Writer Blair Mastbaum’s written an engaging piece on the origin of the Hawaiian hand gesture shaka, commonly used by surfers. Mastbaum writes: The word “shaka” and its accompanying hand gesture — thumb and pinkie outstretched, the three ...
Surfing makes its Olympic debut – and the waves should be world-class thanks to wind, sand and a typhoon or two. Photo above: Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash. Hawaiian surfer John John Florence, seen here competing ...
BUT IT doesn’t mean you’ll get sick. Like humans, many bacteria like to spend time at the beach. The so-called flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, don’t just like the beach; they need it, and rely on seasalt for ...