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KILLER FREE HD VIDEO DOWNLOADS: Kelly Slater 11 at Rip Curl Pro Search Somewhere San Francisco Plus Highlights!

FREE HD DOWNLOADS: Kelly Slater 11 at Rip Curl Pro San Francisco Plus Highlights! We got these links from Rip Curl today so in case you missed any of the action from yesterday or earlier in the week you can download them FREE here (thanks Rip Curl!): RIP CURL PRO SEARCH SAN FRANCISCO Kelly Slater … Continue reading KILLER FREE HD VIDEO DOWNLOADS: Kelly Slater 11 at Rip Curl Pro Search Somewhere San Francisco Plus Highlights!

Surfer Dane Reynolds Hates Competition – But Blows it Out of the Water – ROLLING STONE

Damn we love Dane! VIA – ROLLING STONE Surfer Dane Reynolds Hates Competition – But Blows it Out of the Water ‘I don’t put too much importance on winning contests, which I think can make surfing boring,’ he says in our Hot Issue By Jesse Hyde November 3, 2011 2:45 PM ET Dave Reynolds for … Continue reading Surfer Dane Reynolds Hates Competition – But Blows it Out of the Water – ROLLING STONE

Earthquake shakes Costa Rica’s Pacific coast

VIA – TICO TIMES Earthquake shakes Costa Rica’s Pacific coast Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 – By Alex Leff No injuries were reported from the magnitude-5.4 tremor. A 5.4 tremor shook the Nicoya Peninsula at 1:01 p.m. on Wednesday. Residents of the northwest Costa Rica tourist haven reported cracking walls but little other damage. The … Continue reading Earthquake shakes Costa Rica’s Pacific coast

Ocean City Enjoying a Solid Week of Surf #SurfReport

VIA – OCEAN CITY PATCH Ocean City Enjoying a Solid Week of Surf A storm in the Atlantic sent big waves to Ocean City on Wednesday. By Douglas Bergen 11:05am A low-pressure system off the coast delivered a couple days of good waves to Ocean City, and local photographer Patty Fraser captured the image above … Continue reading Ocean City Enjoying a Solid Week of Surf #SurfReport

North Shore pro surfer Jamie O’Brien needs a media team – and a condom

VIA – SHARK DIVERS North Shore pro surfer Jamie O’Brien needs a media team – and a condom Thursday, November 3, 2011 I wish you could make this stuff up but sadly you cannot, and thus begins today’s lesson about wildlife, media messaging, and stupid animal tricks. Folks, we have said it before and will … Continue reading North Shore pro surfer Jamie O’Brien needs a media team – and a condom

James Van Doren dies at 72; co-founder of Vans shoes

Sad, I’ve been wearing vans since I was a little kid and never stopped… VIA – LA TIMES James Van Doren dies at 72; co-founder of Vans shoes Van Doren Rubber Co. owed some of its success to Southern California’s burgeoning skateboard culture and gained national recognition when Sean Penn wore Vans in ‘Fast Times … Continue reading James Van Doren dies at 72; co-founder of Vans shoes

VIDEO: Surfer Almost Swallowed by Whale – Santa Cruz

Thanks to the dudes down at Sacred Craft for sending this one along to us… Surfer Almost Swallowed by Whale “Uploaded by bqnbarb13 on Nov 2, 2011 A woman floating on a surfboard near Santa Cruz, California almost ended up on the lunch menu for a humpback whale over the weekend. Barb Roettger had her … Continue reading VIDEO: Surfer Almost Swallowed by Whale – Santa Cruz

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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

PacSun Risks Wipeout as Investors Shun Surf-Gear Seller: Retail

VIA – SF GATE PacSun Risks Wipeout as Investors Shun Surf-Gear Seller: Retail Sapna Maheshwari, ©2012 Bloomberg News Published 10:57 a.m., Monday, July 9, 2012 July 9 (Bloomberg) — Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., which made surf and skate styles cool for millions of U.S. teens, is trying to avoid a wipeout. After popularizing such brands as … Continue reading PacSun Risks Wipeout as Investors Shun Surf-Gear Seller: Retail