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Take a big breath for underwater rock running
This is why those heads are bobbing off the coast of La Jolla Ridiculed and ostracized, rollerbladers hit new strides
Did you know that San Diego is considered a mecca for inline skating? San Diego’s crazy for Zumba
Dance-exercise instructors pay to learn something they already know, but it seems to be worth it Drinking responsibly at the Morley Field disc-golf course
Or: Hey, you kids, get off of our lawn! San Diego Parkour Club finds the quickest route between two points
For members, it’s all about philosophy and movement Feeling the burn of competitive pole dancing
Meet “Flying” Laura Martin of Encinitas, a national champion Unleashing the inner beast with hard-court bike polo
A small group of riders heads to Golden Hill every week to play the 120-year-old sport A surfer learns to stand-up paddleboard
San Diego’s varied waters are ideal for newish hybrid sport Racewalking may look silly, but just try to keep up
Olympic sport is all about swaying hips, straight legs and surprising speed San Diego has a pro paintball Dynasty
Who knew the team is the most successful in the sport’s history?

Wednesday, August 15,2012
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Drinking responsibly at the Morley Field disc-golf course

Or: Hey, you kids, get off of our lawn!

By Hutton Marshall

On the first tee of the finely groomed Morley Field disc-golf course, five college-age kids are waiting to begin their round. With startling synchronicity, they each grab a can of Natural Light beer and shotgun it without a care about those watching.

Wednesday, July 18,2012
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San Diego has a pro paintball Dynasty

Who knew the team is the most successful in the sport’s history?

By David Rolland

Five young men covered in blue and black protective uniforms are clustered together at one end of a field on the base at Camp Pendleton, each armed with a gun and poised to attack.

Wednesday, June 20,2012
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Sweating the yogis at Bikram Yoga Mira Mesa

Britney Henry hopes to throw her way to the Olympics

Can centrifugal force carry a San Diego athlete to London?

By Dave Maass

Britney Henry throws hammers. Mind you, these aren’t your hardware-store, ball-peen or claw hammers. Henry throws the Olympic hammer, an ancient cousin of the sledgehammer, with a cannonball-like sphere at the end of a wire.

Wednesday, April 25,2012
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Undisputed Ones score goals—and set ’em, too

San Diego soccer team hopes to take their game overseas

By Kelly Davis

One side of Rosa Parks Field in City Heights is a patchwork of dust and dry grass. At halftime, Janice Jordan passes around a bag of Halls to her team, the Undisputed Ones— UD1s for short—to soothe dry throats.

Wednesday, March 28,2012
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Fighting to keep chivalry alive

Crossing blades at a class in historical sword combat

By Kinsee Morlan

Weapon in hand, I immediately want to swing my sword around like Penelope Cruz in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, maybe finishing my swordsmanship debut with a backflip into the splits.

Wednesday, February 29,2012
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A surfer learns to stand-up paddleboard

San Diego’s varied waters are ideal for newish hybrid sport

By Morgan Wood

A few days before trying my luck on an SUP, I did what any self-respecting neophyte would have done: I Googled the sport and watched a few clips on YouTube. I found that a serious SUP subculture has emerged—and then I watched a cat jump into a cardboard box.

Wednesday, February 1,2012
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Ridiculed and ostracized, rollerbladers hit new strides

Did you know that San Diego is considered a mecca for inline skating?

By Peter Holslin

As skateboarding culture became increasingly mainstream, the anti-rollerblading propaganda got louder and aggressive inline skating steadily waned in the United States

Wednesday, January 4,2012
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Racewalking may look silly, but just try to keep up

Olympic sport is all about swaying hips, straight legs and surprising speed

By Claire Trageser

The racewalker’s goal is simple: Walk as fast as possible. In fact, racewalking—an Olympic sport—has only two rules. One foot must always be on the ground (unlike in running) and each leg must be straight when its foot touches down.

Wednesday, December 7,2011
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San Diego Parkour Club finds the quickest route between two points

For members, it’s all about philosophy and movement

By Ryan Bradford

We’re standing on top of a Downtown building that Tisdale manages, six stories up, on a particularly breezy evening. It’s his suggestion to hold our interview up there, to show me where he practices parkour. It’s an astonishing scene, set against San Diego’s skyline, and one that I can’t fully appreciate due to my intense fear of heights. I tell him that I’m fine, but, really, I’m terrified.