Before Japanese baseball players such as Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Hideo Nomo played in America for Major League Baseball, there was Masanori Murakami. In 1964, sent to the United Sates by the Nante Hawks, Masanori Murakami became the first baseball player in Japan to play Read More …
For those who are traveling to Japan and want to watch a baseball game will want to purchase their tickets through sites like JapanBallTickets.com. While there is a small fee tacked into the price, one must remember that you are literally hiring someone to get Read More …
One of my favorite skimboard online communities that I used to venture into was Aaron Peluso’s skimonline.com. Featuring a pretty cool community of skimboarders, the site had it’s first DVD release featuring a lot of talented skimboarders from Aaron, Paulo Prietto, Andy Chiavetta and many Read More …
When it comes to surfing DVD’s, among my favorites are the “DRIVE THRU” series from 14 Day Productions. It’s literally a series which puts together a group of well-known surfers and send them to surf spots in different parts of the world. Some of these Read More …
“Soul Surfer” is an inspiring film based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton, an American professional surfer who’s life was changed after a shark attack in which she lost her left her arm. Without her arm and media coverage from all over the world, Read More …
Not many children get a chance to travel the world and surf. But when professional surfer Bryan Jennings was given a shot to do that at a young age, he felt that he needed to continue that tradition and give two young surfers that opportunity. Read More …
For many kids living in the favela (slums) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, growing up in the area means a volatile life, a life of poverty, as many of the kids become drug traffickers or simply don’t live a long life as drug wars and Read More …
I’ve heard so much about Jim Freeman and Greg MacGillivray’s (the founder of IMAX) film “Five Summer Stories” (and “Sunshine Sea”) many times from fellow surfers and before it was released in DVD, I’ll admit seeing the VHS at various surf shop for years but Read More …
With the success of Stacy Peralta’s (famous skater and one of the original Dogtown Z-Boys) award-winning documentary “Dogtown and Z-Boys” in 2001, surfer/skater turned filmmaker Stacy Peralta went on to work on his next documentary in 2004 titled “Riding Giants”. For this documentary, Peralta’s goal Read More …
Having used the Striiv Smart Pedometer for nearly a year, I decided that I was ready to upgrade to the Garmin Forerunner 15. Which is more on the budget-conscious low-end for Garmin’s GPS fitness watch. The watch is available on its own or you can Read More …
An entertaining surfing film from Norway, “Monster Thursday” is a cinema with a soul but also managing to balance that feeling of being stoked for the search for the big wave. No, this is not an American film, nor is it an Australian film, “Monster Read More …
New York has the Yankees and the Mets, Los Angeles has the Dodgers and the Angels but yet in two different divisions. In Japan, two of Tokyo’s Nippon Pro Baseball (NPB) Teams, the Giants and Swallows play in the same division and have a heated Read More …
The following review was written many, many, many years ago. Prior to the death of Andy Irons. There are not too many “Learn to Surf” DVD’s in the market. Well, I’ll take that back… More like, there are not too many well-produced and cool “learn Read More …
When it comes to sports, I’m passionate with collecting New York Yankees merchandise but also Japanese NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) merchandise. In the U.S., I’m pretty supportive of the New York Yankees and their minor league teams, but in Japan, while my favorite team is Read More …
It was opening day for the first game of 2015 as the Yomiuri Giants would begin their season against the Yokohama DeNA Baystars. Having been to the final pre-season game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, I was curious to see Read More …