Word: surfboard
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...opened the door, stepped into a mound of McDonald's garbage and then wedged the rest of my body into the car, up against the surfboard which ran diagonally through the interior. Kid Driver's precious board traveled in a silver cushioned bag. (He later told me the surfboard cost more than the car itself.) Once I managed to close the door, he hit the gas and we pulled onto the pavement, Dukes of Hazard style, with a plume of dirt behind us. I fastened my seatbeat...
...opened the door, stepped into a mound of McDonald's garbage and then wedged the rest of my body into the car, up against the surfboard which ran diagonally through the interior. Kid Driver's precious board travelled in a silver cushioned bag. (He later told me the surfboard cost more than the car itself.) Once I managed to close the door, he hit the gas and we pulled onto the pavement, Dukes of Hazzard style, with a plume of dirt behind us. I fastened my seatbeat...
...Giuliani [1]. This year he won a cowboy hat and 10 lbs. of barbecue from the mayor of Arlington, Texas; 10 lbs. of sausage and tickets to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among other items, from the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio; and fish tacos, software and a surfboard from the mayor of San Diego. Here's a compendium of wagers that leaders have made over the years...
...years ago--on July 2, 1922, to be precise--that pioneer Ralph Samuelson strapped on the first pair of water skis on Lake Pipen in Minnesota. In 1985 a surfer aptly named Tony Finn developed a hybrid between a water ski and a surfboard called the Skurfer. But that skiboard was so narrow and buoyant that only the most experienced skiers could work it. Before skiboarding sank like a stone, water-ski manufacturer Herb O'Brien came up with the Hyperlite, a carbon-graphite board of neutral buoyancy with large dimples on the bottom (phasers, to those in the know...
While Henrie's room is guarded by the noble bust of Dante, the room of Jay Phelan, Pforzheimer House resident tutor in biology and head TF for Sex, is adorned with a "radical" surfboard. Questioned about it, Phelan says, "Maybe students who are less intense can identify with me." While Henrie is busy on the squash court, Phelan is organizing kayaking and skiing trips with his wife Lisa, whom he deems "the cooler tutor." Dave C. Doodnauth attributes Phelan's charisma to the fact that "he has that West Cost flavor...