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Local Surfers Aggressively Crashed a German Surf Contest in France
Local surfers gave university competitors at the German contest a course in localism. Photo: Screenshot French freesurfers ignored lifeguards’ commands and paddled out into the middle of Germany’s official university surfing championships in Seignosse, France. A video posted by German surfer Maya Sauer shows one of the freesurfers dropping into her wave and forcefully pushing […]


Local surfers gave university competitors at the German contest a course in localism. Photo: Screenshot

French freesurfers ignored lifeguards’ commands and paddled out into the middle of Germany’s official university surfing championships in Seignosse, France. A video posted by German surfer Maya Sauer shows one of the freesurfers dropping into her wave and forcefully pushing her down.
According to Sauer, the local municipality fully sanctioned and permitted the event. Even so, disgruntled locals paddled out to interrupt it.
“The event was fully approved by the city and paid for,” Sauer wrote on Instagram. “All the necessary licenses were in place for that stretch of beach, flags were up, and lifeguards on scene.”
“But still, a big group of freesurfers deliberately paddled out in the contest area,” she added. “They dropped in on us on purpose, yelled at us, insulted us, and got physically aggressive. The lifeguards tried getting everyone out of the water, but they didn’t listen at all.”
Sauer explained that the French surfer pictured in the video refused to apologize after they approached him, while also acknowledging that it can be difficult to watch your local surf spot undergo drastic change.
“The guy from the video who pushed me off the wave seemed to be proud of what he had done, showing no remorse after being confronted,” she said. “And let’s not forget: the contest had official permission for that stretch of beach, and the freesurfers had no right to be in the water during contest hours. On every other day, they’re the locals and may control the lineup, but not then.”
“I totally understand that it’s frustrating when your home spot feels more crowded every year. I’ve been coming to Hossegor for 11 years now, and I’ve seen how the vibe in the water has changed,” she added. “There’s a lot of tension, and learning to deal with that can be tricky. But there’s a line. And violence, especially against women, should never, ever be part of surfing. It breaks my heart to see things heading in this direction. Surfing is supposed to bring people together. We’re all out there because we love the same thing. I hope we don’t lose sight of that.”
Sauer received a flood of support in the comment section of her Instagram post. German Olympic surfer Tim Elter chimed in and said, “I was about to write a book. But I chose not to. We love you, Maya.”
The event website says (via Google Translate) that the festivities include “surfing, a surf flea market, beach volleyball and spikeball tournaments, live concerts, and parties in a bungalow village right behind the dunes.”
The German university surfing championships, which run from June 14 to 21, are open to students of any state-recognized university in Germany. This year marks the 20th edition of the event.
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Rachel Davis Named Big South Woman of the Year Nominee – University of South Carolina
Story Links CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced the nominations for the Big South Woman of the Year this afternoon. Nominees for the annual honor are submitted by the league’s member institutions, and a Selection Committee of Conference Administrators will determine the Big South Woman of the Year, who will […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced the nominations for the Big South Woman of the Year this afternoon.
Nominees for the annual honor are submitted by the league’s member institutions, and a Selection Committee of Conference Administrators will determine the Big South Woman of the Year, who will advance as the Conference’s official nominee for the national NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
A total of 10 individuals comprise this year’s institutional nominees, seven of which are the official candidates for Big South Woman of the Year — Charleston Southern golfer Odette Font Garcia (Mallorca, Spain), High Point lacrosse player Esprit Cha (Ellicott City, Md.), Longwood soccer player Alex Dinger (Fredericksburg, Va.), Longwood softball player Er’ron Burton (Suffolk, Va.), Radford volleyball player Meredith Page (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), USC Upstate track & field athlete Rachel Davis, and Winthrop lacrosse player Maddy Hodgson (Lebanon, Ohio). Also among the institutional nominees from non-sponsored Big South sports were Presbyterian top/tumbler Abigail Katz (Columbia, S.C.), Presbyterian wrestler Chiara Barbieri (Brampton, Ontario) and UNC Asheville swimmer Riley Edmundson (Flower Mound, Texas).
Davis, a Management major, participated in the USC Upstate Gospel Choir, was a teacher for kids aged 8-14 at Emmanuel Anglican Church, and volunteered as a basketball coach at Drayton Mills Elementary School.
Head Coach Carson Blackwelder stated, “Rachel is the perfect candidate for this award. She embodies all the qualities you think of for Woman of the Year.”
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Annika Hester – Women’s Volleyball
Oregon State 2024 • First Team All-WCC • Appeared in 110 sets across the 28 matches played • Led Oregon State in kills with 340, ranked eighth in the WCC • Hit .441 on 34 swings, collected 20 kills to just five errors in a five-set win over San Francisco (Oct. 12) • Had 25 […]

2024
• First Team All-WCC
• Appeared in 110 sets across the 28 matches played
• Led Oregon State in kills with 340, ranked eighth in the WCC
• Hit .441 on 34 swings, collected 20 kills to just five errors in a five-set win over San Francisco (Oct. 12)
• Had 25 kills in a road win over Gonzaga (Oct. 19) and also tallied a season-best 25 points
• Season-best eight digs in the season finale at Pepperdine (11/30)
San Diego (2021-23)
• Appeared in 53 sets across 23 matches played in two seasons (took redshirt in 2022)
• Tallied 58 kills and totaled 12 digs
• Recorded 40 kills in 2023, including a season-best 11 against Tennessee, along with a career-best 13.0 points (Aug. 31)
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
• Three-time Gatorade Player of the Year (2018, 19, 20-21) in Maine
• 2020 Under Armour All-America First Team
• Twice named Southern Maine Activities Association (SMAA) MVP (2018, 19)
• Three-time SMAA All-Conference Team choice (2017-19)
• Back-to-back SMAA Class A State Champ (2018-19)
• Holds record at high school – Falmouth HS – for kills in a match (36)
• Won NERVA Regional Tournament with Maine Juniors VBC in 2018
• Trained with USA Volleyball High Performance (A1, 2019 and 2020; A1 Beach, 2019; A2, 2018)
• Finished third at Swedish National Beach Volleyball Championship Tournament (Tylösand, Sweden) in 2017 with partner Johanna Bengtsson
• National Honors Society member
• Volunteered at Good Shepherd Food Bank and served as a volunteer volleyball coach at Falmouth Middle School
PERSONAL
• Daugher of Louise and Matt Hester
• Has one brother, Niklas
• Father, Matt, played basketball at Hope College before professionally and later coached in Denmark
• Mother, Louise, played professional basketball in Sweden and Denmark before collegiately in the USA at Grand Valley State
• In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, baking, painting, traveling and spending time with friends and family
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Five Olympic sports to try in the summer months
Running: Happiness in every stride Ok, hear us out. We know athletics can have a reputation as a PE class punishment or the thing you do when you’re late for a bus. But there’s also a whole world of joy, clarity and community waiting just beyond that first kilometre. Yes, it’s great for your body, […]

Running: Happiness in every stride
Ok, hear us out.
We know athletics can have a reputation as a PE class punishment or the thing you do when you’re late for a bus. But there’s also a whole world of joy, clarity and community waiting just beyond that first kilometre.
Yes, it’s great for your body, strengthening your heart, lungs and muscles, but as with many sports above, the real magic is in what it does for your mind. Studies show running can ease anxiety, sharpen focus and lift your mood.
There’s the rush of endorphins that leaves you proud post-run. The peace of a solo jog after work, letting the day melt off your shoulders one footfall at a time. And the finish lines (real or metaphorical) that remind you how far you’ve come in a sport that asks only that you begin.
You don’t need to be the next Noah Lyles. You don’t need to sprint like Julien Alfred or clock marathon splits like Eliud Kipchoge. In fact, you don’t need to race at all. As distance runner John Bingham wrote in The Courage to Start, “If you run, you are a runner. It doesn’t matter how fast or how far… You just run.”
There’s something beautifully simple about it. Running doesn’t care what shoes you wear, how fast you go, or how long you’ve been doing it. It just asks you to move.
And chances are, you will enjoy it.
Kara Goucher, a two-time Olympian, said it best: “Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible. Nothing unattainable.” Or take it from Mo Farah, one of the greatest distance runners of all time: “I need it as much for my head as I do for my body.”
And here’s a bonus: running doesn’t have to be lonely. From early morning parkruns to massive marathon festivals, the running community is warm, welcoming, and wonderfully weird. These days, run clubs are popping up everywhere, gathering people of all paces and playlists to join the movement.
But it’s also there when you need solitude, when you want to lace up, zone out, and listen to your breath and the steady beat of your feet on trail or pavement.
Whether you’re sprinting down a track, jogging through the woods, or taking your first ever walk-run around the block, know this: you’re in the club.
Besides, if cross-country skiing can be fun (and it is), then running can be too. Especially when it’s less about the destination and more about the joy of moving forward: slow, steady and free.
So if you want to channel the energy of Paris 2024, try organising your own mini Olympics with friends. Sadly, your medals may not feature Eiffel Tower fragments, but the memories will be just as golden.
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Rye’s Adam Coe Completes 10K Swim Across Long Island Sound for Charity Event
(PHOTO: Adam Coe of Rye swam ten kilometers across Long Island Sound on July 26, 2025 as part of a Swim Across America fundraiser. Contributed.) What did you do last Saturday? One Rye resident spent the early morning swimming the ten kilometers (6.21 miles) across Long Island Sound from Morgan Park in Glen Cove, Long […]


What did you do last Saturday?
One Rye resident spent the early morning swimming the ten kilometers (6.21 miles) across Long Island Sound from Morgan Park in Glen Cove, Long Island to the Larchmont Shore Club in support of Swim Across America’s mission to fight cancer. One of eleven elite open water master swimmers (four women and seven men), Adam Coe, age 45, of Rye, made the swim. It was his second time doing a 10K and third time participating in Swim Across America. Coe swam as part of the Next Level Private team run by Barry Mitchell of Harrison.
“I’m probably the one of, if not the least experienced out of the crew [that swam Saturday],” Coe told MyRye.com, who raised $5,000 to support the swim.
You do this for fun, and to be able to take a passion project and have it be for a good cause is just a neat thing that we all like to do.”
Coe grew up in the Midwest and Texas, and played water polo for Texas A&M. He moved to Manhattan in 2007 and then when he moved to Rye in 2022 with his wife and two kids, Coe fell in with Westchester Masters, an open water swimming group. Members of the group have swam around Manhattan and swam across the English Channel. Wherever there is water locally, Coe swims – the Rye YMCA, the Greenwich Y, Oakland Beach, Playland Beach, Coveleigh Club, Manursing Island Club and Rye Golf.
“I swim all over Rye. Any place that is wet in Rye I probably swam there,” said Coe.
Next up for Coe is a swim around Manhattan – his first. The swim will raise money for Family Reach, another nonprofit supporting those facing cancer (you can support Coe’s Manhattan swim fundraiser).


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Men’s Water Polo Season Tickets ON SALE NOW!
UC San Diego Men’s Water Polo season tickets for 2025 are now available, offering fans a chance to catch all the action in the Tritons’ third year as Big West members. The home schedule kicks off with the Triton Invitational from August 29-31 and includes key matchups against ranked teams like Stanford and Long Beach […]
UC San Diego Men’s Water Polo season tickets for 2025 are now available, offering fans a chance to catch all the action in the Tritons’ third year as Big West members. The home schedule kicks off with the Triton Invitational from August 29-31 and includes key matchups against ranked teams like Stanford and Long Beach State. Ticket prices are $50 for adults and $40 for seniors, youth, and faculty/staff. Following a strong 2024 season with a 17-12 record, UC San Diego aims to build on their success this upcoming year.
By the Numbers
- 2024 season record: 17-12 overall, 3-2 in Big West.
- Upcoming Triton Invitational: August 29-31, featuring top-ranked teams.
- Season ticket prices: $50 (Adults), $40 (Seniors/Youth/Faculty/Staff).
Yes, But
The Tritons’ success in the Big West has raised expectations, but they will face strong competition from established programs, including defending champions Long Beach State. Balancing performance with increased expectations will be crucial for maintaining momentum.
State of Play
- Tritons kick off the season with a competitive Triton Invitational featuring national contenders.
- Home matches against high-profile opponents such as Stanford and LMU are anticipated to draw large crowds.
What’s Next
As the season progresses, the Tritons will need to leverage their home advantage to secure crucial Big West victories, setting the stage for a potential championship run. The anticipated matches against rivals will be key indicators of their season trajectory.
Bottom Line
Securing season tickets is essential for fans wishing to witness the Tritons’ journey as they continue to compete at a higher level in NCAA Division I. The home crowd’s energy could play a pivotal role in supporting the team’s ambitions this season.
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