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AUBURN — With just a few weeks until actors were set to take to the stage in performances of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” last December, Excelsior Arts Academy and Youth Theater Executive Director Kent Johnson was forced to cancel the show. Cases of COVID-19 were on the rise, and while the First Christian Church in Auburn was the perfect setting to tell the Christmas story, there was not the room needed for the cast to socially distance backstage, Johnson explained. “Th...

What is the competition format? A total of 40 athletes (20 men and 20 women) will compete, broken down into multiple rounds, eventually leading to gold and bronze medal finals. The initial rounds will have four and five-person heats, and the main rounds (round 3 onwards) will have two-person heats, where the winner advances to the next round and the loser is eliminated.  The top two surfers from each heat in round 1 will advance directly to round 3. The bottom two surfers will move onto round ...

has lived and surfed in San Diego since 2012. He lives in Clairemont. Sports are so ubiquitous in human life that it would almost seem natural to eventually include surfing in the Olympics. Like other sports, there are contests, points, a final and a winner. But surfing separates itself from the rest in that it requires cooperation from Mother Nature, who plays by her own set of rules. Add in subjective judging, and you get the imperfect sport of competition surfing. Understandably, it rarely ...

Surf Surf Todo lo que necesitas saber para seguir la competición de surf en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020. La sede, las fechas, los favoritos y las medallas. Por   Del 25 de julio al 1 de agosto, aunque la intención es que dure cuatro días, con un margen de tres más por si faltasen condiciones en las olas. En la playa de Tsurigasaki, en el departamento de Chiba y a 92 kilómetros de Tokio. No asegura grandes olas, pero allí se han organizado eventos internacionales, y es la playa ...

We caught up with the 21-year-old ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Games.

What The Never-Ending Aussie Leg Taught Us About 2021 And where they’re all gonna have to go from here. Photo: Dunbar/WSL Link copied to clipboard It was amazing, how fast some people moved. The instant they were bumped out of Rottnest, they got on planes and fled — to the Gold Coast or Sydney to wait for the WSL’s charter flight back to the US, or for a coupla days at home before taking off to El Salvador and the ISA Games, then to Kelly’s Ranch for the next CT, ding dong. The speed of...

Community It doesn’t necessarily get any easier to tell the height of a wave from the water. Photo: Brent Storm//Unsplash Editor’s Note:  Welcome to Surf History 101, where we look at innovations in the world of surfing and beyond that changed the pursuit forever. In this edition, Sam George examines the history of measuring waves and how it’s shaped the pursuit. What Is It The decades-long custom of ignoring actual wave height, choosing instead to declaratively assert an est...

The World Surfing Games will complete the qualification process for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with the world's best surfers competing in Surf City, El Salvador

What is the competition format? A total of 40 athletes (20 men and 20 women) will compete, broken down into multiple rounds, eventually leading to gold and bronze medal finals. The initial rounds will have four and five-person heats, and the main rounds (round 3 onwards) will have two-person heats, where the winner advances to the next round and the loser is eliminated.  The top two surfers from each heat in round 1 will advance directly to round 3. The bottom two surfers will move onto round ...

Voters in Dundee City East have elected the SNP's Shona Robison for a fifth time with just under 60 per cent of the vote in the Scottish election