Hawaii News Now shared dramatic video footage from the U.S. Coast Guard of a pilot deploying the airframe parachute system on a Cirrus SR-22 airplane to avoid a high-speed crash landing into the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii over the weekend.
Surf’s up.
Hawaii became the first state to officially recognize surfing as a high school sport, which will take effect by the spring of 2013. Funding for the program will come from the private sector and the community.
“Surfing has been a really big part of my life and has taught me a lot of valuable lessons: what hard work and perseverance can do, time management and how to stay organized,”