Adriano de Souza (BRA), 24, has won the Billabong Rio Pro over Taj Burrow (AUS), 32, in tricky two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Barra Da Tijuca and the win catapults the Brazilian atop the ASP World Title Rankings. The Billabong Rio Pro, stop No. 3 of 11 on the men’s ASP World Title Series, saw the world’s best surfers tackle a variety of conditions after a week of lay days and ran at both the lefthander of Arpoador and the tricky beachbreak of Barra Da Tijuca over four consecutive days to decide the 2011 Billabong Rio Pro winner. De Souza, who was a standout throughout the Billabong Rio Pro, won several close heats on the final day of competition before scalping a commanding victory over Burrow with the support of a massive Brazilian crowd behind him.
I got photographed by Nico & Adrian back in 2004 on his studio in Halem/NYC, now Adrian Alicea is the man behind the Haute Couture Brand, remember to see Lil. Kim in ur fashion show at Escuelita in midtown Manhattan, good job Adrian the collection looks really good. NYC/2004, photo by Nico & Adrian NYC/2011 Fashion Show NYC/2004, photo by Nico & Adrian
The Merrie Monarch Festival began in Hilo, Hawaiʻi in the early 1960s when Helene Hale, the Chairman of the County of Hawaiʻi, looked for a way to attract tourists to the island. The Hawaiʻi Island needed an economic boost after suffering from a tidal wave and business downturn. “I was the Executive Officer of Hawaiʻi – it wasn’t called mayor… when the sugar industry went down, it was very depressed over here,” said Helene Hale. Hale sent her Administrative Assistant, Gene Wilhelm, and her Promoter of Activities, George Naʻope, to check out the Lahaina Whaling Spree on Maui to see what lessons could be brought back. They returned inspired. In 1964, the festival consisted of a King Kalākaua beard look-alike contest, a barbershop quartet contest, a relay race, a re-creation of King Kalākaua's coronation, and a Holoku Ball among other events. But by 1968 the festival fell into hard times and would have been suspended had it not been for Dottie Thompson, who took over as Executive...
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