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Photo Gallery: Manny Vargas Surf Trips Around the World

VIA – IMPERIAL BEACH PATCH Photo Gallery: Manny Vargas Surf Trips Around the World Photos from Vargas’ trips around the world with the bodyboarding world tour and his surf and bodyboarding tour company. By Manny Vargas 1:42pm I don’t have a mortgage. I don’t own stock. I don’t even have a working car anymore! My … Continue reading Photo Gallery: Manny Vargas Surf Trips Around the World →

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Billabong Pro: cérémonie d'ouverture émouvante avec un hommage à Andy Irons

VIA – TAHITI PRESS Billabong Pro: cérémonie d’ouverture émouvante avec un hommage à Andy Irons Publié le 20 août 2011 à 11:58 La cérémonie d’ouverture de la Billabong Pro a eu lieu, vendredi après-midi, sur la presqu’île de Tahiti. Des débuts émouvants, pour la 11e édition de cet évènement international, puisqu’un hommage a été rendu … Continue reading Billabong Pro: cérémonie d'ouverture émouvante avec un hommage à Andy Irons →

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Eating Shark Fins Is Unhealthy – Science Says

VIA – GLOBAL ANIMAL Eating Shark Fins Is Sickening, Science Says Not only are there no health benefits to eating shark fin, but new research shows that they are loaded with mercury and heavy metals that are 42 times higher than safe levels for humans. Another reason to retire this tradition – eliminating the inhumane … Continue reading Eating Shark Fins Is Unhealthy – Science Says →

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Seychelles shark attack: Fishermen hunting the killer – £3,000 reward

I remember a few of these when I lived in Hawaii… VIA – BBC Photo: Mrs Redmond says she hopes her husband’s death will not deter people from visiting the Seychelles Seychelles shark attack: Fishermen hunting the killer By Rajini Vaidyanathan BBC News, the Seychelles Seychelles fishermen have joined the hunt for the shark that … Continue reading Seychelles shark attack: Fishermen hunting the killer – £3,000 reward →

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Man draws crowds for naked surfing near Xiamen's Huandao Road (Kite Surf)

Looks like a good photo for a caption contest lol… VIA – WHATS ON XIAMEN Man draws crowds for naked surfing near Xiamen’s Huandao Road Updated: 19 Aug 2011 A man was widely discussed among netizens after surfing naked at Huandao Road, a scenic area in Xiamen, on August 17th, with many netizens showing their … Continue reading Man draws crowds for naked surfing near Xiamen's Huandao Road (Kite Surf) →

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2nd Shark attack in 24 hrs in Russia: Teenager injured in new shark attack in Primorye territory

Okay here’s number 7 or 8 for this last 2 weeks… Teenager injured in new shark attack in Primorye territory Yesterday at 09:13 | Interfax-Ukraine Vladivostok, August 18 (Interfax) – A 16-year-old boy has been injured in the second shark attack in the past 24 hours off the coast of the Khasan district in Russia’s … Continue reading 2nd Shark attack in 24 hrs in Russia: Teenager injured in new shark attack in Primorye territory →

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UPDATE: Shark attack victim loses both hands, in stable condition after surgery

Brutal… VIA – RIA NOVOSTI Far Eastern shark attack victim stable after surgery 04:41 18/08/2011 VLADIVOSTOK, August 18 (RIA Novosti) A man who was attacked by a shark while swimming near the Russian shores of the Sea of Japan was in stable condition after surgery, a spokesman for the regional center for disaster medicine said … Continue reading UPDATE: Shark attack victim loses both hands, in stable condition after surgery →

'Wrong' Shark Caught in Primorye

KILL ALL THE SHARKS…woops that one doesn’t attack people… VIA – MOSCOW TIMES ‘Wrong’ Shark Caught in Primorye 13 September 2011 The Moscow Times Shark hunters in the Far East reported nabbing the beast behind a string of attacks in the region last month, RIA-Novosti said Monday. But scientists said the captured 2.5-meter-long shark is … Continue reading 'Wrong' Shark Caught in Primorye →