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Aussies from the Gold Coast are coming to Surf Expo
Aussies from the Gold Coast are coming to Surf Expo! Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 9 September, 2010 : - - A contingent of Australian lifestyle, surf orientated companies are venturing up from Australia's Gold Coast to show their wares this weekend at the up-coming Surf Expo in Orlando, Florida.

to Test Bamboo Bike During Climate Awareness Trip Climate Ride
Trial by fire is always the best way to go, right? Well...anyway. From September 20-25, I'll be putting one of the most interesting bamboo bikes on the market to the test as one of 150 participating in climate awareness bike trip Brita Climate Ride .

Richard Somers is a homegrown American hero
"Between 1530 and 1780 there were almost certainly 1 million and quite possibly as many as 1.25 million white, European Christians enslaved by the Muslims of the Barbary Coast .

Bishop's rows back from the brink
The interior of the St-Mark's Chapel is seen at the Bishop's University campus in Sherbrooke on Friday, September 3, 2010.

Appeal for Sean McGowan's history-making boat to be saved for Limerick
By Anne Sheridan CALLS have been made for Limerick's two local authorities to jointly purchase rower Sean McGowan's boat Tess, which is now back in Limerick.

Literary events in Asheville area
Your guide to author and literary events in Western North Carolina, Sept. 5-12. THREE POETS: Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe hosts "Poetrio," featuring poets Nancy Simpson, Neva Bryan, and a third to be announced at 55 Haywood St., Asheville, 3 p.m. Call 254-6734. DECORATION DAY HISTORY: Alan Jabbour and Karen Singer Jabbour give an illustrated ...

Adventure-seeker Katie Spotz undergoes new experience -- driving minivan with screwdriver in ignition
Katie Spotz, who has rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, biked across the United States and swam the Allegheny River, endured a new experience Friday -- driving her minivan home on Friday with a screwdriver in the ignition.

Skiff John B sets sail in honour of former Provost
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Owls Head | $724,500
Gorgeous, custom built, contemporary home on Rockland Harbor, meticulously maintained, 80' from the water, beautifully appointed, gas fireplaces, sunroom & large deck on oceanside, three-car garage w/finished bonus rooms above, perennial gardens, privacy! Town: Owls Head Zoning: shoreland Driveway: Gravel , Paved Taxes: $4,054 2010 989689 13/041 ...

'A Pearl in the Storm' focus of Northern Kentucky One Book, One Community
On June 14, 1998, Tori Murden McClure set off on a journey that would change her life forever, rowing solo across the Atlantic Ocean in what would become one of the worst hurricane seasons on record.

Ocean Rower and Environmental Campaigner Roz Savage Comes to Sacramento
Ocean Rower and Environmental Campaigner, Roz Savage, comes to Sacramento to give public presentation.

Great ways to celebrate the Labor Day long weekend
Celebrating the long Labor Day weekend is something we will soon be doing. Our plans will depend on what else is going on, especially if anyone in the family is in the middle of getting ready to go back to school.

Authentic Polynesian luau coming to Leduc
The weather may have taken a turn for the cooler lately, but don't worry: the kickoff party for the Leduc Boat Club's third annual Northern Alberta Big Boat Regatta will be hot, hot, hot.

Coca-Cola puts World AIDS Day rowboat on display at Times Square in NYC
New York City - "Ocean rowing makes me happy", said a jubilant Victor Mooney of Forest Hills, New York.

Eco-tours close to home %%by%%By Deirdre Long%%endby%% for the WW/HN E
But the beach wasn't in a far-flung, exotic locale; it was in Jersey City. The group explored Caven Point Beach in Liberty State Park near Port Liberte and took kayaks into New York Harbor, led by two eco-guides from the park's Interpretive Center.

Windjammer Festival schedule of events
The Camden Windjammer Festival is a community-led celebration of Camdena TMs maritime heritage and living traditions.

Windjammer Weekend schedule of events
The Camden Windjammer Festival is a community-led celebration of Camdena TMs maritime heritage and living traditions.

SDSU-linked quartets vying in prestigious competition
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 8:13 p.m. Local philanthropists Joseph Fisch and his wife, Joyce Axelrod, are in a quandary.

Rowing under the moonlight
That's a "taxi" captain preparing to bring passengers across the bay in the afternoon, at Michamvi Beach in Zanzibar.

Dragon boats make splash at Pawtucket Arts festival
When Lillie Zuck moved back to North Smithfield from Taiwan back in July, she truly believed her days as a dragon boat racer were over.