here comes the Pacific
New options are on the rise for surfers in the desert. Researchers at the University of Arizona project that the sea level will rise 1 meter – three whole feet – by the year 2100. Why does this matter? Why do they care? Good questions. It matters because it brings the ocean closer to me, to us. It cuts down our commute, and inspires the pipe dream of beachfront property in Yuma. Our grandchildren’s grandkids won’t have to pack five people in a four seat car for six hours to find flat, blown-out surf. Instead, they’ll just put on their iPhone jetpacks and tweet (replaced traveling in 2065) only a few minometers (time will be metric by 2100) to the surf. But why UA researchers? Whose only water source is the on-campus turtle pond? Because they’re bored in the desert too. So begin the countdown to 2100 – and watch out Jacumba, Calif., your Subway and gas station are going to be much less convenient when they’re underwater. And of course, if this doesn’t work out, we’ll just get one of these. They look...
read morehere comes the Pacific
New options are on the rise for surfers in the desert. Researchers at the University of Arizona project that the sea level will rise 1 meter – three whole feet – by the year 2100. Why does this matter? Why do they care? Good questions. It matters because it brings the ocean closer to me, to us. It cuts down our commute, and inspires the pipe dream of beachfront property in Yuma. Our grandchildren’s grandkids won’t have to pack five people in a four seat car for six hours to find flat, blown-out surf. Instead, they’ll just put on their iPhone jetpacks and tweet (replaced traveling in 2065) only a few minometers (time will be metric by 2100) to the surf. But why UA researchers? Whose only water source is the on-campus turtle pond? Because they’re bored in the desert too. So begin the countdown to 2100 – and watch out Jacumba, Calif., your Subway and gas station are going to be much less convenient when they’re underwater. And of course, if this doesn’t work out, we’ll just get one of these. They look...
read more8 West executive CA tour
From Tucson to PHX, PHX to Ventura, Malibu, LA, OC, San Diego and back. Made possible by the 8 West. Route, photos and more after the jump. View 8West CA Tour in a larger map @CountyLine: dawn patrol, clean and offshore with good lines off the point. never fails. 1/7 @Zuma: tower 4, steep and consistent beachbreak. a fast wave, and lots of peaks. 1/7 @Redondo: LA bay flats, beachbreak sometimes of the jetties. nothing today. 1/7 @Haggerty’s: a left point, with one thick crew of a crowd. local vibe heavy. 1/7 @Uppers: consistent and clean, well worth the walk. top 3 in CA for me. 1/8 @Cardiff: sunset session off the Cardiff reefs, hard to beat. 1/8 @LJShores: one final surf before return to the desert. clean and clear, small but worth it....
read more8 West executive CA tour
From Tucson to PHX, PHX to Ventura, Malibu, LA, OC, San Diego and back. Made possible by the 8 West. Route, photos and more after the jump. View 8West CA Tour in a larger map @CountyLine: dawn patrol, clean and offshore with good lines off the point. never fails. 1/7 @Zuma: tower 4, steep and consistent beachbreak. a fast wave, and lots of peaks. 1/7 @Redondo: LA bay flats, beachbreak sometimes of the jetties. nothing today. 1/7 @Haggerty’s: a left point, with one thick crew of a crowd. local vibe heavy. 1/7 @Uppers: consistent and clean, well worth the walk. top 3 in CA for me. 1/8 @Cardiff: sunset session off the Cardiff reefs, hard to beat. 1/8 @LJShores: one final surf before return to the desert. clean and clear, small but worth it....
read morethe cure for common
To delay sleep in an attempt to deny the expectations of the morning is akin to procrastinating from progress. But routine is rough. The static schedules deny variability, spontaneity or any sense of adventure – a sacrifice made for means to an end in the future. For some this sacrifice is meant to be a blip on the timeline of these ends, but where is the promise that the future holds something different from the present? These common hours, common attitudes – they lead to common results. It’s the concept of input to output, where he is the function. If one advances without direction, lives life uninspired, the fruit of his toils will be common. Far too often are dreams abandoned in the race to get ahead – to gain the most common of success. The dream gives direction, a perspective that each breath is better than the last, each step progress towards the life imagined. Understanding the good that comes from the bad and the wisdom that can be found in sacrifice. For the one seeking success unexpected, these dreams are what lull him to sleep at night. I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.Walden, Henry David...
read morethe cure for common
To delay sleep in an attempt to deny the expectations of the morning is akin to procrastinating from progress. But routine is rough. The static schedules deny variability, spontaneity or any sense of adventure – a sacrifice made for means to an end in the future. For some this sacrifice is meant to be a blip on the timeline of these ends, but where is the promise that the future holds something different from the present? These common hours, common attitudes – they lead to common results. It’s the concept of input to output, where he is the function. If one advances without direction, lives life uninspired, the fruit of his toils will be common. Far too often are dreams abandoned in the race to get ahead – to gain the most common of success. The dream gives direction, a perspective that each breath is better than the last, each step progress towards the life imagined. Understanding the good that comes from the bad and the wisdom that can be found in sacrifice. For the one seeking success unexpected, these dreams are what lull him to sleep at night. I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.Walden, Henry David...
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