VIA – LA TIMES A city panel will take the first step toward a possible review of surfing regulations at a public meeting Monday night. Wendy Burch reports from Newport Beach on Oct. 21, 2013. By Emily FoxhallOctober 20, 2013, 9:23 a.m. An old surfing battle is resurfacing in Newport Beach. A … Continue reading Surfers, bodysurfers battle over Newport Beach’s iconic ‘Dirty’ Wedge #OC #SurfReport
Rad photo by Dale Kobetich VIA – LA JOLLA LIGHT Posted by Staff on Oct 18, 2013. Channel 10 News reported Thursday night (Oct. 17) that a teen encountered a great white shark while fishing a couple miles off WindanSea Beach in La Jolla. Shark expert Patrick Douglas confirmed the sighting when shown the … Continue reading Teen spots 14-foot-long great white shark in waters off WindanSea Beach in La Jolla, surfers cautioned #SurfReport
VIA – OC REG Published: Oct. 18, 2013 Updated: 5:30 p.m. Photographer Tom Cozad’s early experience dealing with the water-clearing policy keeps him in line to this day, he says. BY LAYLAN CONNELLY / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Newport Beach will discuss current rules and regulations regarding the process known as blackball at 6 p.m. … Continue reading Surfer recalls jail time from blackball rebellion #OC
VIA – THE BIG LEAD By Joe Favorito September 30, 2013 12:01 pm ET If you would have told Tony Hawk when he was a renegade teenage skateboarder that he would be able to impact lives, not just the concrete he was tooling around on, he would have probably laughed. But these days … Continue reading Tony Hawk: Beyond the Skateboard #Philanthropy
VIA – MOTHERBOARD By Mat McDermott Unless you’re riding a wooden surfboard, there’s no getting around the fact that the deck under your feet is probably an environmental nightmare. Sure, there are more environmentally friendly materials out there now than there were 15 years ago, but your board is still likely to be petrochemical-derived foam encased … Continue reading The World’s First Surfboard Made from Mushrooms Is Almost Ready to Get Pitted #SurfReport #Aloha #Environment #Fungi
VIA – HUFF POST Posted: 09/20/2013 5:29 pm EDT | Updated: 09/22/2013 2:38 pm EDT WASHINGTON — Jason Greenslate is America’s most famous food stamp recipient. Fox News profiled the 28-year-old San Diego resident in two August segments about America’s “food stamp binge.” The stories showed Greenslate buying sushi and lobster with a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance … Continue reading Jason Greenslate, Food Stamp Surfer, Responds To The Haters #Video #Sushi #Lobster #Bro#Bum
VIA – LA TIMES Opah, also called moonfish, were one of nine fish species analyzed in a new study that looked at how mercury gets into open-ocean fish and why the levels vary with depth. (C. Anela Choy / University of Hawaii / August 27, 2013) By Geoffrey Mohan August 28, 2013, 6:15 … Continue reading Mercury fingerprint of Pacific fish points to Asia coal power plants #Fishing #SurfReport
Couple of rad videos from the last couple of days during the big swell pounding Newport… and more…
