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...most people, being caught in an enclosed space with either a terrorist or a ventriloquist would qualify as a hostage situation. But Jeff Dunham, a ventriloquist, is perhaps the most popular stand-up comedian in the U.S. And he broke through by playing straight man to a terrorist - a fiberglass...
...Stand-up paddle surfing may sound like a scene from a screwball comedy, but no one's laughing in a sports and fitness industry that has hit the recession skids as hard as any other business...
...rivers, pools or any sufficiently large body of water. "It's completely blown up in the past five years and every spring it just blows up even more," says Jim Brewer, 45, a painting contractor who, in October 2008 and in spite of everyone calling him nuts, opened Blueline Stand-Up Paddle Surf in Santa Barbara, Calif., the first fully dedicated SUP shop in the country. "We thought it was phasing out, but then we realized that it's just beginning. It's going mainstream." (See pictures of surfing wipeouts at LIFE.com...
...garage each month. Today, after his business grew 900% between 2007 and 2008, the boards are shipped by the container load. Chambers sells about 1,000 per month, including more than 150 a month out of his central Oahu shop. Chambers, who lost 40 lbs from stand-up paddle surfing, says, "We can't expand fast enough. We can't even supply everybody." (See pictures of a preppy summer vacation at LIFE.com...
...finger into the divot in his tendon. I tried to be gentle about bringing up the s word - surgery - but when I finally broached it, he shot back with, "But you haven't even looked at the MRI yet. I heard the ads - it's the new stand-up unit. Listen, doc, I know you've treated this before but ..." So I just put up the films and showed him the tear. I could have been showing him a plate of scrambled eggs, but he was happy and we booked his case. (See pictures from an X-Ray studio...