Scooter Newell
Article Category: Jedi Grind Tricks
JEDI GRIND TRICKS By Scooter Newell I decided to “Get my Gump on” and Skayeet clear acrows tayown just for the soul session of it. And I wanted to celebrate the time of my life when my skateboard was my only transportation. I started off at my mother and father-in-law’s house out by the golf course where I was cat sitting. It was late, about 12:10 in the morning. I set up a board with nice soft wheels on a Chuck Dinkins Soul Trip deck. It had the luxury feel of a longboard with... [Read more...]
Courtney Dutson
Article Category: Pet of the Month
COSMOS By Courtney Dutson; Photos by Kate Flack It took Tom Barrett two whole years of hard work to acquire his beloved pet Cosmos. A Brevard native, Tom has always been in tune with the flora and fauna of our seaside environment. So he was quick to notice when the non-native, Bahamian Curly-Tailed Lizard migrated from South Florida (the site of their initial release on the U.S. mainland in the 1940s) and took up residence in Cocoa Beach within recent years. He became fascinated with the new lizard,... [Read more...]
Staff Sgt. Leslie Kraushaar
Article Category: On Base
ON BASE By Staff Sgt. Leslie Kraushaar 920th Rescue Wing Public Affairs Local heroes share their rescue adventures on Facebook The Air Force Reserve Combat search and rescue Airmen are used to going to work in the most extreme conditions. Now you can be a part of the action by joining their new Facebook site. In addition to rescuing downed pilots and other Special Forces troops in war zones, their day at the office looks very different than what most of us do. During a typical day at the 920th Rescue... [Read more...]
Greg Gordon
Article Category: Costa Rica Surf Report
Photo caption: No one recognized the beach from last month. It was Dominicalito. Be one of the first three to email info@crsurf.com with the name of this break and win a CRSURF eco-t-shirt! ~ Photo: GG Costa Rica Surf Report By Greg Gordon www.crsurf.com FORECAST Caribbean Coast: Expect small waves for the majority of the month, but it won’t quite be flat either. Consistent tropical systems send in surf knee- to waist-high, and will be occasionally bigger if a storm brushes closer to the coast. Pacific... [Read more...]
COCOA BEACH SURF MUSEUM Oral history project at CBSM • Lani Mucha • “In their rememberings are the truths.” — Studs Terkel “I never felt the bite. The teeth were so sharp I thought a turtle had hit my foot. I let out a really short scream. When I laid back down on my board and looked back, there was just blood, so of course I knew it was a shark. The two guys who came to help me out said it was definitely a shark. They saw the dorsal fin behind me.” Those were the... [Read more...]
John Hearin
Article Category: Surf Rider Foundation
Surfrider Foundation, Cocoa Beach Chapter By John Hearin surfrider.cocoabeach@gmail.com www.surfrider.org/cocoabeach On August 14 and 15, we hosted the Florida State Surfrider Conference at the Cocoa Beach Hilton. The conference was attended by every chapter in Florida, as well as by members from Atlanta and California. We discussed many topics critical to our mission of protecting the oceans and beaches, including the Gulf Oil Spill, the proliferation of plastics, mangrove restoration, dune restoration,... [Read more...]
Samantha Deebel
Article Category: Recipes
RECIPES • Samantha Deebel • I had my first taste of French food outside a train station in Paris. I’d arrived from Switzerland after a five-hour train journey to one of the most exciting cities in the world, but al I could think about was food. There was a crêpe stand nearby, so I ordered a crepe with chocolate sauce. Divine! On a later road trip somewhere outside of Lyon, I stayed at a hotel that offered outdoor evening dinners with all the other guests. We ate course after course, drank... [Read more...]
Ray LaMontagne God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise RCA/Red; 2010 If you’re like me, “Trouble” was your first introduction to Ray LaMontagne. It’s a revelatory song from his sophomore album of the same name, one that lolls comfortably in the past while trudging determinedly toward the future of folk. If LaMontagne’s voice, which falls somewhere between Levon Helm and Sam Cooke, wasn’t arresting enough, his thoughtful, poetic lyrics backed up many... [Read more...]
Mark James
Article Category: Book Review
Star Island By Carl Hiaasen Alfred A. Knopf; 337 pages; $26.95 The Skinks of the world have always been my heroes. Not the endangered four-legged variety that inhabit Central Florida, but the one and only former college football star, Vietnam vet, and ex-governor who has become a fixture in Carl Hiaasen’s novels. Hiaasen’s Skink inhabits the swamps of South Florida, and has a penchant for righting the wrongs of environmental rapists who prey on Florida’s natural beauty. “Star... [Read more...]
Romeo Pomodoro
Article Category: Inquire of Romeo
Dear Romeo, After years of dating and suffering in pointless, immature relationships, I’ve finally met the girl of my dreams. I’ve dreamt about meeting someone like Ashley my entire life. She’s smart, funny, successful and beautiful, and she shares my beliefs about life, love, religion and politics. Though we’ve only been seeing each other for two months, we’ve already made plans to marry and have even discussed having lots of children. Everything about her is perfect,... [Read more...]
