Under Sail to Mt Waddington: Reporting from the Summit Push

You may remember the story in frequency TSJ #8.2 about a group that set sail for Alaska's Mt St Elias with the goal of climbing and riding 18,000 feet back to the ocean. Well, the same core crew has set sail for BC's Mt Waddington--the highest peak in BC's Coast Mountains--to attempt a circumnavigation of the peak, summit, and ride some mind-bending couloirs along the way. Down to their last few days in the mountains, conditions improved, and the crew made a move--this just in from Taylor Woodward, who's recovering from his crevasse fall in camp:

"Steve's team made a push the last two days on the South Face of Waddington, making it to 12,700 feet at the base of the summit pinnacle. They had to bivy on the route with eventually a retreat, out of gas after 36 hours of push. They are back at the north end of Jester Pass safely. Steve and Adam's effort was impressive considering there have only been 6 successful parties to climb this route. 

Dave and Ryan made a push towards the Northwest Summit of Waddington but got turned back around the North Ridge junction at the Angel Glacier confluence due to a whiteout. They are currently at the South end of Jester Pass, in regular contact with Steve's party. All involved will be heading back tomorrow, foreseeably 3 days from their position 50 miles in, to the Homathko camp."

There you have it--no summit, but a fair bit of riding and climbing--from sea to near summit once again, and all are headed out safe and sound. Enjoy the sail home.

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UFC helps amateur shows grow: Tuff-N-Uff in bigger arena tonight in Vegas

Memorial Day weekend is jammed with parties and concerts in Las Vegas. UFC 130 is certainly the biggest sporting event in town, but it's not the only MMA going down. One of the best amateur shows in the country has outgrown its old digs and moved to a bigger arena. Tuff-N-Uff takes place tonight at the 3,500 seat Cox Pavilion.

The card is headlined by Frank Mir's cousin Larry Mir, who's facing Chis Barden. Mir realizes the significance of the amateur show moving to a larger venue.

"It is such a huge honor to be able to fight where Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar had their fight [at the first Ultimate Fighter finale]. They speak so much about how that fight put MMA in the mainstream," Mir told the Las Vegas Sun. "It's such a big honor to be able to fight where the greats have fought."

The weigh-ins for the card took place yesterday at the Sky Combat Ace hangar where Randy and Ryan Couture were on hand along with TUF 7 champ Amir Sadollah.

The fight card starts at 7 p.m. PT. Yahoo! Sports lead MMA writer and myself will be on hand doing our ESPNRadio1100 "The MMA Insiders" show from 6-7 p.m. Come by and say hi, or listen here. Tonight's guest include Anthony Pettis and Brendan Schaub.

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Carry a PLB Kath and I generally hike alone. Rarely does anyone know where we are, because we tend to plan last-minute, according to the weather. We’ve always known that self rescue was our only hope in case of emergency. And we’ve always been comfortable with that. But as our backcountry ventures became longer and [...]

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‘The MMA Insiders’ audio: Roy Nelson talks feuds and Sonnen

Roy Nelson was in studio for ESPNRadio1100's "The MMA Insiders" show on Friday.

Nelson took part in the 10-minute "opening round." Adam Hill and Nelson covered the five big MMA stories of the week - ringside monitors for the judges, Brock Lesnar's illness/heavyweight division, Jon Jones' hand injury, WEC vs. UFC 155 pounders and the Chael Sonnen saga.

The Sonnen story took a twist later on Friday with California changing the date when he could re-apply for a license. Nelson stuck around for Part 2, and in Part 3, Jon Jones joined the show.

If you're in Las Vegas next week, "The MMA Insiders" will be live from the Thomas & Mack Center on Friday from 6-7 p.m. PT before the Tuff-N-Uff fight card.

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New photos from Antonio Muglia

We’ve updated Italian surf photographer Antonio Muglia‘s profile with new photos, featuring a unique (surfing) perspective of Sardinia (Italy), which Antonio describes as "the most beautiful, yet infamous, place on the face of the earth". www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-photographer/antonio-muglia.php Check out an interview with Italian surf artist Vincenzo Ganadu that Antonio kindly conducted on behalf of

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Pics from the ACA Certification Class

Since apparently�I’ve been freaking people out lately with my�posts about kayaking carnage, here’s some more cheerful fare.� A couple of weeks ago I took the ACA (American Canoe Association) Instructor Certification Class run by Chris Jonason of Wave Trek Rescue in Index, WA.� It was really a blast – a mix of great people taking [...]

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Bad Karma Outdoor Gear

This is the first we’ve heard of the Koch brothers. Read the article. Your opinion? http://www.utne.com/Wild-Green/Get-the-Koch-Brothers-Out-of-Your-Gear.aspx  

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My Reaction To Winning The Blog Contest (Blog #1)

On January 4th I woke up to a gloomy, snowy Colorado morning. Another gray day and my spirits seemed to match the color of the mountain. Sitting at my computer checking my e-mails and OMG…… it read  “Blog Your Way Around The World Winner”. I went flying through the house screaming with excitement. After I [...]

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We've moved to a new address!

We're sorry (but excited) to announce that our "Surfing, Surf Art & Culture" blog has moved to Club Of The Waves! We've migrated our entire blog archive over there, so you can still find all our old posts and plenty of new ones too! Blogger has been very good to us since 2008, but it's time for us to move on…

The 'new' blog over on COTW has two options to view it in the traditional or "Classic" blog view, or the slightly different "Grid" blog view. See which you prefer…

www.clubofthewaves.com/blog/

Aloha.

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Under Sail to Mt Waddington: Reporting from the Summit Push

You may remember the story in frequency TSJ #8.2 about a group that set sail for Alaska's Mt St Elias with the goal of climbing and riding 18,000 feet back to the ocean. Well, the same core crew has set sail for BC's Mt Waddington--the highest peak in BC's Coast Mountains--to attempt a circumnavigation of the peak, summit, and ride some mind-bending couloirs along the way. Down to their last few days in the mountains, conditions improved, and the crew made a move--this just in from Taylor Woodward, who's recovering from his crevasse fall in camp:

"Steve's team made a push the last two days on the South Face of Waddington, making it to 12,700 feet at the base of the summit pinnacle. They had to bivy on the route with eventually a retreat, out of gas after 36 hours of push. They are back at the north end of Jester Pass safely. Steve and Adam's effort was impressive considering there have only been 6 successful parties to climb this route. 

Dave and Ryan made a push towards the Northwest Summit of Waddington but got turned back around the North Ridge junction at the Angel Glacier confluence due to a whiteout. They are currently at the South end of Jester Pass, in regular contact with Steve's party. All involved will be heading back tomorrow, foreseeably 3 days from their position 50 miles in, to the Homathko camp."

There you have it--no summit, but a fair bit of riding and climbing--from sea to near summit once again, and all are headed out safe and sound. Enjoy the sail home.

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Lightweight division heating up with trash talk between Pettis and Maynard

The lightweight division is the deepest in the world, but it's lacked sizzle until recently. A division loaded with super-talented, but nice, polite dudes doesn't always sell with the casual fan. UFC 125 served as a prime example when the promotion had a tougher time selling tickets to the Frank Edgar-Gray Maynard fight. The fans made a mistake because it turned out to be a candidate for 2011 Fight of the Year.

In a way, you couldn't blame fan, because Edgar and Maynard didn't generate a ton of heat before the fight. Now, because the division is so crowded at the top, it looks like the days of mutual respect and glove tapping won't be as prevalent.

Anthony Pettis isn't happy with Gray Maynard and didn't hold back during a recent conversation with the Las Vegas Sun.

Last month, Maynard suggested Pettis is a product of overhype.

"I mean, who has he fought? I've been in the trenches this whole time fighting the toughest guys. He throws one kick and then he's the greatest in the world? Let's look at who he's fought. Ben Henderson is the best name," Maynard said referencing Pettis' "Showtime Kick" near the end of his win over Henderson. That kick made Sportscenter's Top 10 Plays of the Year.

Maynard respects a lot of his co-horts at lightweight, but has questions about Pettis.

[...] But for me, guys like Miller, Melendez and all of these guys who have been on the [expletive] grind, fighting the best competition for the past few years… that's what I look at," Maynard told MMAFA.tv. "Who have you fought? I don't care about how good you looked when you fought a scrub. That doesn't matter. If a guy isn't good then you're not supposed to look good. And for me, [Pettis] has fought one good guy in Ben, and he isn't proven yet. He's tough as hell, but we'll see."

Pettis fired back saying Maynard needed to get himself more attention and was just spouting off.

"He needs to get his face in the media somehow," Pettis told the Las Vegas Sun. "Gray is the No. 1 contender, but no one talks about him. He doesn't get a lot of press. I think he's trying to figure out a way to get people to talk about him. If he has to use my name to do that, he has to do what he has to do."

Pettis also said he thought that Maynard lost the fight against Edgar at UFC 125. After a big first round, Maynard allowed Edgar to creep back into the fight and pull out a draw.

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Triple Crown of Surfing Art

Surf comps over the past few years have been increasingly using surf art in their contest marketing materials, Billabong, Roxy and Vans seem to particularly like surf art (good on 'em!). The Triple Crown of Surfing has used surf art for years, with this years umbrella event artwork done by artist Chris Lundy (below), and below that are this years six competition posters…





What is the Triple Crown of Surfing?

If you weren't aware, there is a surfing event going on in Hawaii called the Triple Crown of Surfing, one the most prestigious of all surfing contests. The event spans 6 surfing comps with a holding period from November 12th through to December 20th. Right now is the Pipeline Masters (awesome!). The best Hawaiian local surfers take on the professional surfers from around the globe, in arguably the best waves on the planet.

www.triplecrownofsurfing.com

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Quick California Flow Update

This just in from HQ!� As of early March, we are at 126% of normal for water content/snowpack in California.� This is pretty cool news–especially because it seems we are still looking at a fairly wet and cool spring, conditions which will either add to the solid base, or will preserve all the good stuff [...]

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Michael Sommer's tech gnar skateboarding lands him the ender in Delta Charlie 3. Found on MPORA among other skateboarding videos.

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What to Look for In a Molokini Snorkel Tour

Molokini snorkeling tours are the perfect way to make the most of your Maui vacation. Molokini Crater is considered one of the premier locations for snorkeling and diving in the world, due to the breathtaking coral formations and the abundance of tropical fish and other marine life in the area. Molokini has been labeled Hawaii’s [...]

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Did Diaz’s boxing ploy work? MMA star backs out of Lacy fight

Nick Diaz is passing on all that boxing money to focus on his MMA career.

What does that mean? Diaz wasn't getting any more money to fight Jeff Lacy (reportedly 175-200k) than he currently makes in MMA. Now he could be on his way to the Octagon for a fight against UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre.

Diaz's boxing promoter Don Chargin confirmed the cancellation of the Lacy fight in a release:

Team Diaz had contemplated transitioning over to the boxing world in a legitimate attempt to pursue a high-level boxing career. These discussions began in 2009 with long-time boxing promoter, Don Chargin and proceeded up until recent times.

Never before in the history of both sports had a pound-for-pound MMA combatant in his prime had the desire or been contractually free to attempt to transition over to boxing.
The landscape of Mixed-Martial Arts moves at a rapid pace and while Diaz's chance to make history, becoming the first true cross-over MMA star to enter the boxing ring, an opportunity arose for Nick to make a different sort of history in his primary field of fighting.

Don Chargin states, "Nick is a good kid and a very exciting fighter. Right now he has an opportunity of a lifetime as it pertains to his MMA career. While I don't doubt that Nick and his team were serious about taking the big step into boxing, it only makes sense for him to finish what he started and see how far he can go in MMA before he does anything in boxing. It's all about timing... we began these discussions over two years ago and nobody would have imagined the type of demand that there currently is for Nick as a mixed martial artist."

UFC president Dana White told MMAjunkie that a Diaz move to the UFC is far from set in stone.

"We will see," White told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "There are still a lot of hurdles."

Diaz's manager Cesar Gracie denied that the boxing match was booked to gain leverage.

"There are some people that have said we were just posturing to go into professional boxing and they don't understand that this thing is something we had been working on since 2009. �It wasn't just out of nowhere but at this point in time, there's a certain chance that comes along once in a very long while and it only makes sense to stick to MMA as of right now," Gracie said. "Nick's been working really hard to get to this point in his MMA career and it wouldn't make sense for us to make that transition into boxing right now. If this were a couple months ago or if certain fights had played out differently, we'd definitely be ready to go into boxing, but that's not how it played out. �Don Chargin is a great boxing promoter and he understood our dilemma completely and I thank him for that."

The Strikeforce 170-pound champion, Diaz hasn't lost since 2007. He's won 10 straight with nine coming by stoppage.

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UFC should book ‘Batman dude’ vs. ‘Guy in the white shirt’ II

UFC ran into some more bad luck on its next Las Vegas card. Frank Edgar and Gray Maynard had to back out of their main event title fight at UFC 130. The promotion may simply want to go on a scouting mission to Las Vegas Blvd.

Check out this bizarre clash between a guy in a Batman outfit and a passer by on the Las Vegas strip. (NSFW - language).

While Batman throws with reckless abandon, "Guy in the white shirt" shows excellent poise. Once GITWS gets inside Batman's strikes, he executes a beautiful suplex and shows killer instinct with some ground and pound.

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Roxy Genius LS T-Shirt ? Deep Ultramarine

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Calculated Risk

It’s not uncommon, when telling someone that I’m a skydiver, to hear comments like: “Wow, you’re brave!” “That’s dangerous, don’t you get scared?” “Aren’t you afraid your ‘chute won’t open?” You get the idea. Truth is we are taking risks as skydivers, but they are calculated risks. Just as with anything else in life, you [...]

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Chopped Liver Part One

Prize Fighter Cutlery has a twelve minute promo called Chopped Liver Part One.

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New Book about California Rivers

Rivers fans, you might be interested in a new book out by conservationist and photographer Tim Palmer–it’s called Rivers of California: Nature’s Lifelines in the Golden State.� Looks totally fascinating and beautiful–especially if you’re an AO frequent floater and have explored some of these river systems from the top of a raft!� You can learn [...]

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Stout interview: Lightweight sides with Maynard, says Gray will beat Pettis

Sam Stout is in Las Vegas prepping for his UFC 131 bout against Yves Edwards. One of the more dynamic strikers in the lightweight division, he needs to put together a winning streak to breakthrough into the UFC's top 10.

Stout looks at the division as the deepest in the world and tends to side with Gray Maynard, who said a few weeks ago that the UFC 155ers have faced better competition than those in the WEC.

With the help of RawVegas.tv, we spoke with Stout about who he thinks will come out the victor by the middle of 2012 and the brewing rivalry between lightweights from the WEC and UFC.

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Tuolumne River is ramping up!

Hear ye Hear ye: the T is ramping up this week!�� As you know, we generally start seeing high spring water when Mother Nature cranks up the heat and starts to melt all that snow you skiied on this winter.�� As you also�know, temps have been mild of late, so you might think flows would [...]

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Windy Austria

Since we are back home in Austria a lot of work was to do. Plus we saw a lot of windy days. In the beginning of September a massive cold front passed Austria and the lake was boiling. The temperatures were far below the average for this period of the year. We had a temperature [...]

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UFC 130 Live Blog: Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne Round-by-Round Updates

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LAS VEGAS - This is the UFC 130 live blog for Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne, a heavyweight bout on tonight's pay-per-view at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Struve (21-4, 5-2 UFC), the UFC's tallest fighter at 6-foot-11, has back-to-back knockout wins over Christian Morecraft and Sean McCorkle at UFC 117 and UFC 124, respectively. The Dutch heavyweight earned a Knockout of the Night bonus for his win over Morecraft. Browne (10-0-1, 1-0-1 UFC) looks to keep his unbeaten record intact. His last outing, at UFC 120 in London last October, was a unanimous draw against Cheick Kongo.

The live blog is below.

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Round 1: Well, these guys are tall. There. It's out of the way. Browne opens with a pair of kicks, and Struve counters with one of his own. They then throw body kicks at the same time, and Struve follows with a flying knee attempt that backs Browne to the fence. Both guys are so tall they could reach over the fence and shake Dana White's hand if they wanted. Steve Mazzagatti breaks them up after only 20 seconds or so on the fence. Struve throws a right kick to the body, and Browne catches it and tries to throw him off balance. A teep from Struve pushes Browne back momentarily, and then they clinch - which leads to a takedown for Browne. Browne tries to make something happen on the ground, but there's not much there, and Struve gets out momentarily and works for a choke. But back on the feet, after some short exchanges, things go south for Struve in a hurry. A massive straight right Superman-like punch from Browne knocks Struve onto his back immediately, and Browne follows it with two big shots on the ground as Mazzagatti steps in.

Result: Travis Browne def. Stefan Struve, knockout, 4:11 Round 1

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Nils Inne Playground

Skateboarding and creativity have always gone hand in hand. Nils Inne gets creative with old boards and creates an interesting set up for his art show. Found at MPORA among other skateboarding videos.

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UFC 130 Results: Story Tops Alves, Stann Stops Santiago, Browne KOs Struve

Rising welterweight Rick Story edged Thiago Alves in an exciting slugfest to earn a unanimous decision and his sixth-straight win on the main card of Saturday's UFC 130 event in Las Vegas.

Middleweight Brian Stann and heavyweight Travis Browne both scored knockout wins on the pay-per-view broadcast.

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Chopped Liver Part One

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Nevada Approves Judges? Monitors for UFC 130, Future UFC Events

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has approved the UFC's request to provide monitors for judges at next Saturday's UFC 130 event in Las Vegas as well as all future UFC events in the state.

UFC 130 is co-headlined by Quinton ?Rampage? Jackson vs. Matt Hamill and Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson.

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This is amazing footage of a run done by Fred Norquist and friends on Dipper Creek, BC, in October 2010.� Usually I’d have a hard time getting through an eleven-minute video but there’s something about this one that kept me glued to it the entire time – the drops are huge, the canyon setting is [...]

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8 Mile Remix with Terje, Mikey Rencz, Gaetan Chanut , and More

8 Mile Life mixes up some "oldie" footage from way back in 2009. Dated, unseen, remixed, whatever the wording, seeing masters huck it in the backcountry never really gets old. The edit features riding from Johnny Lyall, Kale Stephens, Benji Ritchie, Charles White, Mikey Rencz, Eero Niemela, Gaetan Chanut, Martin Gallant, Terje Haakonsen.

8mile Oldies Montage from 8MILELIFE on Vimeo.

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Maximo Blanco Signs With Strikeforce

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Exciting lightweight Maximo Blanco has signed a four-fight contract with Strikeforce, an official from SuckerPunch Entertainment, Blanco's management team, confirmed with MMA Fighting.

Sherdog.com first reported the news Tuesday morning. No word just yet on when he will debut for the organization.

The former lightweight King of Pancrase most recently fought for Sengoku Raiden Championships in December, defeating Won Sik Park via unanimous decision, which helped extend the Venezuelan-born Blanco's winning streak to six. Prior to that decision win, the 27-year-old had knocked out his last five opponents.

Blanco won a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

The 8-2-1 (1 no contest) fighter moved to Japan in high school and later trained under the tutelage of Olympic judo gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida. He made his MMA debut in August 2008.

 

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Brett Cooper Talks Fighting in Bellator, Life in MMA Outside the UFC

by Michael David Smith

When Brett Cooper last stepped into the cage, it was for a five-minute, five-round fight for a championship in the Lords of the Cage MMA promotion. Cooper had prepared to fight for 25 minutes, but things didn't go quite as planned: He knocked Keith Berry out in just 10 seconds (video above).

"He came in real quick and aggressive, I countered him with a punch and it was over," Cooper said. "It was a strange moment because it happened so fast. It was bittersweet. But that's why you train hard, so things come easy in the fight. But I wouldn't have been disappointed if the fight would have gone more minutes."

For the 23-year-old Cooper, who will fight Alexander Schlemenko Saturday at Bellator 44 on MTV2, trying to make it as a full-time fighter outside the UFC sometimes means not wanting to win a fight too quickly: The experience of getting more minutes in the cage can be good for a fighter's development, and Lords of the Cage isn't exactly handing out six-figure Knockout of the Night bonuses, like UFC fighters can earn.

 

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The Foam Shop in Bellevue ? Thumbs Up for Kayak Outfitting

I stopped in at the Friendly�Foam Shop in Bellevue today to pick up some kayak outfitting stuff and thought I’d give it a shout out for our local kayakers.� They have a good selection of�kayak outfitting type foam, ranging from thin pieces to 4-inch blocks.� Prices are reasonable, and Emy, the manager, was nice enough [...]

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Picture of the day: Two Silvas, a Hughes and a Penn

Zuffa is holding its annual Fighters' Summit in Las Vegas this week, and Strikeforce and UFC fighters have been tweeting pictures from the sessions that cover everything from injuries to using social media. Bantamweight Eddie Wineland snapped this picture of several MMA legends, just sitting and listening to presentations.

That's UFC middleweight champion and Yahoo! Sports pound-for-pound king Anderson Silva and former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva in the foreground. Sitting in the table in front of them is UFC Hall-of-Famer Matt Hughes, and who appears to be former welterweight and lightweight champ B.J. Penn. Between them, they have five major championships and a record of 122-29-3.

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Ramsey Nijem Calls Lew Polley an 'Arrogant Jerk,' Criticizes GSP

by Michael David SmithThe first five episodes of Season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter featured fights that were generally not very compelling. Episode 6 changed things. With two exciting fights that both ended in the first round, Episode 6 provided the best fights of the season so far.

In this week's interview with Ultimate Fighter cast member Ramsey Nijem, we got his thoughts on being in the gym to see the two fights live. We also got Nijem's opinion of his coach, Junior dos Santos, kicking Lew Polley off the team, and on the UFC 129 main event, which saw Nijem's training partner Jake Shields lose to Georges St. Pierre.

The full interview is below.

 

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Lima signs with Bellator, is he the best prospect at welterweight?

Douglas Lima has to be a patient guy as he works his way up the MMA ladder, but he doesn't operate that way in the cage. The 23-year-old welterweight, with 16 finishes in his 18, just signed a deal to compete in Bellator's quickly developing welterweight class. He put in his time in Canada with MFC and now it's time for a slot on American TV on MTV2.

"Over the last two years, Douglas has taken his game to an entirely different level," he said in a release. "Many considered him one of the top unsigned welterweights in MMA. I'm very happy to say that he's no longer unsigned and that he will be fighting for Bellator. We continue to develop one of the strongest 170-pound divisions in the sport, and Douglas will be a fantastic addition to that."

Lima (18-4) might get a chance to avenge one his losses against Brent Weedman, but more importantly wants to make an impression with Bellator.

"I always want to win, but sometimes it's almost more important for me to put on an exciting fight," Lima said. "I want to be in a fight where I can go home and watch in the next day and be like, 'Wow! That was awesome'. I want to put on the kind of performance that makes the people like me. I'm not going to go in there and just lay on a guy or run around the cage. When I step inside the cage, I'm ready to go to war. I'm not in there to play around."

Bellator's done a solid job of building it's 135 and 145 pounds divisions, but 170 is its best. The champ is uber-prospect Ben Askren. Jay Hieron just earned a shot against Askren by taking out Rick Hawn. Lyman Good and Dan Hornbuckle are also very solid fighters as well.

If Lima can storm through this division, he ranks right up there with the best prospects in the divisions. It's a deep weight class. The USA Today/Bloody Elbow rankings have Mike Pierce at No. 25 in the world. That's pretty solid.

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MMA Top 10 Featherweights: Aldo on Top, Mendes No. 2

by Michael David SmithJose Aldo has now made his UFC debut and won the UFC's first featherweight title fight, an entertaining if not terribly competitive unanimous decision over Mark Hominick at UFC 129. So what does the UFC do with Aldo from here?

The fight I think the UFC really wants to make for Aldo is against Kenny Florian, who has more name recognition than anyone else on the UFC's featherweight roster. If Florian wins his featherweight debut against Diego Nunes at UFC 131, he'll instantly step into title contention -- and into the featherweight Top 10.

But for now, the No. 1 featherweight appears headed toward an August showdown with the undefeated Chad Mendes -- and on my featherweight rankings, that's the right call.

 

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Surf Artist - Dominique Amendola

Introducing French artist (now living in India, which is a new location for COTW's artist base); Dominique Amendola. Dominique paints a vast array of subject matter, but her 'surf art' is particularly interesting and something 'new'… She takes famous paintings from great artists (e.g. Van Gogh) and gives them a surfing twist! She calls this the "Amadeus series" and she tells us there are more on the way, so watch this space…

www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-artist/dominique-amendola.php


Artist's rendition of The Great Wave off Kanagawa

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Nils Inne Playground

Skateboarding and creativity have always gone hand in hand. Nils Inne gets creative with old boards and creates an interesting set up for his art show. Found at MPORA among other skateboarding videos.

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International Surfing Day 2011

Brazilian artist & illustrator Tom Veiga has created the beautiful signature artwork for the 2011 International Surfing Day (ISD). What is the ISD? Seven years ago, the Surfrider Foundation and SURFING Magazine felt the surf world was missing something. A day (20th June) to encourage all surfers to do a few, simple things: paddle out, [...]

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Diaz to boxing? Faber says he should go for it

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New photos from Antonio Muglia

We’ve updated Italian surf photographer Antonio Muglia‘s profile with new photos, featuring a unique (surfing) perspective of Sardinia (Italy), which Antonio describes as "the most beautiful, yet infamous, place on the face of the earth". www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-photographer/antonio-muglia.php Check out an interview with Italian surf artist Vincenzo Ganadu that Antonio kindly conducted on behalf of

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UFC 129 postfight: Seagal’s the secret weapon, bonuses and someone’s grill got jacked

- UFC 129 delivered a UFC-record gate of $12.075 million. The attendance was 55,724.

- Dana White said there were ticket buyers from all 50 states in the U.S. in attendance, and every continent but Antarctica. He joked that he was angry that the UFC didn't have fans in that continent.

-The bonus winners got a UFC-record $129,000 each. Fight of the Night went to Jose Aldo and Mark Hominick. Lyoto Machida got Knockout of the Night. Pablo Garza was awarded Submission of the Night.

- Georges St. Pierre, Randy Couture and Hominick did not attend the postfight presser. They all went for treatment at a local hospital.

- White said Couture had a tooth loosened on the front kick by Machida. The tooth actually fell out during his postfight discussion with UFC analyst Joe Rogan.

- Steven Seagal told The Telegraph's Gareth A. Davies that "he taught Lyoto Machida the kick that KO'd and retired Randy"

- Machida repeatedly gave credit to Seagal for helping him perfect the kick.

"The technique itself, [Machida and Anderson Silva] have both known for a long time, but definitely thinks Steve Seagal being involved and influencing us and helping us perfect the kick, definitely made a difference," Machida said through his translator Ed Soares.

- White said the promotion will stick with the 9 p.m. ET start on future pay-per-views. The UFC made change after polling was done with east coast fans who said the shows were ending too late.

- Future stadium shows have to be chosen carefully. White said it has to be the right fighters and again mentioned Dallas Cowboys Stadium as a possibility.

- When answering a question about what he thought happened to GSP's eye, Jake Shields had the line of night.

"Uh, I punched him in his eye," deadpanned Shields.

- Aldo laughed when asked if Hominick had hit him harder than any previous opponent. Before the fight, Hominick said he would.

"That's just part of the fight game. I talk with Anderson [Silva] a lot and like he says, 'even a parrot can talk.'"

- White confirmed that Aldo's next opponent was probably Chad Mendes and it could go down at UFC 133 in Philly. UFC in Rio is less likely.

- On the subject of the "dream fight" between GSP and Silva, White reiterated that he's never actually spoken to either fighter about that match. He also said he thinks there's always someone new on the horizon who could face St-Pierre at 170.

- Could it be Nick Diaz or does he have to wait for his contract to end with Showtime?

"I imagine I could do whatever I wanted to if I really wanted to," White said. "I don't know. We're going to have to see how this whole thing works out."

- Shields wants to see that fight.

"He's one of my best friends. I think he's got a good shot," Shields said. "I think his style really matches up good. I think his pressure boxing could hopefully do what I couldn't and cut him off."

- Vladimir Matyushenko finally got the knockout he's long coveted. The Belarussian joked that maybe he "overdid it" by scoring the KO against Jason Brilz in just 20 seconds .

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A Molokini Snorkel Tour Offers an Unforgettable Underwater Experience

Approximately three miles off the coast of Maui sits an extinct, but no less impressive, volcanic crater known as Molokini. This underwater volcano is now home to a plethora of sea life, as it has been converted to Hawaii’s only Island Marine Sanctuary. Molokini Crater snorkeling offers some of the best underwater viewing around Maui, [...]

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Frank April Rips

It’s easy to get lost in the shuffle when you’re a French Canadian jibber, but this footage from Frank April and Videograss stands out. C’est sick.

Frank April Full Part from VIDEOGRASS on Vimeo.

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Support Team River Runner ? Teaching Wounded Veterans to Kayak

Team River Runner is a stellar non-profit�organization that helps wounded veterans and their families “find health and healing through whitewater” by teaching them how to kayak.� My kayaking friends from Texas who came out here last summer (on a trip I have yet to blog about, of course) – Ben Kvanli,�Jennifer Kerr and Kelly Howard, [...]

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Thoughts of 2010 and the Role of Tourism in Protecting Biodiversity and Promoting Quality of Life, Part 5

Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Tourism Development What guides the following thoughts on sustainable tourism originate from some of the broader questions we contemplate at TIES, and the work supported by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). I suppose it’s also based on what I think about, rather optimistically, as an academic, tour operator, and [...]

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UFC 129 Press Conference - GSP and Shields already sick of the media - UFC 129

MMA is bigger than ever, with that comes a lot of media responsibilities from the main event fighters. Jake Shields and Georges St. Pierre are growing weary of speaking to idiots like us.

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Jesse's WEAKly Report: The Lost Japan Footage

Any footage accompanied by the Street Fighter 4 theme song is good in our book, even if it is a little past due like this "lost" footage from Jesse Burtner and the Think Thank crew. In the episode, Burtner and co. head to Japan for another round of Boxes for Days, belt some Backstreet Boys karaoke and, in typical Think Thank fashion, find a way to stay jib focused amidst an abundance of Pacific pow. 

The Lost Japan WEAKly from Jesse Burtner on Vimeo.

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Frank April Rips

It’s easy to get lost in the shuffle when you’re a French Canadian jibber, but this footage from Frank April and Videograss stands out. C’est sick.

Frank April Full Part from VIDEOGRASS on Vimeo.

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MMA Top 10 Pound-for-Pound: GSP, Aldo Miss a Chance to Move Up

by Michael David Smith
Heading into UFC 129, I thought both welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and featherweight champion Jose Aldo had a good chance of putting on the kind of performance that would move them up in the pound-for-pound rankings.

GSP did what he usually does and won a dominant unanimous decision over a good opponent in Jake Shields, but he didn't do anything that makes him leapfrog Anderson Silva at the top of the list. And Aldo won a classic battle with Mark Hominick, but it wasn't the kind of transcendent performance that could put him on top of the MMA world.

So as we review the Top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in mixed martial arts, there's no change at the top.

 

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VB Park Meeting Tonight

Don't forget to come out to Diamond Springs Elementary School today from 6-8PM to see what Team Pain has in mind for Virginia Beach's new William's Farm Skatepark.

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Avoid dangers while Scuba Diving: Tips for novice divers

Generally scuba diving is not considered a dangerous sport. Of course, it?s a bit riskier than, for example, tennis or golf, but it?s far safer than zip lining or parachute jumping. Today you can easily find good modern scuba diving equipment that is reliable and will protect you from many dangers. Add the proper training, [...]

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UFC 129: Ben Henderson Beats Mark Bocek

by Michael David SmithIn the UFC debut the former World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight champion, Ben Henderson won a unanimous decision over Mark Bocek at UFC 129.

All three judges scored the fight 30-27 for Henderson, who improved his MMA record to 13-2.

"Where ever the fight took place, if he's on top of me, if I'm on top of him, if we trade knees and elbows, I'm ready for anything," Henderson said after the fight.

 

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The Human Planet TV Series

Human Planet arrives on DVD and Blu-ray April 26, just two days following the broadcast conclusion. You can also catch Human Planet on the Discovery Channel April 17 and 24 at 8pm. To learn more about Human Planet you can visit the official website at HumanPlanetBlog.com or on the Human Planet Facebook page. function startGallery_65() [...]

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Jose Aldo Defeats Mark Hominick in a Classic Fight at UFC 129

by Michael David SmithIn a classic fight before 55,000 fans at UFC 129 in Toronto, Jose Aldo dominated Mark Hominick for the better part of four rounds -- only to get dominated himself in the fifth and final round and hold on to win a surprisingly competitive unanimous decision.

Aldo retained his UFC featherweight title, but Hominick gained a huge amount of respect for the heart he showed, continuing to fight despite Aldo turning his face into a bruised, bloody mess.

"Take your hat off in congratulations to Mark Hominick," Aldo said after the fight. "He's a hell of a fighter, and he came out for five rounds, giving his all."

But while Hominick showed he was a hell of a fighter in the fifth round, Aldo definitely won the first four.

 

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Scuba Diving in Sardinia

Sardinia: The Gateway To Scuba Diving There are many scuba diving destinations all over the globe, but why is the Mediterranean chosen as one of the best options? The reason behind this is that this sea has something for everybody from Greek islands, Spain, Sardinia, Italy, Turkey and also Croatia to Cyprus and Majorca to [...]

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UFC 129: Ben Henderson Beats Mark Bocek

by Michael David SmithIn the UFC debut the former World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight champion, Ben Henderson won a unanimous decision over Mark Bocek at UFC 129.

All three judges scored the fight 30-27 for Henderson, who improved his MMA record to 13-2.

"Where ever the fight took place, if he's on top of me, if I'm on top of him, if we trade knees and elbows, I'm ready for anything," Henderson said after the fight.

 

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