VIA – SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL By JULIE JAG [email protected] Posted: 07/16/2013 09:56:34 PM PDT Moments before the start of the Mavericks Invitational surf contest, stand-up paddler Haley Fiske of Pacifica, wearing a Collin Kaepernick jersey, shares a drop with contest alternate Nic Lamb of Santa Cruz Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 at Princeton-by-the-Sea, Calif. … Continue reading Eight from #SantaCruz named #Mavericks surf contest invitees – Full List HERE! #SurfReport
VIA – LA TIMES After losing most of his right arm in a fishing accident in 1993, Denholm began designing prosthetics for water sports and other activities. Meeting the challenge of Maverick’s is a personal highlight. Jeff Denholm, who lost most of his right arm in a commercial fishing accident in the Bering Sea in … Continue reading Amputee Jeff Denholm is an extreme example in big-wave surfing #SantaCruz #Inspiration
VIA – SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL By Cathy Kelly Santa Cruz Sentinel Posted: 03/21/2013 06:43:56 PM PDT Updated: 03/21/2013 06:43:58 PM PDT SANTA CRUZ — A 62-year-old Pleasure Point attorney and surfer arrested earlier this week for allegedly vandalizing the vehicle of a standup paddleboarder is being investigated due to suspicions … Continue reading #SantaCruz surfer, attorney suspected of additional acts of vandalism against paddleboarders #SUP #SurfReport
Posted: 06/27/2013 11:39 am EDT A kayaker is thanking his lucky stars after surviving a terrifying shark attack that happened while paddling off a California beach Tuesday. Micah Flansburg was fishing with his father-in-law about 100 yards from shore in Pacifica, near San Francisco, Calif., when what may have been great white shark attacked the … Continue reading Pacifica Shark Attack: Kayaker Relates Harrowing Moment Great White Shark Went After Craft (VIDEO) #SurfReport #Fishing #Kayak
VIA – SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL Shawn Dollar surfs his record wave at Cortes Bank. (Frank Quirarte) Less than two weeks after winning the Pacifico Paddle Award at the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards ceremony, Guinness has officially certified Shawn Dollar’s 61-foot wave at the Cortes Bank off California as a new World Record. The … Continue reading Shawn Dollar’s wave certified by Guinness Book of World Records as biggest ever paddle-surfed #SantaCruz #SurfReport
By Amy Larson Nat Young is seen during a recent surf sesh in Santa Cruz. Photo by Erik Colasanti View Large SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —Since the start of 2013, Nat Young and Shawn Dollar re-solidified Santa Cruz’s rightful place in the professional surfing world. Dollar did it with one epic wave at Cortes … Continue reading All eyes on #SantaCruz thanks to surfers Nat Young, Shawn Dollar #SurfReport
Words by Chris Nomad 4 May 2013 It was an epic big wave year and the field of nominees in all categories were second to none. When one thinks of big wave surfing just a mere 10 years ago, the level of waves surfed today is unparalleled in the history of the sport. Let’s do … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS! SHAWN DOLLAR WINS BILLABONG XXL 2013 PACIFICO BIGGEST WAVE AND BIGGEST PADDLE AWARD ($80,000)!!! #SantaCruz #SurfReport
VIA – USA TODAY Buff Gerard Butler masters dangerous surf By Susan Wloszczyna, USA TODAY It’s been a toner, tanner and leaner Gerard Butler doing promotion rounds for his new film, Machine Gun Preacher, that opens Friday. More: ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ is a love story The 6-foot-2 Scotsman’s new physique as well as his sun-kissed … Continue reading Buff Gerard Butler masters dangerous surf for new movie 'Mavericks'
VIA – AFP Climate change threatens California beaches: study (AFP) – 4 hours ago LOS ANGELES — Global warming could cost California beach communities hundreds of million dollars due to lost tourism and other income earned on the famously surfer-friendly coastline, a new study said. Storm damage and erosion will narrow beaches over the next … Continue reading Climate change threatens California beaches: study