VIA – STAB MAG Ricardo Dos Santos shot, in critical condition. RICARDO DOS SANTOS SHOT After getting into an altercation on the beach at Embaú Guard, Santa Catarina-born surfer, Ricardo dos Santos, was shot three times in the abdomen. Quickly helped by his nearby friends, Ricardo was airlifted to St. Joseph’s Hospital … Continue reading One of Brazil’s favorite sons, Ricardo Dos Santos, was shot three times and is in critical condition. #Brasil #surf
VIA SF – CHRONICLE By Bruce Jenkins January 1, 2015 Updated: January 1, 2015 5:15pm Quirarte, who uses personal watercraft to get close to big-wave surfers, checks an image on the beach in Half Moon Bay last month. By the looks of him, Greg Long was dead. One of the world’s greatest big-wave surfers was … Continue reading Frank Quirarte snaps shots of surfers, and saves them, too – #surf #photography #Mavericks #HMBy
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It’s only getting bigger! Currently… VIA – CBS SAN FRANCISCO December 8, 2014 8:11 PM CBS SF) — A powerful storm system described by forecasters as the “storm of the decade” is expected to whip up large and dangerous surf along the Bay Area’s coastline Thursday through Saturday. A west-northwest swell … Continue reading 20+Foot Waves To Wallop #SF Bay Area Coast During ‘Storm Of The Decade’ #surf #weather #SantaCruz #Mavericks #HMB
Close one! VIA HAWAII NEWS NOW Posted: Oct 31, 2014 5:42 PM PST Updated: Oct 31, 2014 8:54 PM PST By Lisa Kubota NORTH KOHALA, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) – An aggressive shark bit a Big Island woman’s left hand while she was surfing near Halaula Lighthouse in North Kohala. Kailua-Kona resident McKenzie Clark, 34, and … Continue reading Shark bites surfer’s hand; Big Island beach closed – #Hawaii #Surf #aloha #nature
VIA – KEYT No injuries reported in the close call John Palminteri, KEYT – KCOY – KKFX Senior Reporter, [email protected] POSTED: 07:09 PM PDT Oct 20, 2014 UPDATED: 07:37 PM PDT Oct 20, 2014 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – What was said to be a young Great White shark took two bites on an outrigger canoe Sunday three miles off the Santa Barbara coast. The woman on … Continue reading Great White Shark Attack on Outrigger Sends #SantaBarbara Woman into Ocean – #nature #surf #California
VIA – STAR ADVERTISER By Star-Advertiser Staff and News Services POSTED: 12:50 p.m. HST, Oct 20, 2014 LAST UPDATED: 01:02 p.m. HST, Oct 20, 2014 A second shark encounter was reported on Maui Monday morning. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said a 58-year old stand up … Continue reading Second shark attack reported on #Maui – #surf #Hawaii #nature #aloha
VIA – ETURBO NEWS Maritime Safety Advisory Issued Emergency meeting held to address freak shark accident in Praslin Aug 16, 2011 The Seychelles Minister for Home Affairs, Environment, Transport & Energy, Mr. Joel Morgan, chaired an emergency meeting last night in his office to consider the unfortunate freak shark accident off the island of Praslin, … Continue reading Another Shark Attack in Seychelles, 2 deaths this month…
VIA – HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT Oahu Surf Report Country: Holding the N+NNW. Sunset point and Pipe/Ehukai is 2-3’ and overall poo sideshore; Laniakea is 2-3+ with sideshores and breezy with showers. WEST: Holding N+S at 0-1’ with offshore trades. TOWN: down on small S-SE and tiny SSW ground swell today to 0-1 barely occas … Continue reading Oahu Surf Report #SURFREPORT
VIA – HERMOSA BEACH PATCH Why Surfing Localism Violates Our Civil Liberties A look at how violent or aggressive efforts to push people out of local waves is similar to other forms of discrimination. By Serge Dedina 12:00 pm Editor’s Note: A version of this article originally published on … Continue reading Why Surfing Localism Violates Our Civil Liberties