Electricity is something we take for granted on a daily basis. It powers our homes, our refrigerators, our computers—our lives. It usually takes a natural disaster that knocks out the power to wake us up to the reality of our 110-watt crutch. The food in the fridge won’t last long, especially if you keep opening up the door for another beer.

 

There is no hiding the fact that eco-friendly and sustainability are two concepts that have swept the nation. Divert your eyes, put those squishy earbuds into your ears and crank up your iPod, it doesn’t matter. Earth-friendly products and thinking are here to stay. And for good reason. As our world society of almost 7 billion people becomes more aware of our compounding waste and the finite nature of our natural resources, changes have to be made in the way we go about our daily lives of consuming if we truly wish to sustain.

Pancho Sullivan relishes in another North Shore victory

Event: WQS 3-Star Monster Energy Pipeline Pro Presented by Billabong
Date: Jan. 30 & 31, Feb. 5 & 6
Location: Pipeline to Off The Wall
Conditions: 2- to 4-foot and rippable

Once again this winter season, the ASP has been dealt an ironic hand that had almost no one (except for the local boys) laughing. The prestigious Pipeline Masters got skunked in December, the final going down at Off The Wall. Pancho Sullivan could hardly find a wave with enough push to do a turn, let alone get barreled. Two weeks later an epic swell rolled in just in time for Da Hui to take advantage of perfect Pipe for their local event.

Event: No Fear/Koastal Kaos Pro Junior Presented by Hard Rock
Date: Jan. 17 & 18, 2008
Location: Sunset Beach, O‘ahu
Conditions: Quadruple overhead for the five-foot juniors.

No Fear and Hard Rock teamed up to sponsor the Koastal Kaos Pro Junior at Sunset Beach in late January. Aside from valuable contest experience surfing infamous Sunset, the ASP sanctioned event offered top surfers the opportunity to qualify for next year's World Junior Championships.

By Mike Latronic

While the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing and the influx of traveling surfers canvassed the North Shore, a crew of snow-starved surfers dodged the melee and went in search in powder and solitude in British Columbia. Their plan was to hit three pristine snowboard destinations over their six-week journey: Whistler Blackcomb, Mike Wiegele’s Helicopter Skiing and Revelstoke Mountain Resort. The salt-crusted crew adjusted their bindings, waxed their snowboards and grabbed a beanie, dubbing their adventure the Triple Crown of Snowboarding.

SURF ARTIST CHRIS DEL MORO
BY TIFF HERVEY

If you’re a surfer you have likely seen Chris Del Moro’s art in designs for companies such as Patagonia, Honolua Surf Co., Sanuk, Matuse Wetsuits, Thalia Surf Shop, Mitch’s surf shops, Mollusk, his own company, Collectic, and many more. His illustrations have also landed in many magazines, including Surfer’s Path and Surfing. His art and clothing design is known to carry a message of love, environmental protection, political responsibility and historical evolution of the human psyche. From birth, Chris has been a vegetarian and believes that his energy for life stems from his diet of organic foods and produce. The green surf artist’s travels have opened his eyes to the beauty of the world and the people that inhabit it.