Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Meet Lono Tyson, an 81-Year-Old Athlete


Lono Tyson is in the gym seven days a week and when he s not lifting weights or doing sit ups he s either snowboarding or surfing Oh yeah and this work out machine is 81-years-old Rick Garcia has the video report

Friday, March 20, 2009

Indoor water park opening pushed back again


ALBUQUERQUE S FIRST INDOOR WATER PARK -- WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN BY NOW FIRST THE CONSTRUCTION WAS DELAYED BY RED TAPE TONIGHT WE VE LEARNED THE ECONOMY IS SLOWING EVERYTHING DOWN ANTOINETTE ANTONIO IS LIVE AT THE PARK NEAR I-40 AND CARLISLE TO TELL US WHEN IT COULD FINALLY OPEN -- ANTOINETTE THE PROJECT DEVELOPER FOR THE RADISSON HOTEL S WATER PARK SAYS THE WORK IS ABOUT 85-PERCENT COMPLETE THE NEW TARGET OPENING DATE -- THIS COMING JUNE THAT S TWO YEARS BEHIND SCHEDULE QUICK NATS QUICK NATS QUICK NATS DIRT HAS BEEN MOVING AT THIS CONSTRUCTION SITE NEAR CARLISLE AND I-40 FOR A FEW YEARS BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ALBUQUERQUE COULD FINALLY SEE ITS FIRST INDOOR WATER PARK THIS SUMMER i know we ve talked about being open several time and previous dates and we haven t quite met that benchmark but first and foremost we wanna get it done right and we want to make sure safety is taken care of DEVELOPER DAN SERRANO GAVE US AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE PROGRESS SO FAR THE WATER SLIDES ARE DONE AND THE LAZY RIVER IS CARVED OUT you can come off the water slide you can get in it just get on a tube float around and get wet BUT THE FOUR SWIMMING POOLS AND WAVE MACHINE AREA FOR INDOOR SURFING STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO THE LATEST HOLD UP IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 22-MILLION DOLLAR WATER PARK -- THE SLOWING ECONOMY we ve had a lot of subcontractors we ve had many suppliers and others throughout the nation that are involved with this project and they ve been impacted in their own regions with the economy AND WHILE SERRANO HOPES IT S THE LAST HOLD UP FOR THE PROJECT HE SAYS THE INDOOR WATER PARK SHOULD BE WORTH THE WAIT its just mass chaos of people getting wet a lot of fun THE WATER PARK WILL ONLY BE FOR HOTEL GUESTS -- BECAUSE OF PERMIT ISSUES WITH THE CITY BUT SERRANO SAYS DEPENDING ON THE POPULARITY IT COULD EVENTUALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC LIVE NEAR CARLISLE AND I-40 AA EWN4 PRESIDENT OBAMA

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Do Workout Videos Really Work?We've seen the infomercials... are they for real??


We apos ve all seen the infomercials Whether you apos re channel surfing on a Saturday afternoon or up way too late one night at some point you apos ve seen Tony Horton pushing P90X or dancer Shaun T promoting his Tilt Tuck amp Tighten technique on Hip Hop Abs These tapes sure seem entertaining and the testimonials sure seem convincing but are they for real Do these workouts really work More on Beachbody com 39 s Million Dollar Body Game

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Four-Legged Friends Hanging Ten


Surfing a favorite Southern California past-time is now going to the dogs literally More than one four-legged friend can be seen hanging ten in the Pacific Ocean

Monday, March 2, 2009

Charley wipes out


Wipeout 160 At first FOX 13 s Charley Belcher looked like he was hanging ten on the FlowRider surf ride at Adrenalina in International Plaza 160 But when the waves got the better of him Charley got back up and was ready to try it again

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Boy Surfer Injured in Shark Attack Near Sydney


A teenage boy surfing with his father off a popular beach in Australia had his leg mauled by a shark on Sunday It was the third shark attack in the Sydney area in as many weeks Officials say the boy was in a satisfactory condition March 1