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Goodbye, fun captain — Ski and Surf’s Dick Mobley

VIA – EASY READER   Goodbye, fun captain — Ski and Surf’s Dick Mobley Dick Mobley on his Mobley egg at 22nd Street in Hermosa Beach, in 1960. Photo by Leroy Grannis by Mike Macdonald Editor’s note: Sportsman, businessman, hell-raiser, mentor and third generation Hermosan Dick Mobley succumbed to a brain tumor last Friday at … Continue reading Goodbye, fun captain — Ski and Surf’s Dick Mobley

Video: Record breaking daredevil surfs 40ft wave in a kayak

  VIA – TNT MAGAZINE Video: Record breaking daredevil surfs 40ft wave in a kayak 12th Mar 2012 12:54pm | By Editor nconventional daredevil Tao Berman may well have broken the world record for surfing a 40ft wave, not with a surfboard but with a kayak. A video showing the extreme adventurer taking on massive … Continue reading Video: Record breaking daredevil surfs 40ft wave in a kayak

Surfer and musician "Birdy" Burdett killed in crash

VIA – NORTHERN STAR “Birdy” Burdett killed in crash 11th March 2012 A CAR crash on the Kings Highway near Braidwood has claimed the lives of a well known North Coast identity and his two daughters. Surfer and musician Brian “Birdy” Burdett and his daughters Sky, 10, and Kayla, 8, where killed on Friday afternoon … Continue reading Surfer and musician "Birdy" Burdett killed in crash

Shark sighting at Sawtell beach

VI – COFFS SCOTT ADVOCATE Shark sighting at Sawtell beach 11th March 2012 A SHARK sighting on Saturday morning has had surf lifesavers at Sawtell Beach keeping a vigilant watch all weekend. The unidentified shark was spotted on occasions late last week but when it was seen by keen surfer Mark Hodgson from Sawtell’s Sunpatch … Continue reading Shark sighting at Sawtell beach

Dolphin Stranding In Brazil Triggers Mad Dash To Save Animals (VIDEO)

VIA- Huffington Post David Freeman First Posted: 03/ 9/2012 8:19 am Updated: 03/ 9/2012 11:35 am Dolphin Stranding In Brazil Triggers Mad Dash To Save Animals (VIDEO) It was just another day at the beach–or so it seemed till dozens of dolphins suddenly swam in with the surf and got stranded in the sandy shallows. … Continue reading Dolphin Stranding In Brazil Triggers Mad Dash To Save Animals (VIDEO)

VIDEO: Inside Jed Noll's studio

via -espn By Matt Wybenga Mar 09 06:01 Inside Jed Noll’s studio Like so many people are learning to do in this compromised economy, Jed Noll knows how to wear multiple hats all at once. It’s just that his extra hats just happen to be a lot cooler than everybody else’s. He hasn’t had to … Continue reading VIDEO: Inside Jed Noll's studio

Surfer Andrew Cotton Rides a 50 Foot Wave Off Mullaghmore, Ireland (Video)

VIA – YAHOO! Surfer Andrew Cotton Rides a 50 Foot Wave Off Mullaghmore, Ireland The weekend of March 10th, 2012, off the shores of a charming seaside village in Ireland, monster waves were giving surfers the rides of their lives. Some of those surfers were Andrew Cotton, Finn Mullan and Tom Butler. Here are a … Continue reading Surfer Andrew Cotton Rides a 50 Foot Wave Off Mullaghmore, Ireland (Video)