Here are the interviews from Day 3 of the 2015 Edition of Breakfast with Bob from Kona. Enjoy! Heather Fuhr and Lori Bowden Chestnut Eneko Llanos Tim Don Dave Scott Heather Wurtele Brent McMahon Jeff Symonds Matt Dixon and Sean Astin Michelle Vesterby Amanda Stevens Daniela Ryf Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance …
Keiki (child, or an immature plant) There’s just too much self-evident irony in that definition to warrant a lot of exposition. But upon reflection, English is also full of anthropomorphisms (my excuse to use a six-syllable word): there are parent-child relationships in data bases; we grandfather in old laws; typesetters try to avoid orphans and…
Actually, ‘ohana means more than family. Think of it less as a noun than as an imperative. The Maōri cognate of ‘ohana is kōhanga, meaning “nest,” and from that origin flows a set of obligations that are baked deeply into Hawaiian culture. Families are tied together, and that binding includes caring for one another, cooperating…
Here are the interviews from Day 1 of the 2015 Edition of Breakfast with Bob from Kona. Enjoy! Craig Alexander Mark Allen Rachel Joyce Frederik Van Lierde Heather Jackson Ben Hoffman Sebastian Kienle Pete Jacobs Leanda Cave Tim Van Berkel Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV Velofix Links Babbittville Radio…
‘Aina (the land) I was born in Brooklyn. My most intimate tie to the land was descending a staircase on Flatbush Avenue to ride the #2 IRT subway into Manhattan. I thought the only thing under the ground was steam pipes and phone cables. Hawai’i, on the other hand, wears its geomorphic origins on its…
I originally wrote The Puzzle in 2008, after Craig Alexander won his first Ironman Triathlon World Championship title. The pieces are small and scattered all over the jagged emptiness of the Big Island lava fields. The edges have been blasted to bits by the hellacious winds that can, at different times of the day,…
Here’s our line up for Breakfast with Bob from Kona, on Tuesday, October 6th: MIRINDA CARFRAE LUKE MCKENZIE AND BETH GERDES JAN FRODENO JODIE SWALLOW TYLER BUTTERFIELD TIM O’DONNELL LIONEL SANDERS ANGELA NAETH CAROLINE STEFFEN BART AERNOUTS [box style=”media”] Tune in on Tuesday, and everyday during Iron Week on our Babbittville YouTube channel,…
When it comes to Iron Stats, Coach Jim Vance is our go-to-guy. What are his thoughts in this year’s race? Tune in to find out. I learn something new every time I have Jimmy on the show! Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV…
The 2014 Edition of Breakfast with Bob from Kona had lots of highlights. Here are just a few snapshots from last year. [box style=”media”] Watch all of the 2014 Breakfast with Bob interviews on our Babbittville YouTube Channel [/box] …
Hector Picard almost lost his life back in 1994 when 13,000 volts went through his body twice. He fell two stories to the ground, spent four weeks in a coma, had second and third degree burns over 40% of his body, and lost all of his right arm and a major part of his left…