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Born in California but raised in Hawaii from age 2, Hamilton, 40, became the acknowledged dragon slayer of surf--a glamorous outsize personality who tested the limits in everything he did, often as camera shutters whirred. A thrill junkie, he surfed the highest waves, bungee jumped from a 700-ft. bridge and broke the European speed record for windsurfing. He even stunt surfed in the opening sequence of the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day. But since childhood Hamilton had been mesmerized by the huge outer reef breaks that appeared after some Pacific winter storms. He regularly surfed...
...summer of 1992 Hamilton and some surf buddies were taking turns dragging one another on surfboards behind a boat, "and a little light went on in our heads. We thought this might be an incredible way to surf big waves," he says. They tried it out that winter when the surf got up, and suddenly they were gliding onto big waves with ease. Then they started using shorter boards, which are more maneuverable. Foot straps held the surfers in place as they were towed onto waves by jet skis at speeds of about 40 m.p.h., with top speeds reaching...
...action. In addition to volleyball and sunbathing, it hosts everything from dance parties to children's events. As with its Parisian counterpart, swimming is prohibited. And the beach, which opened in May, will be swept away by municipal workers in September. No matter: with sand and sun?if not surf?so close to home, few are complaining...
...works," says the 24-year P&G veteran, who became vice chairwoman last month. "And you have to have the guts to act on it." Under Arnold, the division's sales have grown about 14% annually. The mother of two, who recently competed in a triathlon and learned to surf, will add hair care to her portfolio. With a third of P&G's $43 billion revenues under her control, she's one of three execs in the running to take over from CEO A.G. Lafley...
...live in Los Angeles, where the commuting time alone lops off another 1,688 days of that total. That gives me just under 5,000 days in which to spend time with my friends, pursue hobbies, raise a family, play my guitar, go out for drinks, surf the Internet, check my e-mail, visit the doctor, read a book…not to mention just relaxing. I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t just a bit frightened by these calculations...