via – cbs news California’s Coronado named nation’s best beach May 25, 2012 12:22 AM CORONADO, Calif. — Like a Hollywood star, Coronado’s 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That’s one of the reasons why Coronado — flanked by the iconic hotel featured in Marilyn Monroe’s 1958 … Continue reading California's Coronado named nation's best beach
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Six-year-old tries coping with 'Soul Surfer' girl's injuries
Compassion is what makes the world go round and civilizations advance, in youth it shows itself in the purest forms… VIA – COURIER PRESS Six-year-old tries coping with ‘Soul Surfer’ girl’s injuries Posted May 26, 2012 at 3:38 p.m., updated May 26, 2012 at 3:38 p.m. Six-year-old Maddie Royster, daughter of Richard and Terry Royster … Continue reading Six-year-old tries coping with 'Soul Surfer' girl's injuries
Rescued surfer fights for life
VIA – NEW ZEALAND HERALD Rescued surfer fights for life By Monique Fischer 5:30 AM Sunday May 27, 2012 Police help carry Goodsell to an ambulance. Photo / Suzi Hurley A passer-by ran into the ocean to pull a drowning surfer to shore yesterday. Photographer Daisy Day spotted surfer Matt Goodsell floating beside his board … Continue reading Rescued surfer fights for life
Peru Bird Deaths: Peruvian Government Warns Against Beaches After Mysterious Pelican Deaths
VIA – HUFF POST Peru Bird Deaths: Peruvian Government Warns Against Beaches After Mysterious Pelican Deaths 05/06/12 04:20 PM ET AP LIMA, Peru — Peru’s Health Ministry is urging people to stay away from Pacific beaches from Lima northward after recent large-scale deaths of pelicans and dolphins. Neither the Health Ministry nor Peru’s oceanographic institute … Continue reading Peru Bird Deaths: Peruvian Government Warns Against Beaches After Mysterious Pelican Deaths
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HEATS UP NOW: Heat # 2 Mens Round of 16 Nat Young USA Jeremy Flores FRA Heat # 3 Mens Round of 16 Tanner Gudauskas USA CJ Hobgood USA Heat # 4 Mens Round of 16 John John Florence HAW Cory Lopez USA Heat # 5 Mens Round of 16 Gabriel Medina BRA Brett Simpson … Continue reading ON LIVE NOW! NIKE LOWERS PRO – SAN CLEMENTE – FEED ON HERE
Aquatic stunt: Frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams
VIA – GADGET BOX Aquatic stunt: Frickin’ sharks with frickin’ laser beams Sharks with Wicked Lasers on their fins How do you make a shark even more terrifying? By attaching a 50mW laser to it, of course. No, that’s not a dumb attempt at a joke — it’s an actual thing that a marine biologist … Continue reading Aquatic stunt: Frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams
Sally Fitzgibbons Talks Perfect Tens, World Titles And Surfing Dates Gone Wrong
VIA – PEDESTRIAN Sally Fitzgibbons Talks Perfect Tens, World Titles And Surfing Dates Gone Wrong Sally Fitzgibbons is the number one female pro surfer in the country and the likely successor to seven time world champion Layne Beachley. Last year she was ranked #2 at the ASP World Surfing Awards and was this year named … Continue reading Sally Fitzgibbons Talks Perfect Tens, World Titles And Surfing Dates Gone Wrong
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Memorial paddleout for famed surfboard shaper rescheduled to Sept. 17
VIA – DAILY PILOT Memorial paddleout for famed surfboard shaper rescheduled to Sept. 17 September 2, 2011 | 4:12 p.m. A memorial paddleout for Newport Beach surfboard crafter Robert Russell Brown, 63, has been moved to Sept. 17. Those who wish to remember Brown are asked to attend the memorial and paddleout at the Newport … Continue reading Memorial paddleout for famed surfboard shaper rescheduled to Sept. 17
Officials continue search for missing surfer
VIA – NEWSDAY Officials continue search for missing surfer Originally published: September 9, 2011 10:02 AM Updated: September 9, 2011 2:05 PM By GARY DYMSKI. AND MATTHEW CHAYES. [email protected]., [email protected] Officials resumed their search Friday morning for a missing Old Field surfer in the waters off Gilgo State Park, a State Parks police spokesman said. … Continue reading Officials continue search for missing surfer
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Billabong’s Financial Woes Impacts Surfing Community
VIA – YAHOO! Billabong’s Financial Woes Impacts Surfing Community By Killeen Gonzalez, Yahoo! Contributor Network 5 hours, 35 minutes ago On February 24th, 2012 the surfing community learned that the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay was being downgraded by the Association of Surfing Professionals due, in part, to Billabong’s recent financial woes. Here are … Continue reading Billabong’s Financial Woes Impacts Surfing Community