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• Spiritual surfers praise God for gnarly waves
Clutching a board with an image of the Virgin of Guadeloupe inlaid into both sides, he led his flock and others in a race toward the water, diving in and paddling just as hard and as fast as he could toward the break. The occasion was the Blessing of ...
• Alternative Autumn: foliage for active travelers
The Blue Ridge Parkway gets more buzz (and traffic), but Virginia’s Eastern Shore offers its own pretty palette of fall colors — especially when you’re paddling the local waterways on a kayak/winery tour ($85 per person) with SouthEast ...
• Surfer Describes Terror When Shark Struck
Murashige said when he saw that his leg looked liked shark chum, and saw a piece of his board float off, he started paddling toward shore as fast as he could. "I wanted to make sure the shark wasn't going to finish me off," said Murashige. He ...
• Surfer says he was towed by shark
John Morgan, a 51-year-old surf shop owner from the east coast tourist town of Byron Bay, compared his terrifying 170-foot ride off a local beach to being towed by a jet ski. He said he was about 330 yards from shore and paddling out when the 10-foot ...
• Mystery of the missing millionaire
John and his wife had put aside a sizable retirement nest egg but in 2003 their money was just doggy-paddling in a ho-hum stock market. Seigesmund: It was either flat or drifting lower.  So, I was looking for some alternative investments. As a devoted ...