Iconic Hawaiian surfboard shaper and power surfing bulldozer Ben Aipa, dead at seventy-eight: “A man from a poor sugar cane plantation who would change the face of surfing!”

"It was like Dumbo the Elephant, where at first you're almost laughing, kind of "Oh, look at the fat guy surfing." And then very quickly you realize he's amazingly graceful and fluid."

"A humble colossus whose impact echoed thru the decades."

The corruption of a great meritocracy… 

“Football and surfing stars are seen together whenever a gap in their professional careers is possible…”

The attack confirms, as if confirmation was necessary, Western Australia’s reputation as the shark attack capital of the world.