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Https://open.spotify.com/episode/3IAZHxLHPDac6hfgZW3J3s?si=81c9eac997724d0b This week, The Generic Foiling Podcast pinned down Sam Light to chat about the beginnings of wingfoiling for a kiteboarder, his Hayling Island and Isle of Wight circumnavigation, building his Youtube empire and his work with Slingshot Global. Click here to listen to it! Sam is a great ambassador of our sports and one
By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel The world’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerged from his winter hibernation Tuesday on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and predicted another six weeks of winter. But few people are aware that the annual ceremony every Feb. 2 was not that big a deal until a local Jewish coal mine operator added pizzazz to the festivities, The Forward reported. According to the website jewishfamilieshistory.org, Punxsutawney was incorporated in 1849 and the first synagogue was founded in 1889. In the mid-20th century, the Light family was wel...
Courtesy of Jeffrey Lundy Sam Light and Phil, Punxsutawney’s famous groundhog. Soon after becoming president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club in 1952, Sam Light decided he would give the day some added flair by wearing a top hat and tails when he pulled the town’s famed groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, from a tree stump shortly before 7:30 a.m. to determine if he could see his shadow. If he could not, it meant an early spring. If he could, it meant six more weeks of winter. “In those days, celebrities and other important people would arrive in New York aboard ocean liners, and there to g...
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