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Author Archives: Gavin Vanstone
TED Talks
I thought all of the performances I watched were very well executed. Everyone looked like they were well prepared and confident. Most of the talks had very good uses of visuals and they helped to strengthen the talks as a … Continue reading
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The Search… Or Lack Thereof
One of the most influential surfing movies ever made was The Endless Summer. It was released in 1966. Director, Bruce Brown, produced the movie and it followed two surfers, Mike Hynson and Robert August on a search to follow summer … Continue reading
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Paradigm Shift Rough Draft
**********I apologize for not properly citing my sources. I will fix them after this class. I was not sure how he wanted the sources cited, so I am asking him in class today and will have it fixed as soon … Continue reading
The ASP World Championship: Down to the Wire
I wanted to start this week’s blog post by asking you guys, my many readers (I know there’s many out there you just don’t like voicing your opinion on my blog) are there any questions you have for me about … Continue reading
Paradigm Shift Essay Outline and Ted Talk Pitch
My Ted Talk Pitch: In early 2012, Invisible Children released a video in an attempt to raise awareness of war criminal Joseph Kony and his actions in Uganda. This video had two effects. It raised the awareness of Joseph Kony, … Continue reading
Sustainability and Surfing: The Unavoidable Truth
In general, surfers are a very environmentally conscious group of people. They are very active in supporting many different environmental causes. Some examples of this are raising the awareness of the dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan or through Surfrider Foundation, … Continue reading
Paradigm Shift Ideas
I’m not really sold on either of the ideas I am posting about. If I was forced to pick between the two, I would pick the slacktivism idea, but I am still trying to find a shift that I am … Continue reading
“The End of the Road”
In this post, I am going to analyze my favorite wave in the world to watch, Teahupoo, Tahiti. Teahupoo is located on the southern coast of French Polynesia. Teahupoo translates directly to “the end of the road” because it is … Continue reading
Long Board Surfing
In my last post, I talked about big wave surfing and how it differed from short board surfing. In this post, I am going to go into detail about long board surfing and how that differs from short board surfing. … Continue reading
Rhetorical Analysis Rough Draft
(This is the basis of my essay) It takes plastic over 500 years to decompose into small pieces and close to 1000 years to decompose completely. That means the first piece of plastic created (in 1905) is … Continue reading