busy day for Laird, shooting the pier and saving peeps lives…rollin’! VIA ABC Surfing legend Laird Hamilton rescues surfer in Malibu By Greg Lee, Marc Cota-Robles and ABC7.com staff Wednesday, August 27, 2014 MALIBU, Calif. (KABC) — Surfing legend Laird Hamilton came to the rescue of a distressed surfer in Malibu Wednesday morning. … Continue reading Laird Hamilton rescues surfer in #Malibu, lifeguards save 65 others – #hero #surf #weather #California #aloha #health #fitness
Laird Hamilton shoots pier on Huge wave – Malibu Lagoon / Surfrider Beach – 8/26/14
VIA MALIBU TIMES By Emily Sawicki / [email protected] | Updated 19 hours ago Season-high surf and rough ocean conditions from Hurricane Marie are being blamed for the death of a surfer Tuesday morning at Surfrider Beach. According to eyewitnesses, the surfer’s drowning death near Malibu Pier occurred after lifeguards warned the victim, a male thought … Continue reading Surfer Dies After Drowning Near Malibu Pier – #surf
VIA – LA TIMES Kelly Slater, competing in a March pro surfing event, has pulled out of the U.S. Open in Huntington Beach. (Kelly Cestari for ASP / EPA) By Stacey Leasca contact the reporter This article is related to: Kelly Slater July 28, 2014, 2:06 PM Surf superstar Kelly … Continue reading Kelly Slater will not compete in 2014 U.S. Open of Surfing – #USOpenofSurfing #OC
VIA – FOX NEWS July 21: photo released by the Half Moon Bay Review shows emergency crew workers and volunteers working to rescue a man at Francis State Beach in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Authorities say a young man has died after a hole he dug on a Northern California beach collapsed and trapped him … Continue reading Half Moon Bay man dies after getting buried in 10-foot deep hole in sand – #HMB #California
VIA – 10 NEWS Friends rally to replace the boards Steve Fiorina 7:34 PM, Jul 22, 2014 11:50 AM, Jul 23, 2014 ENCINITAS, Calif. – Randy Abbott uses special surfboards with foam fins on top to keep his legs onboard. It’s the same concept he uses to teach kids with physical challenges to surf, … Continue reading Custom surfboards stolen from paralyzed surfer who teaches kids with disablities to #surf – #SD #aloha
Couple of rad videos from the last couple of days during the big swell pounding Newport… and more…
VIA – San Francisco Examiner: Suicide outside San Francisco police station was Thrasher magazine co-founder By: Mike Aldax | Examiner Staff Writer | 06/23/11 4:00 AM The man who ended his life in front of the Mission Police Station on Monday was a skateboarding icon and co-founder of San Francisco-based Thrasher magazine. Skaters worldwide are … Continue reading Suicide outside San Francisco police station was Thrasher magazine co-founder
VIA = CANADA.COM Surfer unaided by glasses spotted a sea lion that was clearly a whale askatchewan man moved to Tofino and had a ‘life-changing’ encounter Sandra McCulloch, Times Colonist Published: Thursday, July 19, 2012 Cam Shaw can’t see a thing without his glasses on. But the Tofino man can’t surf with glasses, so when … Continue reading Surfer unaided by glasses spotted a sea lion that was clearly a whale
VIA – ECR.CO.ZA Newswatch Family devastated by surfer’s death 01 August 2011 – 15:05 Author: Thrishni Subramoney The family of a 20-year-old surfer, who was killed in an accident at Durban North on Saturday, has welcomed a police probe into the incident. Michael Livesey was hit by a car on Chelsea Road as he was … Continue reading Family devastated by surfer's death – South Africa
VIA – THE PILOT Oprah Network features Wrightsville Surf Camp Friday, August 5, 2011 The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) will feature surf camp action from Wrightsville Beach on Saturday, Aug. 6, from 4 to 4:30 p.m. The half-hour segment is part of a five-hour Oprah marathon titled “The Swell Life” with Izzy Paskowitz, head of … Continue reading Oprah Network features Wrightsville Surf Camp @surfershealing @izzypaskowitz
VIA – INDEPENDENT Body of Missing Man Found in Ocean Identified as 22-Year-Old UCSB Senior Mark Romasanta Tuesday, August 30, 2011 By Indy Staff The body of a 22-year-old Santa Barbara man, identified as Mark Andrew Romasanta, was discovered floating in the ocean near Campus Point Monday evening. Romasanta’s family reported him missing Sunday night, … Continue reading UCSB Student/Surfer – Body of Missing Man Found in Ocean