VIA = KHON By Web Staff Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 4:36 pm Published: Friday, January 24, 2014, 9:43 am Waimea Bay. Courtesy: Terry Reis. The National Weather Service has issued a high surf warning for north and west facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, and Molokai, and for north facing shores of Maui beginning … Continue reading #Hawaii: High surf warning in effect Sunday for north & west facing shores of most islands #Aloha #SurfReport
Steph is all class… VIA – DAILY TELEGRAPH Taylor Auerbach The Sunday Telegraph January 24, 2014 3:55PM STUNNING surfer girl Stephanie Gilmore has hit back at critics who labelled her infamous 2013 television advertising campaign for Roxy “voyeuristic” and sexist – declaring ‘I’m no slut’. In an exclusive interview for this weekend’s Sunday … Continue reading I’m sexy, not a slut’: Australian surf champion Steph Gilmore hits out at critics of her raunchy Roxy ad
sad… VIA – SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL Rescuers pull an exhausted rescue swimmer onto the jet ski after they attempted to save a boogie boarder from the cove beneath Lighthouse Point. The boogie boarder was thrown into the cove by a large set of waves on Friday. (Kate Falconer/Sentinel) ( SCS ) By Calvin Men … Continue reading Boogie boarder dies from injuries suffered in rough seas off #SantaCruz – #Surf #Bodyboard #California
VIA – STAR ADVERTISER By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 07:49 a.m. HST, Jan 22, 2014 LAST UPDATED: 06:28 p.m. HST, Jan 22, 2014 KRYSTLE MARCELLUS/[email protected] Spectators watched big waves roll in from a bridge at Pupukea today. MORE SURF PHOTOS: http://hsalinks.com/1eTWzAv The peak of the largest swell in a decade began hitting the … Continue reading ‘GIANT’ SURF ROLLS INTO THE NORTH SHORE – #Hawaii #Aloha
VIA – DW A plan to catch and kill sharks off West Australia’s coast is set to begin this week. Authorities say their strategy will reduce the risk of attack to members of the public, but critics warn it could harm the ecosystem. Five years ago, Paul de Gelder lost his hand and a leg … Continue reading Australian state divided after shark cull gets the green light #Nature #Environment
VIA – YAHOO AU Champion surfer was seconds from death January 22, 2014, 1:54 pm Champion surfer Joel Parkinson says he was seconds from death after his leg rope got caught on submerged rocks at the weekend. The former world champion has told of being trapped under water in northern NSW and the moment he … Continue reading Champion surfer Joel Parkinson almost drowns over weekend… #Australia #Surf
VIA – YAHOO NEWS YAHOO!7 NEWSJanuary 22, 2014, 10:42 am A New Zealand fisherman has been left baffled after reeling in a completely see-through creature just off the North Island’s coast. Stewart Fraser was fishing around 70km off the Karikari Peninsula with his two sons when he spotted what he though was a translucent … Continue reading Bizarre see-through fish plucked from New Zealand waters – #fishing #nature
VIA – SF GATE Epic Maverick’s — But No Contest Yet If you were driving along the coast last Wednesday, you marveled at that most glorious sight for a big-wave surfer: a huge swell, not a cloud in the sky, and just the slightest wind out of the east. Maverick’s was perfect that … Continue reading Epic Maverick’s — But No Contest Yet
Add this one to the list of the other 8 or so shark attacks this week… Shark bites tourist at Kure Beach By Brian Freskos & Julian March [email protected] Published: Friday, August 19, 2011 at 12:21 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 19, 2011 at 8:26 p.m. Trang Aronian was wading in knee-high waves at Kure … Continue reading Shark bites tourist at Kure Beach, North Carolina