Beran is Back
Surfing star Martin Daly’s website www.indiestrader.com announced September 21, 2022: “With the border gate now well and truly swung open and off the hinges out in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) our first surf season in two years at Beran Island on Ailinglaplap is looming large along with a forecast La Nina year…” Read More
Wasabi’s for Sale
Fishing/dive boat for sale: Wasabi is 26ft, has a Cummins diesel shaft drive, pilot house, and comes with an aluminum trailer. The price is $45,000 or best offer. Contact Cary caryevarts @ yahoo.com (no spaces). Wasabi is perfect for fishing and diving in and around Majuro and Arno and has done a number of trips Read More
RMI Through the Eyes of Ryan
Talented photographer Ryan Bance, who hails from Western Cape in South Africa, was in the Marshall Islands on a super yacht and created this stupendous video of playing in the water around the islands. His take on the video: “A high energy edit from a single anchorage in the Marshall Islands. Full power, Full froth, Read More
Moona Kitesurfs @ Beran
Adventures at Ailinglaplap
Triple Kitesurf World Champion Moona Whyte was recently in the Marshall Islands as part of her ongoing series of adventures in remote kite spots. Her first words on landing on Ailinglaplap atoll were: “Wow, this is my favorite place ever” … and she hadn’t even seen the breaks yet. She was attending the Reo Stevens’ Read More
USA Today on Soccer in RMI
USA Today contacted me recently to compile a story and video footage about soccer in the Marshall Islands. “But we don’t do soccer in the Marshall Islands,” I said. “Ah, that’s the point,” said the newspaper’s Trysta Krick. At the time, the final games of the 2018 World Cup were being played out in Russia. Read More
Basketball in RMI
The hottest game in town
Basketball is THE sport in the Marshall Islands. Sure, volleyball is popular, but you can’t get a more excited crowd than the one that’s at the SGT Solomon Sam Basketball Court watching a Ralik-Ratak Shoutout game. Turn a corner in Majuro and it’s likely you can see a hoop somewhere … and if you can Read More
Mattie Sasser: Weightlifting Star
Pacific Games weightlifting win: Three golds! December, 2017: On the first day of the Pacifi Mini Games weightlifting competition, Marshall Islands’ Mathlynn “Mattie” Sasser dominated the women’s 63kg category, setting five Oceania and five Pacific Games records on her way to three gold medals — the maximum possible gold medals for a weightlifter to win in Read More
