Winter on the North Shore officially kicked off earlier this month when we saw Koa Rothman and John John Florence surfing Rocky Point during the first swell of the season. But the North Shore is truly emerging from its summer slumber thanks to the huge swell hitting this week with .
The G-Skate — a collaboration between Britt Merrick from Channel Islands and the Gudauskas brothers — is a unique design that, at first glance, looks like a groveler. It's not. Rather, the G-Skate is designed with all sorts of waves in mind — from a 2-foot beachbreak to a 6-foot slab in .
In this week s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about a new mother s gratitude to hospital staffers who saved her life, a Long Grove museum recognized for the world s largest sock monkey collection, and an esteemed Underground Railroad historian receiving a lifetime achievement award.
Guinness World Records has made it official: Long Grove s Sock Monkey Museum is the new world record holder for the largest collection of handmade sock monkeys on the planet. A pair of Guinness representatives bestowed the honor Thursday.