Change of Pace ' " Four

No surf on the last day of Cheyne Magnusson' (TM)s trip to Niijima Island. Yugo Harada, our Japanese marketing guru, knew of a house on the island that had a half-pipe in the backyard. Cheyne definitely wanted to check it out and when he saw it, he didn' (TM)t know what to think. Then it was off to Japanese sand mountain surfing with Cheyne' (TM)s broken board. Everyone has a go, and everyone got sand in all sorts of places.

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Massive Surf and Movie Making Leads to Mayhem at Mavericks

The 55-foot boat gets stuck inside...on purpose.

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The 55-foot "Huli Cat" nearly capsized at Mavericks, off the coast of Half Moon Bay, Calif. Photo: Frank Quirarte
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