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Surf History
Embrace Future at Las Vegas National Golf Club
You can’t help but wonder what STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN HURLBURT
Arnie or Jack would think about
the up and coming new thing golf while you bask in the history of a course was also embraced by surfing superstar Laird
in golf: the Golfboard. Hanging where the legends of the game have won Hamilton. What they have come up with is a
LPGA Tour or PGA TOUR events. new, fun and innovative way to play golf that
adds excitement and can shave a lot of time
The Golfboard is the brainchild of self- off of a round of golf.
ten is now in style at one of Las described snowboard addict Don Wildman,
Vegas’ most historic golf courses, Las Vegas founder of Bally Total Fitness, who had the This writer, on a recent afternoon and
National Golf Club. original idea to use an electric skateboard with no golfers in front of our group,
You can now surf your way around this to ride the steep slopes of his local Malibu played 9 holes in 53 minutes at a pace
oasis in the desert—located just minutes course as a fun way to ‘get in some turns’ dur- that wasn’t rushed in the least. With the
from the Las Vegas Strip in a historic Vegas ing the summer months. His passion turned Golfboard—there are 20 available to rent
neighborhood—and experience the future of into a business and, early on, the concept daily at Las Vegas National—golfers can
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TREND
Surf History
Embrace Future at Las Vegas National Golf Club
You can’t help but wonder what STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN HURLBURT
Arnie or Jack would think about
the up and coming new thing golf while you bask in the history of a course was also embraced by surfing superstar Laird
in golf: the Golfboard. Hanging where the legends of the game have won Hamilton. What they have come up with is a
LPGA Tour or PGA TOUR events. new, fun and innovative way to play golf that
adds excitement and can shave a lot of time
The Golfboard is the brainchild of self- off of a round of golf.
ten is now in style at one of Las described snowboard addict Don Wildman,
Vegas’ most historic golf courses, Las Vegas founder of Bally Total Fitness, who had the This writer, on a recent afternoon and
National Golf Club. original idea to use an electric skateboard with no golfers in front of our group,
You can now surf your way around this to ride the steep slopes of his local Malibu played 9 holes in 53 minutes at a pace
oasis in the desert—located just minutes course as a fun way to ‘get in some turns’ dur- that wasn’t rushed in the least. With the
from the Las Vegas Strip in a historic Vegas ing the summer months. His passion turned Golfboard—there are 20 available to rent
neighborhood—and experience the future of into a business and, early on, the concept daily at Las Vegas National—golfers can
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