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World's best SUP surfers compete in H.B.

VIA – OC REGISTER The Stand Up Paddle World Tour is in Huntington Beach this week, bringing the world’s top SUP surfers to compete in the first ever North America event. PHOTO BY LAYLAN CONNELLY World’s best SUP surfers compete in H.B. By LAYLAN CONNELLY / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER When Daniel Hughes heard the … Continue reading World's best SUP surfers compete in H.B. →

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PETA Ad Targets Shark Attack Victim C.J. Wickersham With 'Payback Is Hell'

One day the carrots will up rise and we’ll see who’s who… VIA – HUFFINGTON POST PETA Shark Attack Ad Targets Victim C.J. Wickersham With ‘Payback Is Hell’ The Huffington Post Tara Kelly First Posted: 9/30/11 04:34 PM ET Updated: 9/30/11 04:40 PM ET PETA is at it again. Just days after a man on … Continue reading PETA Ad Targets Shark Attack Victim C.J. Wickersham With 'Payback Is Hell' →

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Surfers’ career paths – The gnarled and the gnarly

VIA – THE ECONOMIST Surfers’ career paths The gnarled and the gnarly Sep 30th 2011, 14:42 by J.P.P. HERE’S a cheering thought for the middle-aged who stare wistfully out to sea: at 27.5, the average age of the world’s top ten surfers (as determined by the ASP) is only a few years younger than the … Continue reading Surfers’ career paths – The gnarled and the gnarly →

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New Second Typhoon Nalgae Lashes Philippines

VIA – WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA NEWS OCTOBER 1, 2011, 1:02 A.M. ET New Typhoon Lashes Philippines Associated Press Photo: The Philippine Air Force provided this photo showing house and tree tops just above flood waters on Friday in Bulacan province, north of Manila. MANILA, Philippines—The second typhoon in a week battered the rain-soaked northern … Continue reading New Second Typhoon Nalgae Lashes Philippines →

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PHOTO!: The moment two heroes save the life of a British man who just had his leg bitten off by a shark

OMG, horror… VIA – DAILY RECORD Caught on camera: the moment two heroes save the life of a British man who just had his leg bitten off by a shark Sep 30 2011 Greig Box Two elderly men saved a British shark attack victim by putting his leg in a makeshift tourniquet, doctors have revealed. … Continue reading PHOTO!: The moment two heroes save the life of a British man who just had his leg bitten off by a shark →

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High Lake Michigan waves delight surfers, strong winds knock out power

VIA – MLIVE High Lake Michigan waves delight surfers, strong winds knock out power Published: Friday, September 30, 2011, 12:02 PM Updated: Friday, September 30, 2011, 12:36 PM Megan Hart | The Muskegon Chronicle By Megan Hart | The Muskegon Chronicle The waves crashing on Muskegon’s beaches didn’t appear as large as predicted Friday morning, … Continue reading High Lake Michigan waves delight surfers, strong winds knock out power →

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Canadian loses leg in vicious shark attack

VIA – VANCOUVER ONLINE Canadian loses leg in vicious shark attack By Thandi Fletcher, Postmedia News September 30, 2011 A Canadian-born man is fighting for his life after being attacked by a great white shark while swimming at a beach in Cape Town, South Africa. At about 12: 30 p.m. on Wednesday, Michael Cohen, 43, … Continue reading Canadian loses leg in vicious shark attack →

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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 →