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Print Carissa Moore secured a special place in sports history with her capture of the Olympics first women’s surfing gold medal. Her feat came as no surprise to Jim Kempton, president of the California Surf Museum in Oceanside. “There couldn’t be a more perfect person to take the stand for the United States and Hawaii,” her home state, says the former editor-in-chief of Surfer magazine, who is a friend of Carissa and her father. In addition to being recognized as the best woman surfer, Kempton says, “she is the epitome of the aloha spirit and what the Olympics stand for.”

Don and Joyce Hoffman, the couple that does everything together, was vaccinated side by side this month. Author: Allen Carter Updated: 12:54 AM EST January 20, 2021 Don and Joyce Hoffman have been married for 67 years and they have not been apart for much of it.  The couple, in their 90s, reside at Hooverwood Living, a long-term care facility in Indianapolis.  Earlier this year, Joyce spent more than a month in isolation, away from Don, after a bout with COVID-19 in June.  She said she was disoriented, but fortunately did not have any more severe symptoms. J...

Print David Matuszak has been surfing the waters of San Diego County for more than 40 years. One of his favorite spots is San Onofre State Beach on the northern tip of Camp Pendleton. About eight years ago, he got the idea to write about the memories of his friend Wally Duesler, a pioneer surfer who first surfed San Onofre in 1937. He envisioned a 50- to 100-page booklet. But before he even began his research, Duesler told his surfing buddies about the idea and they wanted to share their memories, too. “From there the project became a runaway train. What I thought would be a six-month proj...

Staff Tyler Wright makes history as the first woman to win a Championship Tour event at Pipeline. Photo: WSL / Keoki Saguibo Tyler Wright made history today as the first woman to win a Championship Tour event at Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu. Wright defeated Carissa Moore in the finals of the Maui Pro presented by ROXY, which moved locations from Maui’s famed Honolua Bay after a surfer died after a shark attack during the contest window. Wright was understandably excited about the victory, her first of the 2020/2021 season, and its significance. “I definitely don’t take ...