Longtime New Westminster residents Nsibe (Nancy) and Baj Puri braced themselves for a tsunami in a tropical paradise following Saturday night's earthquake off the coast of British Columbia.
Wandering down to Kuhio Beach in the shadow of the iconic Duke Kahanamoku statue in the heart of Waikiki, I stumbled upon a surf contest taking place for participants 14 and younger or "groms" as they're dubbed in the surf world.