Category: Writing
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Surf Trip Packing List 2020
The version posted on Wave Tribe is attributed to Derek Dodds. This is the original version I submitted. Published by Wave Tribe | June 10, 2020 Traveling to a new break has a way of smacking you in the face with beauty. Wake up! Stop worrying about emails. It’s time to surf.…
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Surfing Chicama, Peru – The Longest Left
Published by Wave Tribe | September 12, 2019 The version posted on Wave Tribe is attributed to Derek Dodds. This is the original version I submitted. [Credit – Mikey Wier. Caption – Waist high waves at El Point are hard to hate.] Chicama, The Longest Left Chicama is known as…
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GearLab Mountain Bike Review Program
I lead a team to create GearLab’s first mountain bike review in September of 2016 and launched its mountain bike review program with the most scientific and objective testing process known at the time. I continued leading the program until April 2018, when I became a senior managing editor. During…
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Full Stream Ahead
With Roku and Netflix as next-door neighbors, Los Gatos becomes a new entertainment capital. Published by Los Gatos Magazine | January 2016 by L. Clark Tate Hollywood and Silicon Valley have an ongoing flirtation, as evidenced by The Social Network, two Steve Jobs feature films in as many years, HBO’s Silicon Valley,…
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Field Tested: Boosted Board
The Boosted Board lets you accelerate fast, skate uphill and ride up to 8 miles on a single electric charge, with almost no learning curve. Published by Hilltromper Santa Cruz | December 4, 2018 by L. Clark Tate. Photos courtesy Boosted Boards Dec. 4, 2015—I was kind of a skater…
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Big Time Rush
Grab the kids and the kayak for a fun weekend float or a wild whitewater ride. Published by Salt Lake City Weekly | June 5, 2014 By L. Clark Tate There’s a reason early explorers scoured the West for river passages: access. The middle-of-nowhere places that a river can take you…
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Winter Outdoor Recreation Guide 2014-15
Project for Salt Lake City Weekly | 2014 Winter Outdoor Recreation Guide 2014-15 No winter is like the last one, even beyond the snow factor: Resorts grow and change, and as jobs, families and interests shift, our recreation routines get shaken up. But there’s no reason to fear change—embrace it,…
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Christmas Tree Farms: Into the Woods
Your guide to local Christmas tree farms Published by Los Gatos Magazine | 2015 By L. Clark Tate Few things conjure the holidays like wandering wooded hillsides to find the tree tailor-made by nature (and artful pruning) just for you. Chilled mountain air, warm cups of cocoa, an intrepid overland…
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The People’s VP
El Camino Hospital’s Pat Wolfram puts people first. Published by Los Gatos Magazine | 2015 By L. Clark Tate Pat Wolfram implements El Camino Hospital’s ethos by focusing on one priority: the patient. While the health care industry can present a potential for chaos, Wolfram, vice president and head administrator…
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Field Tested: OneWheel
‘The world’s first self-balancing electric skateboard,’ says Future Motion Inc. It’s that, plus a lot of fun. Hilltromper Santa Cruz | 2015 Words and Photo by L. Clark Tate I was definitely channeling Marty McFly. Not just because I was riding a contraption akin to the hoverboard, but because I…
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