Sapa | 10 April, 2013 08:44 Jordy Smith of South Africa competes at the Billabong Pro Surf World Championship in Jeffreys Bay Image by: Dominic Barnardt / Gallo Images Jeffrey’s Bay in the Eastern Cape is to lose R20 million in tourist income because its annual Billabong Pro surfing contest is off after 25 … Continue reading Loss of surfing contest costs Jeffrey’s Bay #SurfReport
9 April 2013, 9:21 AM Cabarete, Dominican Republic.- On the night of Holy Wednesday (March 27, 2013), the start of the high holiday of Semana Santa, criminal hands robbed and burned down the surf school “House of Waves” at Encuentro Beach, Cabarete. The school was run by Dominican National Jesmarin Puente, originally from Santo … Continue reading Vandals torch surfing school at Cabarete beach
Collection of rare wooden boards for sale By DENNIS TAYLOR Herald Staff Writermontereyherald.com Posted: 04/09/2013 06:56:49 PM PDT April 10, 2013 6:58 PM GMTUpdated: 04/10/2013 11:58:55 AM PDT Surfer and art dealer Chris Kneisley has been put in charge of selling… (VERN FISHER/The Herald) In the rafters of a Carmel office are six examples of … Continue reading Vintage surfboard collection for sale in Carmel
VIA – PACIFICA PATCH At 10 a.m. today surfers and supporters of open access to Martin’s Beach in Half Moon Bay will breach the barricade and access the road ‘at their own risk — power to the surfer’s people.’ 5:55 am Scores of surfers, fishermen and supporters of open access to Martin’s Beach … Continue reading Surfers Plan to Break the Barrier at Martin's Beach
VIDEO: Surfer Captures Baby Seals Playing on Windsurf Board By Erica HoMarch 13, 2013 So it’s not exactly news, but one thing’s for sure: it’s hard to resist baby seals. Especially when they’re jumping on top of surfboards, begging for your attention. To make this video, which has seen more than 300,000 views … Continue reading VIDEO: Surfer Captures Baby Seals Playing on Windsurf Board #Cute #SurfReport
Three of five weaponized porpoises did not return to a Crimean port following training this month. A former Soviet naval officer believes they went on the hunt for the fairer sex. Comments (3) By Sasha Goldstein / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 7:07 PM A military-trained dolphin (not one of the ones … Continue reading Killer secret-agent dolphins go AWOL in Ukraine #DolphinsWithLazers
Long time coming I’d say…plus love the sexy shot of Dane… VIA – THE AUSTRALIAN WILL SWANTON From:The Australian March 11, 201312:00AM Despite performing one of the best moves of the day, Dene Reynolds was beaten by defending world champion Joel Parkinson in round three of the Quiksilver Pro yesterday. Picture: ASP Source: … Continue reading Drug testers swoop on pro surfing circuit #SurfReport
VIA – KHOA Entangled gray whale off Calif. freed after chase Associated Press Posted on April 2, 2012 at 2:01 PM LOS ANGELES (AP) — A migrating gray whale with debris wrapped around its tail was finally freed after rescuers in a small boat chased it along the Southern California coast so they could … Continue reading Entangled gray whale off Calif. freed after chase
Just a side note to this story, as a consumer knowledgeable in areas from opening and running businesses to designing products, etc. And being involved in surfing my entire life, I have to say that Quiksilver as a business, sucks ranging from the very bottom to the top of it’s business. Many of their designs … Continue reading Slump hits hard: Surf icon Quiksilver cuts jobs
VIA – HAWAII NEWS NOW Search suspended for missing man off North Shore Posted: Nov 20, 2011 2:14 PM EST Updated: Nov 20, 2011 3:01 PM EST SUNSET BEACH, Oahu (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Coast Guard and Honolulu Fire Department have suspended their search for a visitor who went missing off Oahu’s North Shore. Crews had … Continue reading HAWAII: Search suspended for missing man off North Shore