10 – The Swiss Who knew that the Swiss surf? They do! Switzerland doesn’t even have a sea… let alone an ocean. Switzerland is completely landlocked. It’s not the kind of place one would expect to produce a fired-up surfing community! The Swiss, as a rule, locate their annual national surfing championship in Spain. The address of the head office of the Swiss Surfing … [Read more...]
The Utzon files – finally revealed. The secret to how Sydney got its opera house and the Dutch got their sporting colours.
When they ask how it happened, you can tell them this is how it happened. Jorn Utzon had won the prize he could not remember entering but, hey, who is going to argue with blue skies and an endless summer of bikinis and beer. So, now what to do. Utzon was chilling, wandering the boat sheds of the Central Coast when he had his eureka moment. Maybe it is true that your best … [Read more...]