Eric Wolfinger '04 in trim and hanging five in Baja.

Surf Southern California
By Janice Kang
Sports Editor

If you are reading this article, then you are probably at Pomona College, and if you are at Pomona College, then you are in Southern California. It follows that if you’re in Southern California and haven’t tried surfing, then you are missing out on a sport that has created its own unique culture in the SoCal coastal region due to the abundance of beaches, sun, and, to a certain extent, teeny bikinis. Even a style of music, deemed the “surf guitar” by legendary musician Dick Dale has emerged from the waves. The intricate stylings of Dale can be heard in hits like the ever popular “Wipe Out,” and in the words of Dale, "My music is a sexual sensual drive...that low rumbling sound, when I started surfing, you'd hear this neat rumbling sound when you take off and go for the drop and when the wave is lipping over the top of you it makes this hissing sound."

Student Finishes 18,998 In Chicago Marathon
By Lauren Sauter
Sports Associate

Two out of the three people who read my articles (the three being two copy editors and myself) think that I am some kind of schmuck. You think I have no business writing about sports. You think that I sit here in TSL, sipping my Diet Coke, making up sports stats, cracking lame jokes, and constructing illogical metaphors. Well, this is where I prove you wrong. Sort of.

Sports Week Wrap-Up
By Ezekiel Pfeifer
Sports Associate

Pomona-Pitzer tasted both real and symbolic victory over University of Chicago on Saturday, as new Pomona president David Oxtoby, a former U Chicago professor and dean, was inaugurated. On the football field, Jonathon Samples led the Sagehens to a 38-21 win, rushing for 256 yards on 24 carries, with four touchdowns. President Oxtoby thereby won a bet from a friend of his at University of Chicago, getting his prize in the form of a rich Chicago cheesecake.

Sagehen Volleyball Reigns Over CMS, CalTech, & Oxy
By Janice Kang
Sports Editor

Types of climbing:
Bouldering is when you climb up to about 15 feet with no protection except for a crash pad and a good spotter. Bouldering is like masturbation: it’s not as satisfying as the real thing but you don’t need protection.

Sport Climbing is when there are already nine-inch bolts drilled into the rock for your clipping pleasure.

Downing Discusses California Kayaking
By Hailey Anderson
Sports Editor

Southern California’s blue skies and sunshine may not bring whitewater kayaking to thr forefronteveryone’s mind. There are, however, dedicated paddlers on campus who seek out places to go kayaking around the Inland Empire and beyond.

One such person is Freshman Will Downing. Downing began his paddling career five years ago at summer camp. “It was a three week wilderness trip: we camped on an island in a lake and kayaked across the lake to the river each day, carried up the river, and kayaked down,” explained Downing. “Since then I have kayaked between 120-150 days a year.”

Gardner Explains Millenia-Old Martial Arts Traditions, Principles
By Ezekiel Pfeifer
Sports Associate

Marisa Gardner ’04 has been practicing the Shaolin Kempo style of karate since she was twelve years old. Kempo focuses on self-defense, using what is termed the “Te” technique, or “empty hands.” As a result, Kempo focuses on punches and throws rather than on kicks.

“I do kick-boxing and I’d like to try other forms of martial arts,” says Gardner. “Other styles have better kicks, and I’d like to learn those. Kempo is kind of lacking in that area.”