Statistics show we are hipsterer than I thought.

Plick plock, plick plock. Snap snap, snap snap.

Plus a little creative non-fiction about the invention of the sponge table tennis paddle, starring the great Marty Reisman and a suitcase full of stolen gold.

The citizen/cyclists of Bike Norfolk are fighting for you, and change is coming.

Lola’s, Venue on 35th, Great American Trailer Park Musical, Hansel and Gretel do opera, Fighting Jamesons, Sharx!, Belmont, JewMa, Freedom Marathon, MONSTER JAM, Plan B Comedy, Ramp Jam, B-boying, CRUSH…

There’s something profoundly askew in the American perception of transportation safety, an unthinking acceptance of the risks of driving, and a blindness to the accumulation of deaths that result from our car-centric policies.

If you take away one message from my column today let it be the phrase “complete streets.”

Tide saves cyclists!, Big news in Richmond, Cycling community in cities grows, and more in If You Read the Bicycle News for Tuesday, October 4, 2011.

Maybe it was a glimpse into Virginia Beach’s past, where the city was smaller, but perhaps a little wilder. Maybe it speaks to what happens when a city treats its citizens like children, scolding their language.

Among downtown’s largest open spaces, Scope Plaza is perfect for bikes. And dogs.

Volunteers are needed for Norfolk Bike Month. Educators, people who know how to fix a bike, general good people willing to help where needed, and all who love freedom and wind in their hair should read on.

How to climb stairs really really fast, a preview of Step Up For The Up Center Stair Climb.

How bike culture makes us healthier, closer, and more prepared for the future.

Bike Norfolk urges you to go to the website and leave a comment; remark how you think it is overdue for Norfolk to develop a bicycle trail network; mention how you appreciate that the plan is taking a lead in the effort for a bicycle friendly city.

A local die-hard Cubs fan feels the pain, and reflects on how Santo’s color announcing influenced his writing.

That’s what I love most about riding: no matter where you come from, if you got two wheels, you’re family. It’s community at it’s finest.

We have an opportunity to demonstrate that bicycles can once again become a common and normal part of our transportation infrastructure. Towards that end, here is a manifesto for cyclists in the 757.

Everyone is celebrating. Every day feels like Saturday. And this wonderful game of soccer truly seems to be bringing, not only a nation, but a world together.

Originating at King Neptune on 35th street at the Va Beach oceanfront, ending in San Francisco when they dip their bicycle wheels into the Pacific Ocean.

Every Friday, through the summer, Blair Middle School Field, 6pm, bring everything good in your life.

1. Remember that two tons crushes 200 lbs.

Looks like it’s gonna stay small through the weekend.

Cyclists need to take the lane and ride with both authority and responsibility. If it’s a narrow lane, ride in the middle of it. Make the cars behind you respect you.

Flatso today.

A minimalist bike of mercury and silver glowed under tracklighting—two wheels, two pedals, a handlebar and a seat on the sleekest of metal frames. No brakes, no gears, no handlebar tape, no bells, no whistles.

Go get wet!

Not a ton of surf for the next couple of days, but a swell will build into this weekend.

3-4′ sideshore wind swells out there this morning.

Tell us what you love the most about Downtown–or what you *would* love the most–and win mini-memberships to The Gym Downtown.

The small minor knee high surf will continue through the weekend THEN we are expecting some surf for the last bit of the weekend into the first part of next week (finally).

Snowboarding enthusiast and former instructor, J.M. Davis, recounts his recent trip to Wintergreen, a locally favored ski resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Still pretty flat and very cold.

Being a Redskin fan is Big City Envy. It’s lusting after Angelina Jolie when you should be appreciating the perfectly lovely wife you have right next to you in bed.

Want to shed those villainous holiday pounds? Personal trainer Lacey Lee to the rescue.

“Breath is the most untapped resource we have,” says Gerard, who will be part of the Tidewater Yoga Festival this weekend. “It is free and available 24 hours a day.”

Junky, chilly, and small today, but should be building into the waist high range.

Chest high windslop out there this morning.

A week ago Hampton native Allen Iverson retired. Today he announced he was coming back to the NBA. How did he spend his golden years… err week?

Is there possibly a better time of year to take a walk… and get fit doing it?

LOFA MMA trainer Matthew Page teaches us how to throw a punch the right way.

Jesse, BC Wilson, and that old curmudgeon Jerome Spencer are so live blogging right now.

And I dig that about him.

For many of these fans, this is the first time they’ve ever had a team worth coming out for. Suddenly they have something big to rally around, something to get painted up for, something to cheer.

“As soon as your meal arrives, have the waiter put half into a to-go box,” says The Gym Downtown’s Lacey Lee, who also offers five ways to make those lifestyle changes permanent.

Orioles’ star Melvin Mora is making a rehab start for the Norfolk Tides this Tuesday night, April 28th, 715pm. Mora’s been on the Orioles’ disabled list for a while now and is getting ready to get back on the field in Baltimore. This news coming on the day after the Tides spent the afternoon hammering [...]

While Percy Harvin is obviously an insane athletic talent, his most recent fumble is by far his worst yet. You’re on the verge of the NFL draft, man. The big time. Guaranteed millions of dollars. And you get blazed with some frat dogs in Gainesville?

The 2009 MLB season is here. What a day. While I sit and look ahead at the sport that will take over my life for the next six months I can’t help but to rant and rave about the things and people that I hate about the sport.

Baseball is a game of numbers. And the numbers don’t lie. Its 162 games a season, 9 innings a game, 27 outs for each side. So what truly makes a great baseball player? The numbers would be the obvious answer, but contrary to what many baseball snobs would have you believe, sometimes there is more [...]

Still flat, but now some chop in to boot.