SUP in U.S. National Publications

I’ve noticed SUP articles in the international press for years, but not in U.S. National press. That’s no surprise,  the U.S. press is stunningly provincial (the standard media joke about this is the headline “New York Man Killed In Paris Nuclear Holocaust”) and they are stunningly slow to follow anything that isn’t dead center mainstream. NASCAR vs. Formula 1 is a great example–one of the worlds most popular sporting events is rarely mentioned while NASCAR gets huge coverage.

But here’s two recent exceptions:

National Geographic’s popular Adventure Editor Steve Casmiro’s blog:  http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/the-adventure-1.html?cid=128162614

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=176630&title=pierce-brosnan&byDate=true