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☆ Sebastian Steudtner: Why big wave surfer feels most at ‘peace’ at the mercy of Mother Nature
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Set against these watery-monoliths of Mother Nature, Steudtner looks totally vulnerable, but it’s a brief moment in time when the surfer feels most at peace. “It’s complete chaos and you would think, as an outsider, it’s terrifying,” the big wave surfer tells CNN Sport. Simon Hofmann/Getty ImagesBig wave surfing is certainly not for everyone. “It’s the largest physical energy in the ocean which is about to explode on the shore, and I realize how small, little, insignificant and nothing we are as humans compared to nature,” Steudtner says. I can ride the wave the way I want to ride the wave.

Persons: Sebastian Steudtner, Nature, “, Steudtner, Octavio Passos, he’s, ” Steudtner, ”, Simon Hofmann, I’m, Eric –, lumpy ”, Stefan Matzke, windsurfer Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, “, German Navy Locations: Portugal, Nazaré, Europe, Hawaii, Germany

☆ Sebastian Steudtner says he has surfed the ‘unsurfable’ after drone technology measures 93.7-foot wave as world record
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —German surfer Sebastian Steudtner may have broken his own record for riding the biggest wave in history earlier this year. The monster wave in the famed surfing sport of Nazaré, Portugal was provisionally measured at 28.57 meters (93.72 feet), pending ratification. If confirmed, the wave would eclipse Steudtner’s current record of 26.21 meters (86 feet) set in 2020, also in the fishing village of Nazaré. Steudtner holds the record for the biggest wave ever surfed. “We were, for the first time, surfing the biggest waves in stormy conditions which were considered unsurfable.

Persons: Sebastian Steudtner, Steudtner, ”, “, Team Steudtner, Marcus Schmelz, Gigantes de Nazaré, Lucas “, ” Steudtner Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, ” Porsche, Team, Porsche Engineering, Surf League, Quattro, Siemens Locations: German, Nazaré, Portugal

☆ Surfing great Kelly Slater hints at end of glittering, decades-long career
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( James Legge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The 52-year-old American, an 11-time world champion, missed the World Surf League’s mid-season cut after losing to compatriot Griffin Colapinto – a man 27 years his junior – in the round of 32 at the Margaret River Pro. This time “feels like the end,” Slater told World Surf League Monday. Slater’s era of dominance began in 1992, when, at age 20, he became the youngest ever men’s world champion, a record he still holds. “It’s been an incredible lifetime of memories,” Slater said at Margaret River on Monday. But it’s been the best times of my life.”And though his storied surf career is coming to an end, Slater added it feels like “the start of something else, the start of the rest of life.”

Persons: CNN — Kelly Slater, compatriot Griffin Colapinto –, Margaret River, ” Slater, ”, Pamela Anderson, “ Kelly Slater’s, Kelly Slater, Australia Margaret, Australia Margaret River Pro, Beatriz Ryder, Slater, “ It’s, “, it’s Organizations: CNN, Margaret, Surf, Australia Margaret River, Fiji Locations: Western Australia, Florida, United States, Australia

☆ Farmers’ protests have erupted across Europe. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Chris Liakos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

This week, the farmers’ protests struck at the heart of the European Union, when they rolled into Brussels on Thursday as leaders held a major summit on Ukraine. The EU has waived quotas and duties on Ukrainian imports in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “In Germany, it was really focused on diesel, so starting to tax diesel for tractors. France this week announced a series of measures for farmers in light of the protests. This has already been seen in Germany, when the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) involved itself in the protests and expressed solidarity with the farmers.

Persons: ”, Sebastien Bozon, Kay Nietfeld, Hugo Auge, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s, Dimitar Dilkoff, Emmanuel Mathé, “, we’re, Anger, Renaud Foucart, Sakis Mitrolidis, Stefano Guidi, Gabriel Attal, Attal, Ursula von Der Leyen, Rob Engelaar Organizations: CNN — Farmers, CNN, European Union, Toulouse, BFMTV, Getty Images Farmers, AP, Farmers, Getty, ” Farmers, EU, Lancaster University, Deal, Green, European Commission, French, Farmer, Citizen Locations: Europe, Paris, France, Italy, Spain, Romania, Poland, Greece, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Eastern Europe, EU, Brussels, Ukraine, Zandvliet, Meer, Lyon, Vesoul, AFP, Berlin, Thessaloniki, Spanish, Hamburg, Cologne, Bremen, Nuremberg, Munich, Eastern, Bulgaria, Yvelines, French, Noisy, Seine et Marne, England, Novara, Belgium, Arendonk, Dutch

☆ News industry off to brutal 2024 start as mass layoffs devastate publishers, raising questions about future of journalism
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Oliver Darcy | Jon Passantino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The recent round of layoffs, while pronounced, are part of a much larger and unrelenting storm battering the journalism industry. Over the past 18 months, most news organizations have been forced to make difficult decisions to reduce their workforces. “I am sorry to say that I do not see turning around most legacy outlets,” Jeff Jarvis, the Leonard Tow Professor of Journalism Innovation at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, told CNN. Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, noted some local news outlets have found financial sustainability. “There are reasons to be optimistic given the hundreds of independent local news organizations that have sprouted up in recent years,” he said.

Persons: Condé Nast, ” Jay Rosen, “, Jeff Jarvis, Craig Newmark, ” Jarvis, ” Rosen, Steve Bannon’s, Margaret Sullivan, Sullivan, ”, ” Sullivan, Jeff Bezos ’, Patrick Soon, Dan Kennedy, Shiong’s, Jeff Bezos, ” Kennedy, Rosen Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Times, Business, Condé, Forbes, The New York Daily News, Washington Post, NPR, Vice Media, Sports, Vox Media, NBC News, CNBC, Gannett, Netflix, Columbia University, Google, Meta, New York University, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, America, Guardian, The Washington Post, The New York Times, “ Democracy, Jeff Bezos ’ Washington Post, Northeastern University, “ Billionaire, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Boston Globe, Journalists Locations: Covid, Jeff Bezos ’ Washington

☆ 2023 through the lens of Reuters photographers
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Reuters Photographers | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Reuters photographers were on the ground to capture it all as it unfolded - and much more. 649 photographers125 countries1.3 million photosOn Oct. 7, Hamas rampaged through southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking about 240 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. While this war and other stories took the spotlight off Ukraine, the conflict raged on in the country’s east. Amid the death and despair that marked 2023, humans still found ways to remember and to celebrate - and Reuters photographers looked for those stories, too. A Reuters photographer took a picture of an object drifting down to the coast in South Carolina after it was shot down, just one moment among many that made up the world in 2023.

Persons: Abdulalim Muaini, Donald Trump, Sam Bankman, Fried, King Charles III Organizations: U.S ., Reuters Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Turkey, Syria, Morocco, Europe, Canada, America, California, Congo, Darfur, Sudan, Haiti, U.S, rickety, Gaza, United States, Mexico, South Carolina

☆ Jamala: Russia adds Eurovision-winning Ukrainian singer to wanted list
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Jack Guy | Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Russia has put a Ukrainian singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 on a wanted criminal list, according to state media. Jamala, whose full name is Susana Jamaladynova, is “on the wanted list for criminal charges,” Russian state media outlet TASS reported on Monday. Russian state media called it anti-Russian and Moscow said it violated Eurovision rules. In 2022, Ukraine won Eurovision again thanks to folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra’s song “Stefania,” which was written about the frontman’s mother. While the winning nation normally hosts the following year’s contest, Ukraine was unable to do so due to the Russian full-scale invasion.

Persons: Susana Jamaladynova, Jonathan Nackstrand, Jamala, ”, Vladimir Putin’s, Stefania, Sweden’s Loreen Organizations: CNN, TASS, Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russian Federation, Getty, Ukraine, Eurovision, Liverpool Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Russian, AFP, Crimea, Ukraine, Moscow, United Kingdom, Spain, Italian, Turin

☆ Laura Enever: Australian surfer officially breaks world record after taming giant wave
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Australian surfer Laura Enever can finally celebrate officially breaking a world record for the largest wave ever paddled into by a woman. Guinness World Records and the World Surf League (WSL) have now verified the size of the 13.3-meter (about 43.6-foot) wave that she successfully surfed in Hawaii on January 22. “Andrea Moller held this record before me and it’s an honor to hold that record and keep pushing big wave surfing. Video Ad Feedback He loves giant waves, hates being underwater 01:30 - Source: CNNShe has since entered into WSL Big Wave events where she continues to push herself to the limits. Germany’s Sebastian Steudtner owns the record for the biggest wave ever surfed, riding a 26.21-meter (about 86-foot) whopper in 2020.

Persons: Laura Enever, “, ” Enever, Andrea Moller –, ”, I’m, Enever, “ Andrea Moller, Laura, Jessi Miley, Dyer, “ Laura, Aaron Gold, Germany’s Sebastian Steudtner Organizations: CNN, Guinness World Records, Surf League, Junior, Big Locations: Australian, Hawaii, Enever

Nov 8 (Reuters) - Australian Laura Enever has surfed her way into the record books after stroking into a giant four-story wave in Hawaii earlier this year, the World Surf League and Guinness World Records said on Wednesday. Enever, 31, was surfing at an outer reef on Oahu's North Shore in January when she caught a huge blue wall measured at 43.6 feet (13.3m), breaking the world record for the biggest wave ever paddled into by a woman. "I came up from that wave, and there was a huge, huge wave behind that took out the whole lineup, and I just saw boards flying everywhere. When I got to the inside, I was almost laughing - I just couldn't believe I'd caught that wave but also escaped that crazy, huge wave behind mine." The biggest wave ever ridden was a 26.2m monster at Nazare, towed into by Germany's Sebastian Steudtner in 2020.

Persons: Laura Enever, Enever, I'd, Aaron Gold, Gabeira, Germany's Sebastian Steudtner, Lincoln, James Redmayne, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Surf League, Guinness World Records, Thomson Locations: Hawaii, Enever, Shore, Waimea, Maui, Nazare, Portugal, Sydney

Kelly felt the postseason electricity of the crowd, the energy in the city, and relished it. In many ways, the Diamondbacks are hoping to blaze the same trail as the Phillies, who were also a No. The D-backs are 5-0 this postseason, sweeping two games from Milwaukee before winning three straight against the 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers. Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker — who grew up in suburban Philadelphia — said watching the Phillies make it deep in the postseason for a second straight year is impressive. Repeating the success, establishing a presence in the postseason.”Philadelphia won the season series from the Diamondbacks 4-3.

Persons: — Merrill Kelly, Reid, Kelly, ” Kelly, Diamondbacks haven't, Christian Walker —, Philadelphia —, ” Walker, Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos, Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, Zach Wheeler, Aaron Nola, Harper, Castellanos, “, “ We've, It's, ”, Torey Lovullo, Zac Gallen, they’re, they’ll, Corbin Carroll, Catcher Gabriel Moreno Organizations: PHOENIX, Citizens Bank, Philadelphia, Houston, Phillies, Diamondbacks, Braves, Astros, Milwaukee, Los Angeles Dodgers, ” Philadelphia, Brewers, Dodgers Locations: The Arizona, Philadelphia

☆ Morning Bid: 'Remarkable' US markets surf crosscurrents
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2023. Stock futures are higher once again ahead of the bell today. As cash Treasury markets returned from Monday's Columbus Day holiday to a week of heavy long-term debt auctions, they were also greeted with rekindled optimism about the Federal Reserve's policy rate trajectory. Ten-year U.S. Treasury yields are set to kick off Tuesday's U.S. trading day at some 4.65% - almost a quarter of a percentage point below the peak set just after Friday's blowout September jobs report. Elsewhere, PepsiCo (PEP.O) edged 0.8% higher ahead of the beverage maker's third-quarter results and Unity (U.N) jumped 6.4% after the video-game software maker said its CEO John Riccitiello would retire.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Mike Dolan, Lorie Logan, Logan, Philip Jefferson chimed, John Riccitiello, Christopher Waller, Neel Kashkari, Mary Daly, Raphael Bostic, Ed Osmond Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Columbus, Federal, Dallas Fed, Treasury, Monetary Fund, IMF, World Bank, Fund, HK, Bloomberg, Alibaba, Baidu, PepsiCo, Reserve, San Francisco Fed, Atlanta Fed, PepsiCo NFIB Consumer, Reuters Messaging, Thomson, Reuters Locations: New York City, U.S, Israel, Marrakesh, China, Beijing, Minneapolis, San

☆ Caroline Marks: How surfer capitalized on a ‘special connection with the ocean’ to win her first surfing world title
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Marks celebrates winning the world title at Lower Trestles in California. Pat Nolan/World Surf League/Getty Images“I feel like I had a special connection with the ocean already that day, and my board felt amazing,” says Marks. But for Marks, winning the world title was the culmination of years of hard work, a goal that had formed in her mind even before she became the youngest surfer to qualify for the Championship Tour aged 15. But this year’s world title, Marks says, was even more satisfying after last season’s four-month absence from competitions. “The world title to me was my biggest goal ever,” says Marks, who won the Tahiti Pro event in August.

Persons: Caroline Marks, Marks, Carissa Moore, Tyler Wright –, ” Marks, idolize Moore, Moore, Pat Nolan, ”, “, Caitlin Simmers, Wright, Kelly Slater, Marks “, Ryan Pierse, –, I’ve, that’s, “ I’d, She’s, Mike Parsons, “ She’s, Marks hasn’t, there’s, Matt Dunbar, She’ll, gunning Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, women’s, SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro, Tokyo, Kyodo, Tokyo Games, Tahiti Locations: Trestles, Southern California, Florida, California, Melbourne Beach, Tahiti –

☆ Hurricane Idalia chases Florida residents from the Gulf Coast as forecasters warn of storm surge
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The result could be a big blow to a state still dealing with lingering damage from last year's Hurricane Ian. She had a message for the almost 900 residents who were under mandatory orders to evacuate the island near the coast of the Big Bend region. More than a dozen state troopers went door to door warning residents that storm surge could rise as high as 15 feet (4.5 meters). At 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Idalia was about 240 miles (390 kilometers) south-southwest of Tampa, with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph), the National Hurricane Center said. Idalia's initial squalls were being felt in the Florida Keys and the southwestern coast of Florida on Tuesday afternoon, including at Clearwater Beach.

Persons: Idalia, Ian, Sue Colson, Colson, Andy Bair, Hurricane Hermine, Bair, we're, Ron DeSantis, Brian Kemp, Russell Guess, Brian McNoldy, McNoldy Organizations: National Weather Service, Cedar Key, City, National Hurricane Center, Florida Keys, Clearwater Beach . Workers, Carolinas, . Georgia Gov, National Guard, Cunningham Tree Service, University of Florida, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa Bay, Busch Gardens, United Launch Alliance, Atmospheric Administration, University of Miami Locations: Coast, Gulf, Mexico, Florida, Tallahassee, Bend, Cedar, Tarpon Springs, Tampa, Clearwater Beach, Georgia, Valdosta , Georgia, Cuba, Pinar del Rio, Hawaii, Canada, Greece, California, Vermont, Gainesville

☆ How a couple turned a plot of land on the island of Sumba into a 4-level resort with suites and villas that go for up to $1,100 a night
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Fabrice and Eve Ivara bought a plot of land in 2017 on the wild island of Sumba in Indonesia. Guests can stay in suites and villas on the beach at Cap Karoso for up to $1,100 a night. "I didn't speak any of it at the time, so I learned my speech by heart," Eve Ivara said. They hired a luxury-travel public-relations company to work with the media, and Eve Ivara curated the Instagram page. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Our guests have already done things we haven't yet had the chance to do, as we've been so busy," Eve Ivara said.

Persons: Fabrice, Eve Ivara, Eve, Fabrice Ivara, Moët Hennessy, they'd, Ivara, we'd, Karoso, Gary Fell, Fell, Cap Karoso, couldn't, Philippe Guiglionda, De, lockdowns, we've Organizations: Karoso, Service, KPMG, GFAB Architects, Design Locations: Sumba, Indonesia, Wall, Silicon, France, Spain, Norway, Bali, Seminyak, Maldives, Paris, British, London, Singapore, Indonesian, Karoso, Asia

CNN —A video of a tourist climbing into Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain to fill her water bottle has circulated online. After filling her bottle from a spout of the fountain, she attempts to walk away, before a guard blows a whistle and paces towards her. It remains unclear what happened to the tourist after the incident, and whether she was arrested or fined. Tourists can be fined up to 500 euros for entering the fountain, which is widely considered one of the city’s best known landmarks. Around 3,000 euros ($3,200) a day are thrown into the fountain during busy tourist months, according to Rome’s tourism board.

Persons: Trevi, Rome skyrockets, surfed Organizations: CNN, Catholic, Caritas, Maserati, Vatican Museum Locations: Rome, Covid, Saudi, Italy, Australian, American

☆ AI is going to eliminate way more jobs than anyone realizes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Emil Skandul | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

We didn't see the internet coming, but AI is within viewThe adoption of groundbreaking technology is often hard to predict. The World Economic Forum estimated 83 million jobs worldwide would be lost over the next five years because of AI, with 69 million jobs created — that leaves 14 million jobs that will cease to exist during that timeframe. In the US, the knowledge-worker class is estimated to be nearly 100 million workers, one out of three Americans. The small and large compounding effects of productivity growth across many industries are central to the growth trajectory and the long-run effects of AI. This is an alarmingly trivial amount for an economy of $25 trillion GDP and over 150 million workers.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Joseph Schumpeter, Bill Gates, David Letterman, Paul Krugman, Erik Brynjolfsson, —, Brynjolfsson, Robert Solow, Robert Gordon, provocatively, It's, Gordon, David Autor, Maria Flynn, Flynn, –, Georgia –, Emil Skandul, Tony Blair Organizations: McKinsey, Newsweek, Stanford University, Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, Economic, International Labor Organization, Organization for Economic Co, Development, MIT, Congressional, Office, Department of Labor, Tony Blair Institute Locations: Washington, Singapore, New York, Georgia

☆ Elon Musk wants to have a cage match with his tech world nemesis, jiu-jitsu enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said he'd be up for fighting his tech world nemesis, jiu-jitsu lover Mark Zuckerberg. Elon Musk says he'd be up for settling his beef with Mark Zuckerberg in the ring. On Tuesday night, Musk took to Twitter to respond to unsubstantiated rumors that Meta might soon launch a rival to Musk's Twitter, called Threads. While we can only assume Musk's cage fight proposition is a joke, Musk and Zuckerberg have in the past traded words over their respective tech kingdoms. In the very, very slim chance that Musk and Zuckerberg were to meet in the cage, Musk would find a tough opponent in his tech world nemesis: Zuckerberg has been looking totally shredded lately.

Persons: Elon Musk, he'd, Mark Zuckerberg, Musk, Vladimir Putin, Musk's, Zuckerberg, Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, Dmitry Rogozin . Organizations: Morning, Twitter, SpaceX, Facebook, Boring, Meta Locations: Ukraine, Redwood City , California, Russian

☆ Pink Floyd, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and Me
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Charlie Savage | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

Muted tk tkLike other band members have done consistently over the years, Waters denied that Pink Floyd intentionally structured its 1973 album to align with the 1939 film. Before my article, “The Dark Side of the Rainbow” was just a word-of-mouth thing on an early internet message board. I mostly listened to alternative rock in those days, but Pink Floyd’s Usenet group had a hold on me. I shared that page on the Usenet group and added it to a Pink Floyd “Web ring” — a system in which people with related pages linked to one another. The article page was logging hundreds, then thousands, and eventually tens of thousands of visitors.

Persons: Floyd, ‘, Oz ’, ”, Roger Waters, Joe Rogan, Waters, Noam Chomsky, Rogan, Pink Floyd —, Oz, Dorothy, Clare Torry’s, “, Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, Willie Nelson, ” Waters, ” Rogan, “ I’ve, it’s, I’m, floyd, Kurt Cobain, Toto, Marvel, grooving, Dave Gilmour, Pink, Kurt Loder, Oz ”, “ Akira ” —, Dorothy tiptoeing, perversely Organizations: The, Gazette, New York Times, Hoosier, MGM, Miss, Journal Gazette, Columbia Records, Dave Gilmour & Co, MTV, New York Daily News, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, YouTube Locations: Austin , Texas, Louisiana, Fort Wayne, Ind, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Indiana, Boston, York

☆ Since Three Arrows Capital collapsed, the crypto fund's founders have reportedly been meditating in Bali, learning to surf, and taking shrooms
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

When hedge fund Three Arrows Capital collapsed last year, it left the crypto world reeling. But the firm's founders, Kyle Davies and Su Zhu, have reportedly had it pretty good ever since. Just because your crypto firm collapsed, doesn't mean you are going to end up on house arrest at your parents' pad. As the liquidation process began for their crypto firm, both founders flew to Bali — Indonesia notably doesn't have an extradition treaty with the United States — the Times reported. According to the Times, Zhu started to hang out with surfers and UFC fighters.

Persons: Kyle Davies, Su Zhu, Zhu surfed, Davies, Hemingway, Zhu, liquidators Organizations: Arrows Capital, Morning, New York Times, United, Times, Twitter, UFC Locations: Bali, Bali — Indonesia, United States, Bahrain, Singapore

[1/5] Portuguese surfer Teresa Bonvalot smiles after winning her heat in the Sydney Surf Pro on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Australia, May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Lincoln FeastMay 22 (Reuters) - When Portugal's Teresa Bonvalot qualified for the Tokyo Games in 2021 as a then 21-year-old, she had barely a month to prepare for surfing's Olympic debut and the biggest event of her life. Now, more than a year out from the Paris Games, Bonvalot has again booked an Olympic ticket and is relishing the extra time to ready her mind, body and equipment. "That was unbelievable to get the news to mark my spot there," Bonvalot said during a competition in Australia last week. A total of 24 women's places are available, with the International Surfing Association's World Surfing Games in El Salvador this month providing the next qualification spots.

☆ Sebastian Steudtner has turned to science as he chases the world’s biggest waves
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Matt Majendie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Sebastian Steudtner holds the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed. Steudtner holds the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed. Win, win, win or perform, perform, perform. How boring is it to win and win and win? If I want to catch waves, I don’t think about you because you’re in my way, so you’re naturally competitive.

☆ Big-Wave Surfer Garrett McNamara Found Stability on a Board
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Marc Myers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Garrett McNamara, 55, is an extreme surfer who in 2011 set a world record in Nazaré, Portugal, for the largest wave surfed, at 78 feet. He co-stars in the second season of the HBO documentary series “100-Foot Wave.” He spoke with Marc Myers. When I was 1½, I was in a child seat on our dining table as my father prepared to feed me. He later said I used my legs to scoot across the surface to the edge and then went right off the end.

☆ Former pro breaks record for world's longest surf in Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( James Redmayne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) - A former Australian professional surfer broke the world record for the longest recorded surfing session in Sydney on Friday. The Australian plans to surf until Friday evening, extending the new record to over 40 hours on the water. Spotlights were used at night to help guide Johnston in the surf and medics monitored his health on the beach. Johnston, who surfed more than 600 waves during his session, took on the world record to raise money for youth mental health initiatives in collaboration with the Chumpy Pullin Foundation. Reporting by James Redmayne in Sydney Editing by Alasdair Pal, Editing by Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ AMC Seeks New Lifeline After Meme-Stock Bubble Pops
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Alexander Gladstone | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The meme-stock phenomenon is on its last legs, and no company is feeling the comedown more than movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.AMC deftly surfed the meme-stock wave to raise billions of dollars and help it avoid bankruptcy during the pandemic, but its shares have sunk back to roughly where they were trading before the company caught fire in the online trading community. Box-office receipts are falling short, and the meme-stock premium that helped AMC raise fresh capital has all but evaporated.

☆ I secretly spend winters in the Canary Islands and only go to the office a few months of the year. I'm happier, healthier, and more productive.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A remote worker based in Germany secretly works from the Canary Islands during the winter. I'm more productive at work because I'm living a happier and healthier lifestyleThe warmer climate and more active lifestyle has improved his physical and mental health, the remote worker said. I'm making the best use of my time and being productive and efficient while doing what I love. I'm a very motivated person — I have very specific work goals both within my company and externally. I love the freedom that remote work allows but value in-person collaborationNow that I'm moving into more leadership positions, team building is a larger part of my job.

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