Ina a ‘ohe nalu, a laila aku i kai, penei e hea ai / Ku mai! Ku mai! Ka nalu nui mai Kahiki mai! (If there is no surf, invoke sea work in the following manner arise, arise you great surfs from Kahiki) ~Ancient Hawaiian Surf Prayer Few indeed are the recreational activities with which our ado[...]
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Isle Formosa – An Inaccurate Historical Account
The Island of Formosa, or Taiwan, is by geographical standards a veritable newborn. While geologists theorize that Taiwan was created by a massive underwater volcanic eruption a mere few million years ago, Local legends maintain that Taiwan simply materialized one day in the mid 1400’s beneath the[...]
Legs and Labia: The Sculpture of Luo Xu
His work has been described as erotic, powerful, surreal and even profane. He is enamored – some might say obsessed – with the female form. But Kunming-based sculptor Luo Xu has no regrets. This self-professed “free imperialist” and “leader and overlord of myself,”[...]
Golfing Through the Dynasties
Many international publications, from Golf Digest to the New York Times, have jumped on the chuiwan bandwagon, trumpeting the claim of a Lanzhou-based academic that China, not Scotland, invented the great game. Now, even more intriguing “evidence” has been uncovered that’s sure to have splutte[...]
Night at the Bison
My photographer is on the drink again. I told him that we’d both need to be sharp and on our best behavior for this story, but somewhere in between the phone call and the taxi ride to the Bison club, he managed to swill down a load of Cheap Chinese spirits. I do not like [...][...]
