VIA – GADLING Best Airlines For Traveling With Surfboards by Kyle Ellison (RSS feed) on Apr 10th 2012 at 9:00AM Let’s get real: baggage fees are a pain. It’s no secret that commuters across the country despise having to pay $25 or $50 for the right to bring their underwear on vacation with them. So … Continue reading Best Airlines For Traveling With Surfboards
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Fish Off Crystal Cove May Have Ingested Radioactive Kelp After Fukushima, Study Finds
VIA – NEWPORT BEACH PATCH Editor Nisha Gutierrez-Jaime [email protected] Fish Off Crystal Cove May Have Ingested Radioactive Kelp After Fukushima, Study Finds “It’s not a good thing,” says researcher after discovery that a radioactive isotope of iodine was absorbed by kelp off Laguna Beach and Corona del Mar a month after the disaster in Japan. … Continue reading Fish Off Crystal Cove May Have Ingested Radioactive Kelp After Fukushima, Study Finds
Oil poisoning? Alarming sea animal deaths on India's west coast
I hate big oil… VIA – DECCAN CHRONICLE Oil poisoning? Alarming sea animal deaths on India’s west coast April 7, 2012 IANS Mumbai/Ratnagiri A dead Bryde’s whale washes up ashore. Ecologists suspect oil or chemical poisoning – IANS Two giant Baleen’s humpback whale sharks washed up dead on the Mumbai and Thane … Continue reading Oil poisoning? Alarming sea animal deaths on India's west coast
O.C. surfer testifies in Bali bombing trial
VIA – OC REGISTER O.C. surfer testifies in Bali bombing trial Published: April 5, 2012 Updated: 5:23 p.m. By / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER It was a decade ago when a bomb blasted through nightclubs in Bali, sending shock through the surfing community as news hit in O.C. that among the 202 dead in the … Continue reading O.C. surfer testifies in Bali bombing trial
Op-Ed: Japanese whaling fleet captured 267 whales, adds to stockpiles
Glad they’re using all their resources to clean up the waters around their country, oh no wait, they’re waiting for us to pay for that while they go off and kill whales in the name of science… VIA – DIGITAL JOURNAL Op-Ed: Japanese whaling fleet captured 267 whales, adds to stockpiles By Elizabeth Batt Apr … Continue reading Op-Ed: Japanese whaling fleet captured 267 whales, adds to stockpiles
Photo of whale shark used as surfboard sparks outrage!
VIA – ABS CBN NEWS Photo of whale shark used as surfboard sparks outrage ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 04/02/2012 12:34 PM | Updated as of 04/02/2012 12:35 PM A girl uses a butanding (whale shark) as a surfboard in this photo, which went viral on Facebook.MANILA, Philippines – A photo of a butanding (whale shark) … Continue reading Photo of whale shark used as surfboard sparks outrage!
Japan reactor has fatally high radiation, no water
As the radiation leaks into the sea, spreading all over the world, contaminating sealife … VIA – SEATTLE PI Japan reactor has fatally high radiation, no water In this photo taken by an endoscope and released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), a white thermometer, right, is seen through the surface of … Continue reading Japan reactor has fatally high radiation, no water
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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
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VIA – ABC Surfers farewell murdered mate Updated July 09, 2012 11:17:20 About 150 surfers gathered at Alexandra Headland on the weekend to farewell Sunshine Coast surfer Mark Ovenden, who was killed while holidaying in Bali last month. Indonesian police are continuing to investigate the 34 year old’s murder after his body was … Continue reading Surfers farewell murdered mate