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With the rain drowning Newport, and grass hills and parks being soaked all week, I thought I’d take a moment to recount my favorite “sport” from my childhood.  I’m not sure if it has an official name, but we would always call it grass surfing. You see,...

Wind. I can only think of two sports in Newport Beach that are made better by heavy winds, and they’re practically the same sport: windsurfing and kiteboarding.  With the winds kicking up this week into the 30 mph range, most outdoor sports are put on hold until the gentle...

  By Sherri Cruz Orange County Business Journal   It’s called a casterboard. It looks like a skateboard except it has two caster wheels that provide a ride that’s more like surfing. A South Korean inventor came up with the Wave casterboard. A Laguna Beach-based...

  As I bounced around Newport this week running errands, surfing this little swell that’s here, and driving down our city streets, I couldn’t think about anything but manners. I thought about the people that have great manners, but even more about the people with a glaring...

  I could have been valedictorian, but coach, I thought you would understand. I was surfing for three straight hours and the surf was so good that I just couldn’t get out of the water and come to your fitness class at OCC. Besides, I was getting better exercise...

  By Brian Lichterman | Sports Editor   Surfboard making has come a long way since the days of 16-foot giants made from koa wood. The advent of the hollow board and the technical advances that came after World War II – such as fiberglass, plastics, and Styrofoam...