Category Archives: Surfboards

PROTECT OCEANS: Waterman's Ball Live Auction List: New Audi, Triple Crown VIP for 2, Tavuarua Surf Trip & MORE!

Check out some of the kick ass items (packages) you can bid on at the Waterman’s Ball…personally I’d like to see them do some raffles where anyone can donate to win something big, that’d be cool. VIA – SIMA Waterman’s Ball Live Auction Preview the one-of-a-kind items that will be sold during the Waterman’s Ball … Continue reading PROTECT OCEANS: Waterman's Ball Live Auction List: New Audi, Triple Crown VIP for 2, Tavuarua Surf Trip & MORE!

Gordie Duane dies at 80; surfboard maker – Los Angeles Times

RIP GORDIE! VIA – LA TIMES Gordie Duane dies at 80; surfboard maker Gordie Duane, whose boards were prized for their craftsmanship and design, helped turn Huntington Beach into a surfing capital By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times August 4, 2011 Pioneering surfboard maker Gordie Duane was helping to transform Huntington Beach into a … Continue reading Gordie Duane dies at 80; surfboard maker – Los Angeles Times

New Surf Product – "Wave Cave" the ingenious surfboardbag/tent

It’s actually a killer concept. There were many times I could have used one of these, lord knows I’ve slept in my boardbag on more then one occasion and a tent would have been a million times more comfortable. Plus when you are hiking any kind of distance streamlining what you bring with you is … Continue reading New Surf Product – "Wave Cave" the ingenious surfboardbag/tent

Tuna changes way we surf

VIA – NOOSANEWS Photo – After years of fiddling with prototypes, surfboard maker Tom Wegener has won an Australian International Design Award for his foam Alaia board. Geoff Potter Tuna changes way we surf Bill Hoffman | 2nd August 2011 THE next big thing in surfing may have emerged from a shaping shed at Cooroy. … Continue reading Tuna changes way we surf

Make Your Own Surfboard

VIA – NBC BAY AREA Make Your Own Surfboard By Mark Lukach | Friday, Jul 29, 2011 | Updated 11:56 AM PDT There are plenty of places in the Bay Area where you can buy a surfboard. And almost as many that offer customized boards, where you meet with the shaper and discuss the specific … Continue reading Make Your Own Surfboard

1000 Surfboard Graveyard – Surf Art, Surf Photography

VIA – THEINERTIA 1000 Surfboard Graveyard 1000 Surfboard Graveyard. Art: Christopher Anderson. Friday, July 29th, 2011 1000 Surfboard Graveyard. Art: Christopher Anderson. WANTED: 1000 BROKEN SURFBOARDS. Many of us know that the eventual fate of a surfboard is limited to landfill. In a sense, landfill is the graveyard for the objects of our heavily materialized … Continue reading 1000 Surfboard Graveyard – Surf Art, Surf Photography

Agatha Christie 'one of Britain's first stand-up surfers' – UK's first surfer girl!

VIA – TELEGRAPH UK Researcher Peter Robinson, from the Museum of British Surfing, said the discovery about the author’s pastime had come as a “complete surprise” Photo: SWNS Agatha Christie ‘one of Britain’s first stand-up surfers’ This remarkable picture reveals how crime writer Agatha Christie was one of the first people in Britain to try … Continue reading Agatha Christie 'one of Britain's first stand-up surfers' – UK's first surfer girl!