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Surfing the Pacific... The first time

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     Being a kid you hear tales of the ocean being painted as a realm of immense power and enigmatic depths, teeming with unseen "creatures." Overcoming the primal fear of the “ocean” could lead to embracing it… In the form of surfing      Surfing has a long cultural history beginning around the 12th century in Hawaii among the Polynesians. It has had some interesting usages since then. Such as hunting for fish, traveling between islands, and, of course, as a sport for a lot of people.      When I was a kid, around 6, I was infatuated with the sport. From my parents subscribing me to the now-defunct SURFER magazine, to watching the surf teams on television during the Olympics or in person on the coast. Yet, one thing was lacking … I didn’t live in Hawaii, or in Southern California, or Florida… I lived in Oregon of all places.      Oregon is the middle state on the West Coast and in the Pacific Northwest region of the states. Me...
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Behind the "scenes"

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     Hey, you, yeah, you!       Are you curious who is running the behind the scenes? Well, Skylar Wilkerson is who! Who is that you may ask? Well, he is a student currently enrolled at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, Oregon. Currently, he is taking a journalism class, which is why he created this blog in the first place.       Skylar enjoys quite a few different things, like surfing (the top of his favorite things above all), hiking, running, finding crazy or bizarre facts about Oregon or the Willamette Valley, playing his favorite games, like Among Us or Battlefront 2 (2017), or some R&R with friends or family. As a kid, Skylar still plays around with his former, or for lack of better words, "dormant" hobby of trains. Of course, over the year his interest have changed, but it still remains a favorite of his and keeping up-to-date with the local railroad companies and even going as far as being a contributor to a websi...
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