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Stay in Top Surfing Shape With These Tips

VIA – PALOS VERDES PATCH     Stay in Top Surfing Shape With These Tips If you want to enjoy riding waves for life, it can take some work. Here are tips on staying in shape for lifelong surfing. By Serge Dedina 6:00 amEditor’s Note: A version of this article originally published on sister site … Continue reading Stay in Top Surfing Shape With These Tips

Vanuatu braces for Cyclone Jasmine

VIA – ABC ASIA Vanuatu braces for Cyclone Jasmine PHOTO A radar image of Cyclone Jasmine, which formed off the Queensland coast on February 4, 2012. The cyclone is intensifying as it nears Vanuatu. [Bureau of Meterology] VIDEO from Australia Network News Cyclone bearing down on Vanuatu Created: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:39:37 GMT-0800 AUDIO … Continue reading Vanuatu braces for Cyclone Jasmine

ExxonMobil pays no federal tax, refuses to pay for Alaska oil spill

VIA – GREEN LEFT   ExxonMobil pays no federal tax, refuses to pay for Alaska oil spill   Sunday, February 5, 2012 By Rebecca Leber United States’ oil giant ExxonMobil had the largest profits of the “big five” oil companies last year, raking in US$41.1 billion. This is a 35% jump from the year before. … Continue reading ExxonMobil pays no federal tax, refuses to pay for Alaska oil spill

PETA Whale Slavery Lawsuit Moves Forward – PETA Lawyers To Demand Release Of SeaWorld Orcas

VIA – 10 NEWS PETA Whale Slavery Lawsuit Moves Forward PETA Lawyers To Demand Release Of SeaWorld Orcas POSTED: 5:57 pm PST February 5, 2012 UPDATED: 6:07 pm PST February 5, 2012 SAN DIEGO — Lawyers for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will face SeaWorld in court on Monday to demand the release … Continue reading PETA Whale Slavery Lawsuit Moves Forward – PETA Lawyers To Demand Release Of SeaWorld Orcas

Surfwear pioneers not short of ideas

VI – SMH   Surfwear pioneers not short of ideas Megan Levy February 6, 2012 – 1:03PM   When Kelly Slater stormed to his history-making 11th world surfing title late last year, a team of scientists at Deakin University in Geelong were watching intently and taking notes. And not just because of the 39-year-old’s unrivalled … Continue reading Surfwear pioneers not short of ideas

Surf's up: Group keeps lookout for tsunami debris on area beaches

VIA – PENINSULA DAILY NEWS   Surf’s up: Group keeps lookout for tsunami debris on area beaches By Arwen Rice Peninsula Daily News   NEAH BAY — If there is anyone who knows about beach debris, it’s surfers. Surfers often travel the world seeking the perfect wave — but to get to the waves, they … Continue reading Surf's up: Group keeps lookout for tsunami debris on area beaches

Dredging stalled to preserve surf breaks

VIA – GOLD COAST AUSTRALIA   Dredging stalled to preserve surf breaks   Tanya Westthorp   |  07:29am February 6, 2012 RUIN the Coast’s best surf breaks or ignore the treacherous conditions boaties face every day trying to navigate the heavily silted Tweed bar. This is the dilemma facing the NSW and Queensland Governments with the revelation … Continue reading Dredging stalled to preserve surf breaks

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Fish Off Crystal Cove May Have Ingested Radioactive Kelp After Fukushima, Study Finds

VIA – NEWPORT BEACH PATCH Editor Nisha Gutierrez-Jaime [email protected] 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