All posts by Chris Nomad

Surfers' documentary speaks for sea life

VIA – TIMES COLONIST   Surfers’ documentary speaks for sea life   By JUDITH LAVOIE, timescolonist.com January 28, 2012 10:07 PM Tofino-based surfer Peter Devries rides the waves around the Great Bear Rainforest for the documentary about the area. Photograph by: Jeremy Koreski, . When a couple of sea lions swam close to Chris Darimont … Continue reading Surfers' documentary speaks for sea life

Channel Islands surfboards demands jury trial

I’ll be on the jury, I’ll be impartial I swear! I’ll give that douche bag a completely fair trial… VIA – ESPN Channel Islands demands jury trial By Keith Hamm ESPN Action Sports Archive   Lawyers representing Channel Islands Surfboards — the world’s largest surfboard manufacturing company under a single label — are demanding a … Continue reading Channel Islands surfboards demands jury trial

X Games superpipe final devoted to memories of Sarah Burke

VIA – USA TODAY   X Games superpipe final devoted to memories of Sarah Burke   By James Sullivan, BNQT.com   ASPEN, Colo. – In an emotional final capping off three weeks of sorrow surrounding the death of of women’s freeski pioneer Sarah Burke, Canadian Roz Groenewoud won the gold medal in women’s superpipe at … Continue reading X Games superpipe final devoted to memories of Sarah Burke

Sixth straight lay day at Pipe Pro

VIA – UK EUROSPORT   Sixth straight lay day at Pipe Pro   Sun, 29 Jan 02:16:00 2012 A sixth straight lay day was called at the Volcom Pipe Pro in Hawaii as the action once again failed to get under way. huge, shifting swell early in the morning came in a North-West direction and … Continue reading Sixth straight lay day at Pipe Pro

SAN DIEGO: Cameras deployed to track surf changes

VIA – UT SAN DIEGO Cameras deployed to track surf changes   A regional beach sand replenishment project scheduled to start by summer 2012 will be similar to the first large-scale effort on local beaches in 2001. Dan Trevan/Union-Tribune Written by Mike Lee noon, Jan. 28, 2012 San Diego Surfrider is deploying high-tech tools to … Continue reading SAN DIEGO: Cameras deployed to track surf changes