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...CYCLING Michael Barry, Toronto Lyne Bessette, Knowlton, Que. Kiara Bisaro, Courtenay, B.C. Gord Fraser, Nepean, Ont. Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, B.C. Manon Jutras, Montreal Seamus McGrath, Millgrove, Ont. Lori-Ann Muenzer, Edmonton Susan Palmer-Komar, Hamilton, Ont. Marie-H?lene Premont, Ch?teau-Richer, Que. Alison Sydor, Victoria, B.C. Eric Wohlberg, Levack...
...FENCING Michel Boulos, Candiac, Que. Catherine Dunnette, Calgary Monique Kavelaars, Appin, Ont. Sherraine MacKay, Brooks, Alta. Joshua McGuire, Hamilton...
Others question whether the pressure of sponsorship and competitions is pushing some big-wave surfers dangerously beyond their abilities. Hamilton, who surfed Jaws reef the same day Cabrinha set the record, thinks he might have ridden some even higher waves. But he declines to enter the big-wave competitions because he thinks they are bad for the sport. "I resent the whole concept of a bounty to try to ride an 80-ft. or a 100-ft. wave. You are provoking people that maybe shouldn't be out there...
Maybe no one should be out there in surf that is as high as an eight-story building and breaks every 20 seconds with the force of a Union Pacific train. But, as Hamilton would be the first to say, big-wave surfing is not about playing it safe. It's about the thrill of taming that killer wave...
...Smart sensors know when the sucker is stuck and help it dislodge. And the dustbin is three times as large. But in TIME's tests, the Discovery still got stuck on the edges of a rug and missed dust in corners. It's fun to watch, though. --By Anita Hamilton...