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10 tips for ordering a #surfboard – #surf #guides #aloha

I like to experience different shapes and design features so I don’t totally agree with this but entertaining nonetheless… VIA – RED BULL Talking to a shaper is akin to language barrier. Here’s how to negotiate your way to understanding. Buy local: This isn’t just a hippy mantra! While you most likely won’t be able … Continue reading 10 tips for ordering a #surfboard – #surf #guides #aloha

Surfboard shape-off goes to Hind – #art #design #surf

VIA – THE COAST NEWS   By staff May 28, 2014 • 171 views • 0 comments DEL MAR — Longtime surfboard craftsman Roger Hinds won the Icons of Foam Tribute to the Masters shaping competition May 18, honoring Ben Aipa. Six shapers were tasked with replicating a classic Aipa Sting. The board was made … Continue reading Surfboard shape-off goes to Hind – #art #design #surf

29 Year Old Woman Attacked By Shark After Falling Into River – #surf #Australia #video

Something fishy about this one…   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70xxxZoeD0g ‘It looked like something out of a horror movie’: Woman requires 20 stitches after she was ‘bitten by a bull shark’ Bianca Freeman was with friends when she fell into a Gold Coast canal 29-year-old says a bull shark latched onto her leg and took a large bite … Continue reading 29 Year Old Woman Attacked By Shark After Falling Into River – #surf #Australia #video

Surfer cheats death by scaling cliff face – with his surfboard – #surf #photography #aloha

  This reminds me of a time with my buddy Dave back about 20 years ago…   VIA – WEST BRITON By WBMiles | Posted: May 29, 2014 The spot on the sheer cliff face where Leyton Gritt abandoned his board midway through a death-defying climb. A terrified surfer who feared for his life scaled … Continue reading Surfer cheats death by scaling cliff face – with his surfboard – #surf #photography #aloha

Central NC woman bitten by shark at Hilton Head #surfreport #aloha

VIA WRAL Mooresville, N.C. — An Iredell County woman is recovering after being bitten by a shark earlier this week while swimming in the ocean at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Kimberly Popp, of Mooresville, said she was in knee-deep water Tuesday afternoon when something hit her foot, according to WBTV. Moments later, when … Continue reading Central NC woman bitten by shark at Hilton Head #surfreport #aloha

SNAPSHOT: #Surfboard Shaper – Jeff McCallum – #Photography #surf

VIA – KPBS Airs Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. & Saturday, May 10 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV Credit: Courtesy of Tim Mantoani Photography Above: Jeff McCallum, surfboard shaper Tuesday, May 6, 2014 SNAPSHOT is a half-hour magazine-style show that takes the KPBS viewer on a journey around the San Diego region, on … Continue reading SNAPSHOT: #Surfboard Shaper – Jeff McCallum – #Photography #surf

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Paddle out scheduled Saturday for surfer Michael Livesey, killed in a car accident – South Africa

VIA – SOWETANLIVE.CO..ZA Last respects for ardent surfer Aug 4, 2011 | Khulekani Mazibuko | THE Durban surfing community will on Saturday pay their last respects to fellow surfer Michael Livesey, who was killed in a car accident at the weekend. Up to 120 surfers will paddle out to sea from uShaka Beach to scatter … Continue reading Paddle out scheduled Saturday for surfer Michael Livesey, killed in a car accident – South Africa