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Hawaii Makes Surfing a High School Sport
Hawaii Makes Surfing a High School Sport
Hawaii Makes Surfing a High School Sport
Surf’s up. Hawaii became the first state to officially recognize surfing as a high school sport, which will take effect by the spring of 2013. Funding for the program will come from the private sector and the community. “Surfing has been a really big part of my life and has taught me a lot of valuable lessons: what hard work and perseverance can do, time management and how to stay organized,”
Petition Started to Make Pole Dancing an Olympic Sport
Petition Started to Make Pole Dancing an Olympic Sport
Petition Started to Make Pole Dancing an Olympic Sport
Vertical Dance, a British pole-dancing company, is petitioning the International Olympic Committee to get their sport recognized as a test event for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. According to the petition, which has so far garnered about 6,000 signatures, "Over 50 countries worldwide take part in lessons, workshops, conventions, expose, competitions and teacher training." Read Mor