The 13-year-old looks up at me from where she has been tracing patterns in the sand. “What do you wear when you swim in America?” she asks. I hesitate before replying, “Not much.”

Rawand nods sagely. “When you surf in America, do people stare at you?”

"There is this line in Chariots of Fire where Eric Liddell is explaining the reconciliation ..."

Like when your aunt sees an article about Laird and thinks "I know who would appreciate this!"? Well this is kind of like that.

On the other hand, I read (view?) the Big Picture blog pretty regularly. Alan Taylor usually picks out some amazing photos. So when I saw that this week's theme was surfing, I figured I'd share it with SR.

"I love this one too: "

I'm not usually a big fan of super-high production surf movies, but some of this footage is pretty drool inducing! (Ignore the dudes-sounding-smart dialogue.)

Amazing GoPro footage of James Taylor snapping his L1 vertebra.

"It was right at the slot. I was "shooting the cliff" in my younger stupid days... it was ..."