to watch the LIVE webcast, and keep tabs on the action with the SUWT's live blog. Also, visit the SUWT Facebook page and follow them on Instagram @standupworldtour.
And, keep updated with daily recaps, behind-the-scenes event coverage and athlete interviews at SUPthemag.com.
1. Caroline Angibaud – FRA
2. Shakira Westdorp (Starboard) – AUS
3. Izzi Gomez (Starboard) – USA
4. Candice Appleby – USA
5. Lara Claydon (Starboard) – USA
5. Sophia Tiaré Bartlow – USA
7. Fiona Wylde (Starboard) – USA
7. Nicole Pacelli – BRA
9. Annie Reickert – HAW
9. Sarah Hauser – FRA
9. morenotwins (Iballa Moreno) (Starboard) – SPN
9. Skylar Lickle – HAW
13. Aline Adisaka – (New Advance Surfboards/ 27N – BRA
13. Heather Wilcox – 27N – USA
13. Dominique Miller – HAW
13. Natalia Smith – HAW
17. Karen Jacobson (Rogue SUP) – BRA
17. Lori Park – USA
17. Shelby Schweitzer (Starboard) – HAW
17. Kanani Yockman (Rogue SUP) – HAW
21. Roxy Davis (Starboard) – RSA
21. Mason Schremmer (IOPS) – HAW
21. Maili Tahar (Starboard) – FRA
21. Jodi Kealoha – HAW
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | IZZI GOMEZ (USA) | 5.83 1.73 0.77 | Wins by 2.86 | 7.56 | |
3rd | LORI PARK (USA) | 1.5 1.7 1.3 2.17 | Needs 5.4 to be 1st Needs 2.54 to be 2nd |
3.87 | |
4th | JODI KEALOHA (HI) | 0.23 0.63 | Needs 6.93 to be 1st Needs 4.07 to be 2nd |
0.86 | |
2nd | HEATHER WILCOX (HI) | 0.37 0.57 0.7 4 0.43 | Needs 3.57 to be 1st | 4.7 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
4th | ALINE ADISAKA (BRA) | 2.43 0.33 | Needs 6.4 to be 1st Needs 4.28 to be 2nd |
2.76 | |
1st | FIONA WYLDE (USA) | 3.83 5 3.8 | Wins by 2.13 | 8.83 | |
3rd | SARAH HAUSER (USA) | 2 1.2 | Needs 6.83 to be 1st Needs 4.71 to be 2nd |
3.2 | |
2nd | ANNIE RECKERT (HI) | 5.43 0.17 1.27 | Needs 3.4 to be 1st | 6.7 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
2nd | CANDICE APPELBY (USA) | 1.17 1.83 2.73 1.27 | Needs 2.14 to be 1st | 4.56 | |
1st | SOPHIA BARTLOW (USA) | 1.5 3.13 1.73 1.13 1.47 | Wins by 0.3 | 4.86 | |
4th | KAREN JACOBSON (MEX) | 2.5 1.1 0.57 | Needs 2.37 to be 1st Needs 2.07 to be 2nd |
3.6 | |
3rd | ROXY DAVIS (RSA) | 3.17 0.63 0.97 0.53 1.3 | Needs 1.69 to be 1st Needs 1.39 to be 2nd |
4.47 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | IBALLA MORENO (SPA) | 5.83 4 1.17 1.6 | Wins by 5.4 | 9.83 | |
4th | MAILI TAHAR (FRA) | 2.03 | Needs 7.8 to be 1st Needs 2.41 to be 2nd |
2.03 | |
3rd | SHELBY SCHWEITZER (HI) | 2.67 | Needs 7.16 to be 1st Needs 1.77 to be 2nd |
2.67 | |
2nd | NATALIA SMITH (HI) | 4.43 | Needs 5.41 to be 1st | 4.43 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | CAROLINE ANGIBAUD (FRA) | 7.83 2.8 | Wins by 1.46 | 10.63 | |
4th | MASON SCHREMMER (HI) | 0.73 | Needs 9.9 to be 1st Needs 8.44 to be 2nd |
0.73 | |
2nd | SHAKIRA WESTDROP (AUS) | 1 5 4.17 | Needs 5.64 to be 1st | 9.17 | |
3rd | DOMINIQUE MILLER (HI) | 2.77 3.17 2.17 1.5 1.83 | Needs 7.47 to be 1st Needs 6 to be 2nd |
5.94 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | NICOLE PACELLI | 2.6 1.7 4.93 8.67 2.4 | Wins by 7.37 | 13.6 | |
2nd | LARA CLAYDON | 3 1.4 3.23 1.53 1.27 | Combo to be 1st | 6.23 | |
3rd | SKYLAR LICKLE | 1.63 2.03 | Combo to be 1st Needs 4.2 to be 2nd |
3.66 | |
4th | KANANI YOCKMAN | 1.2 | Combo to be 1st Needs 5.03 to be 2nd |
1.2 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
3rd | JODI KEALOHA (HI) | 1.33 0.37 … | Needs 5.83 to be 1st Needs 1.31 to be 2nd |
1.7 | |
1st | SARAH HAUSER (USA) | 2.1 2.33 3.33 3.43 3.73 0.5 | Wins by 4.53 | 7.16 | |
2nd | KAREN JACOBSEN (MEX) | 0.9 1.73 | Needs 5.43 to be 1st | 2.63 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
3rd | LORI PARK (USA) | 1.17 1.77 1.7 | Needs 4.99 to be 1st Needs 2.97 to be 2nd |
3.47 | |
1st | ALINE ADISAKA (BRA) | 1.5 4.33 1.7 0.93 2.43 | Wins by 2.03 | 6.76 | |
2nd | ROXY DAVIS (RSA) | 1.57 1.3 3 1.73 | Needs 3.77 to be 1st | 4.73 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
2nd | SHELBY SCHWEITZER (HI) | 2.53 1.93 | Needs 3.47 to be 1st | 4.46 | |
3rd | MASON SCHREMMER (USA) | 1.5 1 1.8 1.37 | Needs 4.2 to be 1st Needs 2.66 to be 2nd |
3.3 | |
1st | SKYLAR LICKLE (HI) | 2.17 2.6 2.67 3.33 1.27 | Wins by 1.54 | 6 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
3rd | MAILI TAHAR (FRA) | 0.67 0.9 1.33 1.73 0.43 | Needs 3.38 to be 1st Needs 1.61 to be 2nd |
3.06 | |
1st | DOMINIQUE MILLER (HI) | 1.37 3.73 0.93 | Wins by 1.77 | 5.1 | |
2nd | KANANI YOCKMAN (HI) | 1 2.33 | Needs 2.78 to be 1st | 3.33 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | IZZI GOMEZ (USA) | 4.17 4.07 0.5 2.13 0.83 5.77 | Wins by 2.3 | 9.94 | |
3rd | ANNIE REICKERT (HI) | 1.83 2.57 0.67 5 | Needs 4.95 to be 1st Needs 2.65 to be 2nd |
7.57 | |
2nd | CANDICE APPELBY (USA) | 2.07 2.47 5.17 2.07 | Needs 4.78 to be 1st | 7.64 | |
4th | ALINE ADISAKA (BRA) | 2.67 3.43 2.1 3.27 2.57 | Needs 6.51 to be 1st Needs 4.22 to be 2nd |
6.7 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
4th | HEATHER WILCOX | 1.5 1 | Combo to be 1st Needs 5.07 to be 2nd |
2.5 | |
1st | FIONA WYLDE | 6.67 4.33 7.5 2.7 4.1 3.87 | Wins by 7.6 | 14.17 | |
2nd | SOPHIA BARTLOW | 0.9 0.73 1.73 3 0.83 3.57 | Combo to be 1st | 6.57 | |
3rd | SARAH HAUSER | 2.67 2.7 0.77 1.7 1.1 0.8 | Combo to be 1st Needs 3.87 to be 2nd |
5.37 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
3rd | IBALLA MORENO (SPA) | 1.87 0.93 2.93 | Needs 8.81 to be 1st Needs 2.58 to be 2nd |
4.8 | |
1st | CAROLINE ANGIBAUD (FRA) | 6.17 1.17 5.57 | Wins by 6.24 | 11.74 | |
2nd | LARA CLAYDON (HI) | 2.33 1.57 1.9 3.17 1.1 0.77 | Needs 8.57 to be 1st | 5.5 | |
4th | DOMINIQUE MILLER (HI) | 1.8 1.73 0.6 | Needs 9.94 to be 1st Needs 3.7 to be 2nd |
3.53 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
4th | NATALIA SMITH | Combo to be 1st Combo to be 2nd |
0 | ||
1st | SHAKIRA WESTDROP (AUS) | 4.67 1.3 2.23 1.1 5.87 5.27 | Wins by 0.47 | 11.14 | |
2nd | NICOLE PACELLI (BRA) | 1.57 5.27 5.4 5.1 | Needs 5.75 to be 1st | 10.67 | |
3rd | SKYLAR LICKLE (HI) | 2.17 3.83 0.9 0.6 2.07 | Needs 7.31 to be 1st Needs 6.84 to be 2nd |
6 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | IZZI GOMEZ | 0.5 5.67 4.83 8.5 | Wins by 5.24 | 14.17 | |
2nd | CANDICE APPELBY | 0.2 0.37 4.03 3.27 2.6 4.9 | Needs 9.27 to be 1st | 8.93 | |
4th | FIONA WYLDE | 0.37 3.77 2.33 1.77 … | Combo to be 1st Needs 5.16 to be 2nd |
6.1 | |
3rd | SOPHIA BARTLOW | 2.17 1.43 1.03 0.5 4.4 1.93 2.23 | Needs 9.77 to be 1st Needs 4.54 to be 2nd |
6.63 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
2nd | CAROLINE ANGIBAUD (FRA) | 5.17 4.67 1.13 1.47 3.33 | Needs 5.78 to be 1st | 9.84 | |
3rd | LARA CLAYDON (HI) | 1.27 3.33 3.37 2.37 | Needs 7.57 to be 1st Needs 6.47 to be 2nd |
6.7 | |
1st | SHAKIRA WESTDORP (AUS) | 2.83 2.17 3.63 0.9 6.17 4.77 | Wins by 1.1 | 10.94 | |
4th | NICOLE PACELLI (BRA) | 3.67 1.5 1.13 0.97 | Needs 7.27 to be 1st Needs 6.17 to be 2nd |
5.17 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
3rd | IZZI GOMEZ (USA) | 4.17 1.33 3.93 1.07 1.17 1.4 3.1 | Needs 6.54 to be 1st Needs 3.94 to be 2nd |
8.1 | |
4th | CANDICE APPELBY (USA) | 0.93 2.23 4.77 1.97 0.9 3.3 | Needs 5.94 to be 1st Needs 3.34 to be 2nd |
8.07 | |
2nd | SHAKIRA WESTDORP (AUS) | 3 0.43 0.67 5.1 1.53 2.9 0.4 | Needs 5.61 to be 1st | 8.1 | |
1st | CAROLINE ANGIBAUD (FRA) | 0.87 0.7 6.77 3.93 | Wins by 2.6 | 10.7 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | NAINOA DAVID (PYF) | 9 5.67 0.43 2.83 0.83 5 4.17 3.93 | Wins by 1.3 | 14.67 | |
4th | ALOHIKEA KALALAU (HI) | 1.5 3.33 0.73 1.8 1.1 2.17 2.33 1.77 | Combo to be 1st Combo to be 2nd |
5.66 | |
2nd | MAUIKI RAIOHA (PYF) | 6.5 0.6 6.87 4.5 1.83 | Needs 7.81 to be 1st | 13.37 | |
5th | THIJS VISSER (NED) | 1 0.6 | Combo to be 1st Combo to be 2nd |
1.6 | |
3rd | JEFFREY SPENCER (HI) | 0.83 4.33 1.8 0.6 0.83 0.57 0.33 1.87 | Combo to be 1st Needs 9.04 to be 2nd |
6.2 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
4th | ALEX MAUWAE (HI) | 1 1.7 0.87 0.23 0.9 0.47 | Needs 4.73 to be 1st Needs 4.73 to be 2nd |
2.7 | |
1st | DAVE ALLEN DE ARMAS (PR) | 4 2.43 0.77 | Wins by 0 | 6.43 | |
2nd | KAI CLAYDON (HI) | 2.83 1.43 1.37 2.27 0.4 3.6 0.93 | Needs 2.84 to be 1st | 6.43 | |
3rd | MARVIN FREITAS (HI) | 2 2.83 1.03 1.77 0.6 0.57 2.07 2.33 | Needs 3.61 to be 1st Needs 3.61 to be 2nd |
5.16 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
1st | KEOLA AUWAE | 9 6.33 7.67 0.6 | Wins by 11.31 | 16.67 | |
2nd | KYLER KERBOX | 1.83 3.53 | Combo to be 1st | 5.36 | |
4th | SLATER FLECK | 4 0.5 0.2 0.93 0.53 | Combo to be 1st Needs 1.36 to be 2nd |
4.93 | |
3rd | FINN SPENCER | 2.37 2.87 2.33 | Combo to be 1st Needs 2.5 to be 2nd |
5.24 | |
6th | ZANE SAENZ | 0.23 1.33 | Combo to be 1st Needs 4.03 to be 2nd |
1.56 | |
5th | ETHAN MANGAT | 0.6 1.5 1.17 1 | Combo to be 1st Needs 3.86 to be 2nd |
2.67 |
Rank | Name | Waves | Needs | Total | |
2nd | DAVE DE ARMAS | 0.63 4.33 3 4.13 | Combo to be 1st | 8.46 | |
5th | KAI CLAYDON | Combo to be 1st Needs 8.46 to be 2nd |
0 | ||
1st | KEOLA AUWAE | 0.9 7.33 4.83 4.33 7.17 2.6 | Wins by 6.04 | 14.5 | |
4th | KYLER KERBOX | 2.83 0.33 | Combo to be 1st Needs 5.63 to be 2nd |
3.16 | |
3rd | FINN SPENCER | 1.5 1.43 2.23 0.3 | Combo to be 1st Needs 6.23 to be 2nd |
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Competitors, kids, families and fans are all gathered here at Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's fabled North Shore this morning, with competition officially commencing for the opening events of the 2015 Standup World Tour. While contest coordinators wait for conditions to improve to begin the Turtle Bay Women's Pro — the opening event of the women's 2015 SUWT season — conditions on the inside section at Turtle Bay West have cleaned up enough to kick off the full day of action with the Turtle Bay Pro Na Kama Kai Youth Challenge, the season's premier youth event showcasing the next generation of the world's top SUP surfers.
The official call for the Turtle Bay Women's Pro will be made following the Na Kama Kai competition, followed by the Patron's Team Shootout — a new contest that involves teams competing head-to-head on giant inflatable SUPs.
Conditions are currently tricky with shifty overhead peaks and a fading mid-period WNW swell, rendering ability to assess the ocean and strategically read waves a critical component of the competition.
First-call for the Men's event, the Sunset Beach Pro, will take place tomorrow morning with a possible start at 8:00 a.m.
Tune in to the Waterman League website to watch the LIVE webcast, and keep tabs on the action with the SUWT's live blog. Also, visit the SUWT Facebook page and follow them on Instagram @standupworldtour.
And, keep updated with daily recaps, behind-the-scenes event coverage and athlete interviews at SUPthemag.com.
Another week, another Weekly Insta — SUP's collection of the best Instagram photos from the standup world, Monday to Sunday. There's a story shared in every nook of social media, and nowhere is it more candidly in view than Instagram as athletes, coaches, events and shops use it to contribute their proverbial thousand-words. Here, we curate the best of the best so you don't have to.
Hashtag #theweeklyinsta for your photos to be considered for the feed!
Check out past weeks' The Weekly Insta here.
Collected by Mike Misselwitz (@mrmizzel)
This weekend, the world's top SUP surfers will descend upon Oahu's fabled North Shore to battle it out at the iconic opening event for the 2015 Standup World Tour — the 6th Annual Sunset Pro and Turtle Bay Women's Pro.
This year's competition promises to deliver the ultimate showcase for SUP, with solid swell expected to grace the "Seven-mile miracle" throughout the week and a long list of world-class talent eager to take it on.
The Pacific Ocean accepted its invitation to the event, with a formidable forecast predicting a combination of 5- to 15-foot, mid-period WNW/NW swells clobbering the coastline all week long (that means most days will see double-, perhaps even triple-overhead waves). Pair that with an unprecedented level of talent in the lineup, and the prestigious season opener makes a cornerstone affair for both the World Tour and the advancement of SUP surfing.
Both the men's and the women's competitive rosters are stacked. Traditional standouts for the Sunset Pro like Kai Lenny, Sean Poynter and defending champion, Caio Vaz, will toe up with event wildcards and some of Hawaii's fiercest watermen (Kala Alexander and Mo Freitas, to name a few) for a battle guaranteed to shatter standards and set precedents for today's level of SUP surfing competition. On the women's side, competitors like Candice Appleby, Nicole Pacelli and Izzi Gomez—top-seeded contestants for this year's event — pioneered a new standard of performance for girl's standup surfing during last year's tour, so expect to see the bar set higher than ever early on in the 2015 season. To round out the action, The Waterman League will also host the Na Kama Kai Youth Challenge, a surf contest for kids, and the Supsquatch Team Challenge, a team surfing event on giant inflatable standup boards.
First-call for the Turtle Bay Women's Pro will be made at 7 a.m. Saturday morning, Feb. 7, marking the official kick-off for the week of competition, with a possible start to the Sunset Pro set for Tuesday, Feb. 10, depending on conditions. Stay tuned to the action and watch the LIVE contest coverage at Watermanleague.com.
SUP magazine online editor and contest correspondent, Mike Fields, will be on-site to cover the event. Check in with SUPthemag.com for daily recaps, athlete interviews and behind-the-scenes event coverage.
For the even schedule, click here.
Here's the 2015 Sunset Pro Trailer:
Here's the Men's Heat Draw for the 2015 Sunset Pro
Here's the Women's Heat Draw for the 2015 Turtle Bay Pro
For more on the Standup World Tour, click here.
–Mike Fields
That SUP yoga thing — it's so hot right now. We're talking sizzling, scorching, searing, smoking hot, and we're not talking about the yogis we typically associate with this tone-transforming pastime (though they're usually pretty smokin' as well). SUP yoga is a niche rooted in the physical challenges of balance and flexibility, paired with the spiritual enrichment that comes with performing yoga — a meditative workout enhanced by breath control and postural poise — on water, the favored arena for us water folk. It stands alone as a well-rounded exercise routine with boundless potential for improving one's yoga proficiency, but the practice is also conducive for all other realms of athleticism, refining balance, flexibility and strength to compliment every active endeavor from SUP to skiing.
Here we find Dashama (yes, that's her actual birth name) — author, yoga instructor and founder of Pranashama Yoga Institute based in Miami, Florida — performing SUP yoga at its finest on her new Starboard inflatable SUP. Dashama's job is to spread the yoga-stoke by conducting yoga teacher trainings and retreats in exotic locations around the globe. Her next retreat is scheduled for April 12-22 in Costa Rica, and registration is now open to all comers.
To register for Dashama's Costa Rica retreat, or for more information about Pranashama Yoga Institute, visit their website.
For another perspective on SUP yoga, check out a recent article from SUP mag's contributing editor, Mike Fields, titled "A Skeptic Looks at SUP Yoga."
For SUP mag's list of the Top-5 SUP yoga destinations, click here.
For more on SUP yoga in general, click here.
"Be Careful" is a phrase that often goes in one ear and slides out the other. But it's one that should never be ignored.
That's why the American Canoe Association released a short, fun and quirky animated video to promote SUP safety. It shows 10 basic tips such as knowing your route, recognizing your limits and constantly acknowledging your surroundings.
Take a look, learn the rules and always be careful!
For other safety tips click here and here.
Q: When paddling for a wave whilst in a surf stance should I paddle only on my forehand side? I get a bit unbalanced when paddling on my backhand.—Steve
A: Ah, the surf stance paddle problem. Whether you're a regular foot going right or a goofy going left, paddling solely on the forehand side tends to turn your nose into the curl. This is great if your intention is to do a fading, left-go-right (or right-go-left) turn. But for most take-offs you want to use a combination of forehand and backhand stokes to keep the board tracking straight. Before your next wave try mixing a few backhand strokes in with your forehand, at maybe a 3-2 ratio, and see how that feels. Just be sure to never get caught switching sides at the crucial the board starts to drop in: at that point dig hard on whatever side you're on.
Q: What, exactly, is the purpose of those coiled-up, curley-cue board leashes? I've got one but all it seems to do is get caught under my feet when ever I move around on my board. Do they ease the pull on your leg in a wipeout? And is that worth the hassle? —Shelly
A: I sense your frustration, Shelly, and am with you all the way. Those coiled leashes are primarily intended for open water racing and touring, the purpose being to have a leash that absorbs strain in case of separation, yet doesn't trail behind in the water, causing drag. Leash drag isn't such a…well, drag on SUP surfboards, and besides, you move around the board much more when riding waves. I'd suggest ditching the urethane rotelli and getting a regular surf leash.
Q: Sweeper, kelp farmer, standup comedian, oaron … my buddies are having a great time giving me sh*t since I picked up the paddle. Have you come up with anything I can throw back at them? - Craig
A: It's been my experience that when people start calling you names it reveals a lot more about them than it does about you. But when interacting with those unfortunates still clinging to LDS (less desirable surfing) it's better, from the obviously superior point of view, to just smile indulgently as they flop and kick along on their bellies. They are physically and emotionally challenged to such an extent they deserve your compassion, not derision.
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> > I would like to check Scheme OS if you could point me to it. :)
> > I would also like to get any info about it... btw, who wrote it?
> Peleg,
> This OS was never written.
> It was a game and design idea for an operating system, using the
> programming langauge.
> It included some interesting ideas about memory managment, and file
> There is only one page of documentation, and it covers almost
> http://www.iglu.org.il:8080/Zen/SchemeOS
> Also, search the Hackers-il archives, you may find something there.
> (But I doubt that, most of the discussion took place in a pub, late
> night, and I doubt if anyone took notes)
> Hopefully, someone with better memory will have time to explain
which is
> I'll also mention my old mistress, HURD operating system.
> Its a unix-like, open-source, micro-kernel based operating system,
> just starting to look usefull, and has good enough documentation to
> usefull for study.
> I wasn't involved with it for more than a year now, but if you have
> questions about it, I can still help (I think).
> For very interesting ideas, look into the EROS project, which is
> diffrent from everything else.
> And if you have good and detailed documentation about the design of
> (message passing, memory managment, file system) - I'd like to have
have it
> And if you need to borrow the classic Tanenbaum book, I think I
> somewhere and can lend it.
> Thanks,
> Chen.
I thank you for the info and references, I'll go look at them now.
About the book, it has allready been ordered and is probably stuck in
the customs service. (only reasons for it to be 3 weeks late)
Could you please tell me what is the Scheme programming language?
Again, thank you very much for the info.
Peleg. - On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Chen Shapira wrote:
> > I wrote a lecture about Scheme and Lambda Calculus for the Haifa Linux
Really? I'm glad you liked it so much. In any case, I only taught enough
> > Club:
> >
> > http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/lecture/Lambda-Calculus/
> >
> > (Disclaimer: it was highly criticized by Omer Mussaev, who is
> > one of the
> > more knowledgable Schemers around us)
> I found the text useful, although more for lambda-calculus than for Scheme.
> There are better scheme texts available on-line, but this is the best "intro
> to lambda-calculus" I saw.
Scheme to be able to teach Lambda Calculus with it, not more; so I agree
that it is not a very good Scheme intro.
BTW, did you check out Mark-Jason Dominus' LC in Perl site?
I only scanned through the article, but it doesn't look so bad.
> But, really, learning scheme has nothing to do with OS research.
Lambda Calculus is the basis for functional programming, so it is actually
> And lambda-calculus is concidered partially estoric, and very advanced math,
> with little connection to anything at all.
quite important. Lexical scoping (which was in fact introduced in Scheme)
was designed to emulate the behaviour of Lambda Calculus. And later
languages such as Perl 5 and XSL inherited the lexical scoping.
So, lexical scoping could not have been possible without lambda calculus,
and it is very convenient, besides.
This is just a simple example. In fact, learning LC can give one a lot of
insights about functional programming and programming in general.
> In TAU, btw, students are introduced to lambda calculus in their first year,
Very interesting. When I learned Lambda Calculus, I managed to do so only
> discrete math course.
becuase I used the Scheme behaviour as an analogy, and thought about
executing lambdas as executing functions.
Since in TAU, students are introduced to programming (in Scheme) in their
second semester, it means that they are not yet as ready as they can be to
learn about lambda calculus. I realize LC was invented before there were
computers powerful enough to execute it, but sometimes it is better to
approach a topic based on a future development.
From what Omer Mussaev told me and from my impression, they place a lot of
focus on Lambda Calculus in BGU. But I think even they teach programming
proper, before they teach LC.
> Needless to say, I was the only one who liked the idea.
I can understand why... Introducing LC to someone who doesn't know
programming is like explaining the Theory of Relativity to someone who
isn't familiar with Newtonian physics. Possible, but un-advised.
Shlomi Fish
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4.14 / 5.00 4,123 ViewsWhen all the facebook vs. Google+ stuff started, and people kept bitching about useless redesign features, I kept imagining the major social hub sites as characters and their personalities formed in my head really easily. I mean, when you think about it, they all have distinct 'personalities'. Anyhow, here's the result of my dicking around.
Fair play great idea will we see more? "im so lonely"
Good job but
Hey this was decent, and their personalities were pretty spot on. Facebook amused me, and I like how you animated youtube. Nice punchline too. However there's some things that kind of bugged me, the position of the characters. The whole flash you can only see half of Google+. It's really distracting and just be careful how you frame your characters. It could be an error with the fla, and not intentional, but just something I thought I should point out.
soooo coooool
haha i like how youtube got rickrolled, couldnt imagine that any better. The rest though was a little meh, nothing hilariously funny.


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This Pimsleur series is outstanding, but pricey.
The problem with audible.com's delivery of these five lessons is that they show up as a single track, a single .mp3 file. This makes listening to them a chore. It should be possible not only to skip to a different lesson, but to skip to parts of a lesson. For example, each lesson ends with about 5 minutes of a workbook exercise. I want to skip this part as I can't do it in the car. But the single track prevents me from skipping it.
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Rick's group has moved into Alexandria, but can they get along with its residents?
The truth has been revealed to just about everyone. So, now what?
Character » Jiraiya appears in 71 issues.
Anko is a playful Special Jonin from Konoha that gets excited by the sight of blood.
Were both students under the Third Hokage and are best friends. Jiraiya has a crush on her, but she keeps their relationship friendly.
Asked Jiraiya if he could name his son after the main character in Jiraiya first book.
Fukasaku is one of the Two Great Sage Toads from Mount Myoboku.
Gama is a large summoned-frog from Mount Myoboku.
A good friend and are drinking buddies.
Gamaken is a giant summoned-frog who may be a bit clumsy but is a powerful taijutsu fighter.
Gamakichi was summoned by Jiraiya at least once when in battle vs Orochimaru.
Great Toad Sage is the elder of Mount Myoboku and is known for his highly accurate prophecies.
Homura Mitokado is a former ninja and now elder of Konohagakure.
Jiraiya is the teacher of Kakashi's master and sensei, Minato Namizake. They have a deep respect for each other, so much so that Jiraiya has said he would be comfortable with Kakashi becoming the Hokage, that he 'is a given'.
Katsuyu is the giant Slug Queen summoned by the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade.
Kushina Uzumaki is the mother of Naruto Uzumaki and the lover of Minato Nimikaze.
Konoha's Noble Green Beast, Might Guy. Guy is a Jonin of Konoha and Leader of Team Guy, Which consists of Hyuuga Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee.
Jiraiya trained Naruto for almost three years. He is also the Godfather of Naruto.
The legendary "White Fang" whose power and respect rivaled the legendary Sannin. He wielded a tanto and possessed white chakra. He is the father of Kakashi Hatake.
Sakura Haruno is a bright and energetic ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village, and a member of Team 7 as their medic. Wife of Sasuke Uchiha and mother of Salada Uchiha. She was trained by Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, in both medical jutsu and combat. Now, she's a powerhouse in close-combat.
Shima is an elder toad from Mount Myōboku. and the wife of Fukasaku.
She is a Jonin from the Hidden Leaf Village and is Lady Tsunade's Assistant. She is a highly-skilled Medical Ninja.
One of Hiruzen's student.
Yahiko was a ninja who was trained by Jiraiya. After his death, Nagato used his body as Deva Path in his Six Paths of Pain.
Yamato(formerly known as Tenzo) was one Orochimaru's test Subjects and was ANBU member before taking lead of team 7.
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Comment: Re:gpg (Score 2) 308
It's still potentially useful even if nobody else uses it; you can at least show later on that you or someone with access to your private key signed something.
Comment: Re:Same error, repeated (Score 4, Informative) 308
Comment: Re:Simple solution (Score 3, Interesting) 431
I presume "real computer" was snark for "not Microsoft Windows".
Selections and the clipboard both have their uses.
Selections are faster and leaner--you can just highlight some text, then center-click wherever to copy it there. It's faster than having to highlight, then explicitly copy with Ctrl-C or whatever, then click somewhere, then paste with Ctrl-V or whatever. It's also guaranteed to give you plain text, rather than bringing along formatting and images and stuff.
The clipboard is more featureful, it's useful when you want to bring along formatting or images or other non-text stuff. It also allows you to highlight another area and paste over it, as you mention. It's also more persistent, so if you are working on code or something and have a string you're going to paste repeatedly, you might put that on the clipboard with Ctrl-C and have it until you explicitly cut something else; you can still do selection copy/paste for quick little stuff in the interim, but still have your main item saved on the clipboard so you don't have to go re-copy it.
Having both is useful. Selections are a lot faster, I use them the majority of the time but still use the clipboard sometimes.
Comment: Re:LOL ... w00t? (Score 5, Informative) 292
Propose such a "simple" perl script.
Here are some cases it should know how to deal with:
Between numbers (note that slashdot eats some of these characters; the numbers below all have different dashes or related symbols between "555" and "1000"):
"Pages 555–1000 discuss this matter" (this should be an internumeral dash, which is typically an en dash, U+2013).
"Her phone number is 5551000" (this should be a figure dash, U+2012).
"There were actually a lot more of them than the estimated 555—1000, to be precise" (this should be an em dash, U+2014).
"The teacher asked me to solve 5551000. I told him negative 455 was the answer." (this should be a minus sign, U+2212)
Between letters/words you have a similar problem: even if you know it shouldn't be a minus sign (which symbolic algebra makes tough to know for sure, but suppose you could surmount that), you generally have no idea what kind of dash or hyphen it should be turned into.
Comment: Re:Rubbery definition? (Score 1) 24
My guess is that "continuously living" is meant to exclude spores and the like, but it's unclear.
Comment: Re:100% Agree (Score 1) 567
For most all other cases, reading documents, coding, surfing the web, portrait view is better. Think about the flow when you are reading, isn't it natural that you want to see more rather than scrolling up and down?
I'm with you on e-reading.
Landscape is vastly superior to portrait for coding--I always have multiple windows open side-by-side. Stacking them vertically makes line-by-line comparison more difficult. And you can easily have a web browser open on the right half of the screen for stackexchange/docs/whatever while you edit on the left half.
Comment: Re:Competitors? (Score 1) 203
At least most studies show it is more shatterproof glass than scratch resistant, which is Gorilla's forte it seems.
That's too bad, I was about to complain about Corning worrying about drop tests when scratches are a far bigger problem for most people. It's easy enough not to drop your phone, it's difficult to avoid scratches from everyday wear without resorting to crappy screen protectors and the like.
Comment: Re:should be easy enough to change it back (Score 1) 400
They never had a search engine, they had a hierarchical link index.
It was almost like using a massive, nested bookmarks folder, and it relied on user-submitted pages to grow (no spidering).
Comment: Re:should be easy enough to change it back (Score 3, Interesting) 400
Yes, but there are rumblings of them trying to launch their own engine again. http://searchenginewatch.com/a...
Yahoo's never been effective at writing their own search engine; they were powered by Google up until 2004, and before that Inktomi. In 2004 they tried their own engine for the first time, but it sucked. In 2009 they cut a deal with Bing.
Comment: This is the latest in a long unfortunate evolution (Score 5, Interesting) 331
A liberal arts or pure science education is not meant to be a professional degree. It's a way to learn a lot about a particular topic, independently of whether that directly helps your employment chances or not.
Historically, there was a fairly sharp delineation between universities and vocational schools--even "white collar" vocational schools like engineering were at separate institutions (often A&T or A&M schools), and lawyers and doctors were primarily apprenticed. At some point doctors, and later lawyers, became highly skilled professions that needed more formal training. To a degree it made sense to combine medical schools with pure sciences under one university, since some of the basics overlap.
But it had the unfortunate side effect of starting the thought in people's minds that universities are vocational institutions, rather than institutions of higher learning. I certainly don't mean to insinuate that a liberal arts degree has no application in the real world--quite the contrary. But it's intentionally targeted at longer-term learning rather than particular vocations per se, and not everyone who pursues a higher degree does so as a job entree.
Nonetheless, the law schools and med schools were followed by a spate of mergers between technical institutes and universities. Suddenly non-university vocational institutes were looked on as crappy and inferior, and it became a mantra (for no good reason) that you needed a 4-year college/university degree to succeed at jobs that historically had been done quite successfully without it. Even a shorter professional program started to become more prestigious if allied with a 4-year college, for no good reason (e.g. nursing schools at universities being, generally, valued more highly than independent nursing colleges).
The result was a massive spike in the number of people going to 4-year colleges--that number has sextupled or so over the past 60ish years--and a massive decline in the number of people going to vocational and technical schools. The latter have become a joke to the point where vocational school brings to mind TV commercials for Devry or Andover tractor trailer driving or dental hygeniest schools.
The downfalls of this are manifold. University prices skyrocket as everyone seeks to get in, whether they are really interested in a university degree or not. Vocational schools fold and a large percentage of the people who'd have attended them are forced into universities, exacerbating #1. Jobs see more and more college degrees, and start expecting them, making people start viewing colleges and universities as professional/career prep schools.
And universities become disincentivized to teach pure liberal arts or even theoretical mathematics, as they start being judged based on how good they are as job factories rather than as educational institutions; the result is a short-term focus that harms long-term research and eventually job opportunities (much akin to eliminating R&D budgets, but on a national scale).
Comment: Re:Read Tesla's patents (Score 1) 140
If you want a non-bullshit view of Tesla, read his patents. His real achievement was that he figured out most of the kinds of modern AC motors. It's not at all obvious how you get an AC motor started and turning in the right direction. Clever tricks with bits of copper in the magnetic circuit are used to bias starting direction, and synchronous motors start up as induction motors. Tesla worked all that out
Like Edison, Tesla had a surprising knack for suddenly inventing and patenting things that had been invented shortly beforehand by people in other countries, and then failing to credit the original inventor while pocketing their profits; the modern induction motor is one example. Galileo Ferarris worked it all out and published in 1885; Tesla (supposedly independently) invented it and filed for a US patent on it a couple of years later, and Tesla and Westinghouse abused the patent and court system to deprive the original inventor of credit and rights (Even if Tesla actually did come up with it independently, he was second to the table).
Walter Bailey had also demonstrated induction motors in 1879, but they were a more primitive design.
Comment: Re:Windows 9X (Score 1) 349
It's how Java exposes the OS name to its users. If you look in that list, that os.name property is a native Java function. The Java library itself probably goes through all the BS required to get that, instead of the version number or some other more reliable method to see if your stuff will run.
Java actually does the right thing. System.getProperty("os.version") returns the version number ("4.0", "4.1", etc). System.getProperty("os.name") returns the human-readable name ("Windows 95", "Windows 98", etc).
It's some third-party Java developers who are too dumb to use the right property (or to look up capabilities directly rather than attempting to infer them from version numbers).
Comment: Re:losing your rights (Score 1) 274
I guess under these standards the papua new guinea indigenous dress [google.com] would be considered pornography and 'child pornography'.
No. There's nothing "sexually explicit" about that dress. Nudity is not per se sexually explicit (see the example of Thora Birch cited, or any number of TV commercials featuring naked babies).
Comment: Re:It wasn't environmentalism ... (Score 1) 91
The white rhino was saved due to the efforts of a few visionaries who convinced the South African government and Swaziland, if I recall correctly, to allow the commercial breeding of white rhino (which means for profit, in case you don't understand economics 101). The fact that people, including Mericuns, could hunt them for large sums of money, meant that there was money to protect them and breed them. That's what saved them
The timing simply doesn't support this theory as sole or primary driver--the hunting program wasn't launched until 1968. By then conservation measures had already resulted in a tenfold increase in the white rhino population from their turn-of-the-century lows.


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