Category: Kiteboarding

What’s happening at The Ditch? (Impact of industrial development in the Brownsville Ship Channel on kiteboarding)

What’s happening at The Ditch? ◀️ ◀️ EAST OF THE DITCH: A couple miles toward Port Isabel from The Ditch, the Rio Grande LNG export terminal is under construction. LNG tankers will be up to 50% bigger than the cargo ships we’ve seen pass by The Ditch historically. So, that means a few more wind shadows floating by… Read More What’s happening at The Ditch? (Impact of industrial development in the Brownsville Ship Channel on kiteboarding)

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How California Got Its Name

(19-minute read) There are many Spanish-language placenames in United states. A few examples: the states of Nevada (“snowy”), Arizona (“dry area”), Colorado (“red”), Florida (“flowered”, as in “flowered holy day”, meaning Easter), and Montana (“mountain”); the cities of Las Vegas (“the meadows”) and Los Angeles (“the angels”); and Key West, which combines an Anglicized spelling… Read More How California Got Its Name

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