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An Endless Gravel Summer

My favorite movie growing up was The Endless Summer , which was directed, produced, narrated, and filmed by Bruce Brown in 1966. The film follows two California-based surfers, Robert August and Mike Hynson, on a 4-month journey around the world in their pursuit of “the perfect wave.” After traveling to Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii, and other world-class surfing destinations, they found it where they least expected—in the small South African town of Cape St. Francis, approximately 400 miles east of Cape Town. “What every surfer dreams of finding is a small wave with perfect shape. What we call a perfect wave,” Brown exclaimed. “The odds against finding one are 10 million to one . . . The waves look like they had been made by some kind of machine. The rides were so long I couldn’t get most of them on one piece of film. On some of the rides, I timed them in the curl for 45 seconds!”…

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Pony Up: Horseback Riding Near Park City!

Has the television show Yellowstone inspired you to 'pony up’ to the Western cowboy lifestyle? Good news, you can play pretend under the guidance of North 40 Escapes’ horseback riding experiences, and you can even catch a glimpse of where scenes from the show were filmed—including Rip’s cabin…

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Harvesting Community: Recycle Utah's 9th Annual 100 Mile Meal Celebrates Locally Sourced Food

Saturday weather came with the type of ferocity you would expect from a summertime storm in Utah, complete with thunder, lightning and wind. Despite the forecast, Recycle Utah forged ahead with the promise that the 9 th Annual 100-Mile Meal would proceed, rain or shine! Fortunately, the storm had blown over by the event’s 4:00 PM kickoff, leaving only some calm grey clouds overhead—an excellent setting to celebrate the incredible food Utah has to offer!.  …

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