Not sure what to do on a Monday while you wait for Monday Night Football to start up again? Attend the Long Beach, CA Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation’s general meeting at 7PM, Monday, August 2nd at Shelter Surf Shop (2148 E 4th St., Long Beach). It’s free, fun and informative!
We’ll start with an update on Surfrider’s Rise Above Plastics campaign, with the goal of reducing single-use plastics from our oceans. After that, the guest speaker will be film maker Grant Eads screening Mother Wants Her Beauty Back, a short film about the ongoing Long Beach Breakwater campaign.
For more information check out www.lbsurfrider.org or call 562-252-6173.
While skin cancer, (melanoma), remains much rarer among blacks and Hispanics than among whites, it doesn’t mean just because you’re dark skinned you shouldn’t worry about protecting your skin from the sun. In fact non-whites with melanoma are diagnosed later, and are thus actually more likely to die from the disease.
After completing a recent study in Florida, Dr. Robert S. Kirsner of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine said, “Just because you have darker skin pigmentation, whether you’re Hispanic or black, does not make you immune to skin cancer.”.
Dr. Kirsner says there needs to be better awareness among non-white patients, and their doctors, that dark skin doesn’t mean immunity to melanoma. People of any color should watch for skin growths that meet any of these criteria:: asymmetrical; irregular, nicked or notched borders; multiple colors; the size of a pencil eraser or larger; or growths that are evolving or changing.
And regardless of whether you have light or dark skin, Kirsner said it’s best to follow “sun-smart” behaviors like seeking out shade, covering up, wearing rash guards and other UV protective clothing along with avoiding the midday sun, and wearing sunscreen.
Californian Cori Schumacher has won the 2010 Roxy ASP Women’s World Longboard Championships in Biarritz, France.
Schumacher defeated fellow Californian Kaitlin Maguir in clean two-to-three foot waves in a 100% American heat at the world famous La Côte des Basques.
Cori lived up to her reputation and ruled the action during the finals day scoring the event’s highest single-wave and heat scores respectively a 9.25 and 17.25 points.
“It feels so good right now,” freshly crowned Schumacher said. “It was like six minutes to the end and feelings just all washed over me and I was tingling. It’s such an amazing feeling to win. I had some pressure though when I paddled into a wave and left Kaitlin (Maguire) on her own because she can pull a world championship out of her hat anytime.”
Coming out on top of a series of intense exchanges in a well-fought final after eliminating two former world champions in the Quarterfinals (Jennifer Smith) and the Semifinals (Joy Monahan), Schumacher’s solid 13.15 score to Maguire’s 9.80 confirmed her domination over the weekend, her smart heat tactics and strategy giving her the final shot at the title.
“I took a gamble to paddle into that last wave and hoped for the conditions to slow down as it had been doing the last three days,” Schumacher said. “It paid up, the gamble went well!”
Congrats Cori!!!
