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Jet Blue Waives $100 Surfboard Check Fee Between Nov. 17-Dec. 17!

15 November 2011 Jet Blue Waives $100 Surfboard Check Fee Between Nov. 17-Dec. 17! As if you didn’t need need another reason to get out of town, warm up and get some surf! Jet Blue is enticing us with several deals right now including this notice that just went up on their site: “a) The … Continue reading Jet Blue Waives $100 Surfboard Check Fee Between Nov. 17-Dec. 17!

VIDEO: 51 kilos of cocaine smuggled into Basque Country inside surfboards

VIA – EITB MEWS 51 kilos of cocaine smuggled into Basque Country inside surfboards 11/15/2011 Anti-drugs officers discovered between five and six kilos of highly-pure cocaine hidden inside a total of nine apparently used surfboards. Less than a month after Basque police busted a drugs-ring exporting cocaine into Bilbao in the form of Manolo Blahniks, … Continue reading VIDEO: 51 kilos of cocaine smuggled into Basque Country inside surfboards

Sharks And Seals: Amazing Underwater Images From National Geographic's New Book "Ocean Soul" (PHOTOS)

VIA – HUFF POST BOOKS Sharks And Seals: Amazing Underwater Images From National Geographic’s New Book “Ocean Soul” (PHOTOS) First Posted: 11/14/11 11:17 AM ET Updated: 11/14/11 12:42 PM ET National Geographic describes its latest book, “Ocean Soul” ($50), as “a love story.” It’s a stunning showcase of underwater images, all shot by Brian Skerry, … Continue reading Sharks And Seals: Amazing Underwater Images From National Geographic's New Book "Ocean Soul" (PHOTOS)

Perth man survives close encounter with great white shark

VIA – ABC AUSTRALIA Perth man survives close encounter with great white shark 14 November, 2011 11:47AM AWST By Brooke Bannister If faced with a five metre white pointer in the waters off Western Australia, not many people would swim toward it to get a closer look but that’s exactly what Paul Hosie did over … Continue reading Perth man survives close encounter with great white shark

Dutch tourist dies in Moruya surf

VIA – ABC AUSTRALIA Dutch tourist dies in Moruya surf Updated November 15, 2011 07:01:50 Map: Moruya Heads Police are preparing a report for the coroner after a tourist from the Netherlands drowned on the New South Wales far south coast. The man, 64, was trying to escape the 30 degree temperatures in surf at … Continue reading Dutch tourist dies in Moruya surf

There's no such thing as a free lunch… unless you're a whale shark! Planet's largest fish is caught on camera stealing lunch from trawler nets

VIA – DAILY MAIL UK Photo: Feeding time: A giant whale shark is caught having a feast of anchovies from the nets of fishermen in Indonesia There’s no such thing as a free lunch… unless you’re a whale shark! Planet’s largest fish is caught on camera stealing lunch from trawler nets By Craig Mackenzie Last … Continue reading There's no such thing as a free lunch… unless you're a whale shark! Planet's largest fish is caught on camera stealing lunch from trawler nets

Elusive Canadian Sea Monster Caught on Video?

VIA – RED ORBIT Elusive Canadian Sea Monster Caught on Video? November 13, 2011 A British Columbia resident believes that he has captured the creature known as Ogopogo, known to many as the “Loch Ness Monster of Canada” on a video that has since been uploaded to YouTube. According to Michael Sheridan of the New … Continue reading Elusive Canadian Sea Monster Caught on Video?

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Oahu Surf Report #SURFREPORT

VIA – HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT   Oahu Surf Report Country:  Holding the N+NNW. Sunset point and  Pipe/Ehukai is 2-3’ and overall poo sideshore; Laniakea is 2-3+ with sideshores and breezy with showers.  WEST: Holding N+S at 0-1’  with  offshore trades. TOWN: down on small S-SE and  tiny SSW ground swell today to 0-1 barely occas … Continue reading Oahu Surf Report #SURFREPORT