VIA – THE COAST NEWS By staff May 28, 2014 • 171 views • 0 comments DEL MAR — Longtime surfboard craftsman Roger Hinds won the Icons of Foam Tribute to the Masters shaping competition May 18, honoring Ben Aipa. Six shapers were tasked with replicating a classic Aipa Sting. The board was made … Continue reading Surfboard shape-off goes to Hind – #art #design #surf
VIA – OC REGISTER t about 5 p.m. Friday, hundreds of surfers and rowers gathered around a Hobie Cat catamaran off the shore of Doheny State Beach to celebrate the life of surf and sailing entrepreneur and pioneer Hobie Alter. BRUCE CHAMBERS, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER BY LAYLAN CONNELLY / STAFF WRITER Published: April 18, 2014 Updated: … Continue reading Hundreds take to water in tribute to surfing icon Hobie Alter – #aloha #surf #oc
VIA – ASP Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Breaking News: Slater Splits from Quiksilver Dave Prodan Monday, March 31, 2014 Today, in a move tantamount to Michael Jordan splitting with Nike or David Beckham with Adidas, Kelly Slater has announced his parting ways from 23-year sponsor Quiksilver. Slater signed with Quiksilver in 1990 at the age … Continue reading Breaking News: Kelly Slater Splits from Quiksilver – #Surf #aloha
RIP to a man I personally admired so very much… Surfboard, sailboat innovator ‘Hobie’ Alter dies AP 12:24 a.m. EDT March 31, 2014 PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Hobart “Hobie” Alter, who helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam surfboard and the “Hobie Cat” sailboat, has died. He was 80. Alter … Continue reading Surfing Pioneer & Legend Hobie Alter Passes Away At 80 Years Old…#Surf #Aloha #California #History
VIA – OC REG: Bruce Jones enjoyed many water sports outside of surfing, including sailing. Photo taken in 2006. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVEN JONES The surf community is mourning the death of surfboard shaper Bruce Jones, who died Monday afternoon from a heart attack. Jones was 68. Jones first started surfboard shaping in … Continue reading Legendary Surfboard shaper Bruce Jones passes away – #OC #Aloha #Surf
VIA – NBC LA No Charges Against Officers Who Mistook Surfer for Rogue Cop Dorner in Manhunt David Perdue was mistaken for a rogue ex-LAPD officer on a deadly rampage in February By Jason Kandel | Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 | Updated 8:45 AM PST The Los Angeles District Attorney announced that no criminal … Continue reading #LosAngeles Cops almost shoot surfer by mistake – #Surf #Aloha #LAPD
WTF is wrong with people… VIA – ENCINITAS PATCH Surfboard Maker Recovering After Encinitas Beating Mark Wisdom Says He Suffered A Broken Jaw During Attack POSTED: 11:14 pm PDT August 22, 2011 UPDATED: 11:42 pm PDT August 22, 2011 ENCINITAS, Calif. — A well-known surfboard maker suffered a broken jaw after he was viciously attacked … Continue reading Surfboard Maker Recovering After Encinitas Beating
VIA – VC STAR Mischaracterization of surfers Posted January 30, 2012 at 9:28 a.m. Re: Colleen Cason’s Jan. 29 column, “Surfs up in senate constest”: As a lawyer, environmental activist and lifelong surfer who grew up in Santa Barbara during the historic Unocal oil spill, I was both offended and shocked by … Continue reading Mischaracterization of surfers
VIA – NEWPORT BEACH PATCH Editor Nisha Gutierrez-Jaime nisha.gutierrez@patch.com 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
VIA – PRESSTELEGRAM Great white haven SHARKS: Cal State professor’s research shows their numbers are recovering off the coast. By Kelly Puente, Staff Writer Posted: 07/28/2011 06:03:30 PM PDT Updated: 07/29/2011 09:38:45 AM PDT LONG BEACH – Swimmers and surfers could have some surprising company in the deep waters off the Southern California coast this … Continue reading Southern California Great white haven