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Show DAILY mesgust 28, 2005 HERALD s cold waves draw summer surfers boys emerge from the small crowd ofsurfers floating 40 yards out. paddle hard for five orsix strokes. jump up on short X. boardsand slide fast downthe smooth hump of water as it te Marconi Beach at the Cape Cod National Seashore,the slender teenagers stand out. They surf four across, among men on = long>oards. other boys. a few By midafternoon, sunbathers packed the sand for almost a half-mile under hazy sunshine, with open expanses beyond. The s]pares lylotstop the bluffs, 60 miles ‘= girls. boogie boarders, body $ surfers and waders. 3 “Surfing s become very cool * again,” said Sebastian Frawley, . Whose Little Overhead shop a fewmiles awayhad run lowon and esetcone rental boards by noon. On a hot —- Friday in mid-August. he pulled urban tip at Provincetown, was nearly full. The Atlantic Ocean was a bracing 60 degrees. David Yuska, a 37-year-old computer programmer from Natick, learned to surf on beach vacations in Florida. He bought a one-piece partial wet suit i year and started Cape Cod with rented ae This year his wife bought him an 8-foot, 4-inch board for his the sales tag off a new 9-foot fiberglass board and rented it for the day for $30. In most of New England. the surfing seasonis mainlyJuly and August. But Fraw! leysaid s the best waves come in late + August and Septemberin hurricane season. and some people evengoout in winter when the « Water temperatureis in the 30s. Better wet suits have ex- +, tended the sport to colder wa- birthday. There were few waves one June day at nearby Surfer's Beach, and he got (iralae nibsa the percentage of surfers who half-hour paddling ar« 55-degree water. “I coaltfel are women — from about 20 “Ly percent five years ago to 33 permylegs,” he said. The other , cent now. surfers had whole wet suits that JULIA CUMES Associated Press. covered their arms andlegs, In 1987, about 1.5 million peogtple surfed in the U.S. The total Peter Breslin, 10,left, of Canton, Mass., and his surfing teacher, Andrew Jacob, of Welifleet, plus booties, gloves and hoods. carry their surfboards at White Crest dipped. then gradually rose to But in mid-August, many Beachin Wellfleet, Mass. on Wednesday, Aug. 17. Market researcher Board-Trac reported 2 million Americans surfedlast year. : 2.1 million in 2000, dipped again surfers worepartial wet suits » slightly andis nowrising again and stayed in the water for Chris Mauro,editor of Surfer year earlier. Board sports retail- Frawley said, and he’s detersteadily. Ponzi said. Board-Trac began surfing 20 vears ago. “It hours. Some wore only swimreported 2 million Americans magazine,said the sport has er Billabong opened store this mined to make some money suits. Yuska got several rides. seems like every beach we go lost its former outlaw stigma. surfed last year. summerin Manhattan's Times from it. He had “25 dot-comHeplanned to go again to there’s 25 surfers. Back when “It's really, you know,just “Thelifestyle,if you will. is Square. mers” on a beginner outing the I started in high school. it'd just sometimethe followirig week, part of the American culture,” probablythe bigger driver in “A lot of people like to atdaybefore, and onthe Friday be me and a couple friends and hoping that Hurricane Irene out tribute that to its popularity this market,” Ponzi said.“If you Maurosaid. in mid-August was welcoming a coupleolder guys.” over the Atlantic would kick up A newSurf Industry Manulook at the attitude of the teenespecially in mainstream media, a steady stream of customers some waves. The sport itself isn’t newto facturers Association survey agers in the Midwest, they can movies and television,” assoat his shop on Route 6, the main the Northeast, thoughit remains shows $2.46 billion in U.S. sales ciation spokeswoman Jennifer get the clothes. I think thatatroad through Cape Cod. on the weather. Ponzi On the Net Harris said. titude prevails across the coun- last vear of apparel. shoes “It's probably bigger in places said there have been large conand equipmentat surf-focused , try. Kids wantto replicate the It’s the biggest wave of like this because it’s newto lot tingents of surfers on the Jersey » New Englandsurfing: http:// Southern Californialifestyle.” stores, up 8.4 percent from a popularity since the early 1980s, of people,” said Frawley, who www.NESurf.com. Shorefor a long time. « ter. Angelo Ponzi, of market . researcher Board-Trac, said the biggest recent changeis CYCLING Christensen Continued from D2 and Miguel Indurain, two of the three greatest cyclists in history along with Armstrong, cameto his defense. And never mindthatthis is six yearsold. based onnewtests done recently on frozen samples from Not only can the French > anti-doping laboratorynot make the match but the numbered vials; are Supposed to be anonymous. In addition. ; the ‘B’ samples. not the “A” samples. were the primary samples utilized in this new 1+, test. Nevertheless. Tour de France director Jean-Marie LeBlanc spewed forth the idea 47. that this was now“scientific ; fact” and that “he owes everyone an explanation.” Never mind for a minute _ that Lance Armstrong has - been tested moreoften than + any otherathlete in history perfomance-enhancing drugs — literally, hundreds of tmes —and has come up an every time. Never mind of a Momentthefact that the French have had a vendetta gainst the Texan from the within their power. both rtly and surreptitiously. ) discredit him. Never mind it. should be incumbent upon those pointing the fingers to have evidence and not hearsay But wedo not seem to be bothered by the mentality of not letting the facts get in the © wayofa good story. | remem- ber hearing oncea soldier state. “There are two ways of accomplishing something. One is byinitiative. the other by insurrection.” Wehave become less cre- contemporarysports it should be incumbent _ upon those pointing the _ fingers to have evidence and not hearsay. Withall the hay to maneuver through, Hunziker admitsthat it poses a potential for injuries, but he says he makes surehis athletes train for such obstacles. “In the summer, we do lot of trail runs, so we're jumping over logs'and seme Teady for thingslikethat,” Nineteen teamseanall over Utah and a few from neighboring states participated. Inall, 190 runners took part in the event. Even though the premium for such an event may not be placed on competition, pride is at stake, and Saturday’s race showed that element. In the boysrelay, a lead changeoccurred at each handoff. In theend, the team from ative as a people but more than willing to tear things down — art critics. movie critics. food critics.literary critics, television critics, wine critics. political pundits — the ~ list goes on and on. Note that all of these are parasitic in nature. reinforcing Aristotle's maxim. “The observeralways feels superior to the observed.” Are wethat insecure as a people that we haveto bring downa cancer survivor and nonpareil athlete through hearsayand conjecture? George Bernard Shaw once said, “Criticizing others is an unjust wayofpraising yourself.” I will be quick to apologize if indeed Armstrong is guilty of cheating back in 1999. Having said that, I am weary of the ongoing need to desecrate the accomplishments of those who haveexcelled as What| find particularly galling is our willingness as Americansto print this unsubstantiated rubbish.Yes, | understand that the this is some sort of public , press has a job and no, ifservice. I certainly do not haveto be .} 1am not Pollyannish by “warm andfuzzy” but I have a any means. But with peculiar prejudice about being factually informed. steroid use as the Todd Christensen is a issue du jourin otveree’ ’ 4 } t WhatI find particularly galling is our willingness as Americans to print this unsubstantiated rubbish. Yes,I understand that the press has a job andno.I am not Pollyannish byanymeans. But with steroid use as the issue du jour in contemporary sports former BYUand Oakland Raider standout wholives in Alpine. Today's word of the day is ‘nonpareil,” | unequaled or usrivaled.” You can e-mail Todd at hspor ere fastest run of the day went to Skyline’s Steve Clark (10:31). Springville's Rex Shields hadthe fifth fastest at 10:42, MikeFelix of American Fork was sixth (10:43), Spencer Gardner of Sormpiueeeighth (10:46), Timpanogos’ perfect race. scoring 16 points to beat Tunner-up Cedar City, which had 59 points. “Wegotout quickly and ran as a pack,” said Bruins coach Dave Houle about the boys race. “There was only a gap of about a minute between our top guys,and that’s good. “The weather was perfect and the course was in perfect shape.It gave us a chance to get some good times and hopefully move upa bit beforethe first nationalpolls comeout.” teenth (11:0). For thegirls. Fremont, who returns ‘featured four of the top six times with Cassie Ricks leading the way (12:17),eee eee second (12:45), Jessie fifth (1259) and Heidi Krelesin Second place went to Mountain Crest, followed by Provo, American Fork in fourth and rant had the seventh fastest time for the girls at 13:03. Joan- na Blackburn of Provofinished Amelia Troutner was tenth (13:10), Sonja Ponis of Fork twelfth (13:16) and American Fork’s Sausha Sommers fourteenth (13:17). » Chwis Peterson can be reached at 344-2556 or com. “And Cedar's team battled us all the way, too.It would go back andforth until the last 100 meters, and our girls just outkicked them.” Yingling wonin 18:30.07, and the Bruin girls scored 24 points to win the team title. They were followed by Cedar (32) and Can- yon View(101). . SUUHigh School Cross Country invitational _ Adam McDonald led the Bru- sixth (13:00). 5 i JEREMY HARMON/Daily Heraic American Fork’s Lisa Tubb makes her way through a partof the course knownas “The Gauntlet” as she competes in the Grass Relays at American Fork High Schoolon Saturday. Th thefirst high school cross countrymeetsofthe year. peeThemen one ninth (10:47), peay in ninth (13:09), Timpview’s whichis defined in Webster's Dictionary as Skyline took thirdplace, ieee by Springville and Cres 1257 SeeOu FE Kreis 1300 7 Kacee Mitetrart Peat) 1203 8 Kener Latram MO) 1367 9 Joome af in his system back in 1999. Continued from D1 different format for the kids, but it’s also a good test for them” oir Lance Armstrong mayhave had the banned substance EPO Grass Relays 2° Tour de France champion becamepublic, Eddy Merckx t ij i | i ni It is clear that such machinations are not confined to this continent. In the French sporting newspaper L’Equipe. an article was printed alleging the possibility that seven-time ¥d PREP SPORTS that the minute this charade ins, w the race in a time of 15:54.16. Teammates Derek Zabriske,J.B. Martineau and Luke Harrisonfinished 2-34, and another Bruin, Coulson Goodwin, was sixth. The Bruin girls also ran well against a field that included year's 3A runner-up, Cedar City, which hadits topseven sysarahgt out quick, and Wendy chased her the whole race,” Houle said. “They battled all the way. kL Entel Cedar, 17:04.90 8 {Brandy Dacin. Canon Dalton. Oe, 17:21:83. ‘Cada, 17.0893, 72181, 10 Dan sini eer # breaks into white foam. Among more than two dozen f surfers gathered along a stretch |