Adam Piccolotti fighting for the title Nov. 8th!
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Adam Piccolotti fighting in Dragon House 17. Born and raised on the Half Moon Bay Coast California going for his 3rd professional cage fight victory. With an undefeated amateur record. Fighting for Raul Castillo Martial Arts in Half Moon Bay and Team Piccolotti. Sponsored by Cruiser Lifestyle Clothing Company out of Half Moon Bay Ca. Aug. 9th at Kezar Pavillion in San Francisco (@Haight St./Golden Gate Park). Doors open at 3pm fights start at 4pm. 15 Professional fights including 2 title bouts and a women's flyweight bout. Buy Tickets here $40 Gen Admission or Buy at Raul Castillo Martial Arts 756 Main St. Half Moon Bay.
http://www.wallacejnichols.org/122/bluemind.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wallace-j-nichols-blue-mind-book-tries-to-prove-the-ocean-washes-stress-away/ Can simply being near the ocean wash away stress? A new book sets out to answer some big questions about the brain and bodies of water. "Blue Mind" explores why so many of us are drawn to the ocean, and how this scientifically connects to our health and happiness, CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports. Most of us know that feeling of calm we get when we are on, in or just near the water. "This is what you want if you're in the midst of a stressful week," said Wallace J. Nichols, a marine biologist and conservationist who lives near the central coast of California. "You just want to hit that big blue reset button and get out here." Nichols spent much of his professional life trying to protect endangered sea turtles. Now he's exploring the scientific reasons for why humans have such a deep connection with the deep blue. "There are all these cognitive and emotional benefits that we derive every time we spend time by water, in water or under water," Nichols said. The marine biologist dubbed it our "blue mind," the mildly meditative state our brains enter when exposed to water. Initially, Nichols was apprehensive that people would dismiss him as a California beach-lover, but he attests that his thesis is scientifically backed. "Once you get into it, you realize that it's chemistry, it's biology, it's physiology. It's deeply personal but it's also strong science," Nichols said. The science is still evolving, but Nichol's work is getting plenty of attention. He began hosting "blue mind" seminars that are attracting neurologists and psychologists from around the world. Brain imagining indicates that proximity to water floods the brain with feel-good hormones such as dopamine and oxytocin. Levels of the stress hormone cortisol actually drop. Scientists have also discovered that the brain prefers the color blue above all others and water increases our ability to focus. "Our response to water is deep," Nichols said. "It's human, it's about life and it's about survival." In fact, our bodies consist of about 60 percent water and our brains, a whopping 75 percent. "So when you see water, when you hear water, it triggers a response in your brain that you're in the right place," Nichols said. From rafting to kayaking to surfing, water therapy is increasingly being used to treat a variety of ailments, including wounded veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress and depression. "I think connecting public health to a healthy ocean is critical," Nichols said. "It helps you relax, just literally sucks the stress out of your body and out of your mind." So the next time you gaze into that blue horizon, you'll know that feeling you get really is all in your head. © 2014 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.July 22, 2014, 8:11 AM Big Congrats to Alex from redwood City for winning the skate contest and the $100 at the Jetty Ramp over the weekend! (Pic sent to us from a friend)
New Shirts we made with Pilarcitos High School! Today Skate Ramp contest and tonight Nesta show at Old Princeton Landing! Bring the family! At todays skate event we are looking for ideas for a possible permanent skate park! The new website to organize people and ideas is skatethestrip.com
Recently we collaborated on shirts with Pilarcitos High School. We also donated gear for their Pilarcitos Pounds incentive program. Today we had the chance to go and be apart of their first Pilarcitos Pounds Raffle. We brought tons of gear and had a great time raffling it off and throwing it out. Great people at the school all around from teachers, students and administrators. Wonderful program going on here with our friend Raj taking the lead as principal. In high school i had friends who went to school here and actually completed 2 years of high school work in 1 year, choosing to work at a much faster pace than my school. Please contact them if anyone is able to donate to their program
Congratulations to all the 2014 graduates! Thank you for the support and Go Coyotes! Billionaire claims he owns the road, the beach and the tidesPosted on Wednesday, May 28 at 2:07pm | By Peter Fimrite Article Here There had, until now, been a note of uncertainty about why beach owner Vinod Khosladecided to kick people off Martins Beach, but the billionaire venture capitalist made his motives pretty clear, according to this Chronicle story by Melody Gutierrez. The green tech titan does not want the hoi polloi touching what he believes is his sand, tidelands or surf. “Martin’s beach is private property, including the sandy beach and the submerged tidelands seaward of the mean high tide,” argued lobbyists hired by Khosla in a letter to state lawmakers. “There are no existing ‘public’ lands to which access is needed.” The techie tycoon’s hired guns were trying to convince lawmakers to vote against a bill by Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo requiring the State Lands Commission to buy the road or obtain access rights to Martins Beach, 6 miles south of Half Moon Bay. The Senate passed the bill 22 to 11 Wednesday. It will now be taken up by the Assembly. The lobbyists for Khosla are using as justification for their position a decision last October by Superior Court Judge Gerald Buchwald that said Martins Beach was still subject to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War in 1848. The treaty essentially required the United States to recognize Mexican land grants as long as the owner filed a claim. Jose Antonio Alviso, who owned the land grant at the time, filed such a claim, and a patent for the beachfront property was issued in 1865. Judge Buchwald ruled that Alviso’s patent, handed down over the generations, extinguished all public rights to the property, including beach access rights established under the public trust doctrine in the California Constitution, which was first drafted in 1879. The letter opposing SB968 claimed thatBuchwald’s order means Khosla does not have to provide access to either the beach or off-shore submerged tidelands, which his lawyers point out were specifically mentioned in Buchwald’s ruling. Lawyers fighting for public access to the beach were apoplectic. “It’s preposterous,” said Joe Cotchett, the lead attorney for Surfrider, which is awaiting a decision on a lawsuit claiming that Khosla needed a California Coastal Commission permit before he could close the road or make other improvements. Gary Redenbacher, who argued the case before Judge Buchwald, said even under Mexican law beaches were public property below the highest tide line. “The beach itself has always been public,” he wrote in an e-mail. ”Therefore, the claim by the lobbyists that it is a private beach has zero credibility in the law whether part of a Mexican Land Grant or not.” There has been speculation that Khosla’s real motive in the beach battle is to extract payment for a public easement and to force the government to absolve him of liability concerns and take over responsibility for public safety and security. His latest actions, opponents say, lay waste to that theory. “This,” Redenbacher said, ” is a blatant attempt by Khosla to abscond with public property.” SF Gate Article HERE |
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