Love’m or hate em, 100,000 boards is amazing… VIA – UTSD Firm foam Wavestorms have changed the face of surfing from Costco to Hawaii’s pipeline By Tod Leonard5:21 p.m.Aug. 31, 2013 Craig Baldwin has made a name for himself surfing Costco brand foam Wavestorm surfboards. He overcame a debilitating immune system disease to … Continue reading Wavestorm’s surfboards reshaping industry #SurfReport #Video
VIA – DAILY MAIL UK By Colette Fahy PUBLISHED: 15:06 EST, 26 August 2013 | UPDATED: 04:06 EST, 27 August 2013 She might be a 44-year-old mother-of-two but Naomi Watts showed she’s a surfer girl at heart as she hit the waves in the Hamptons last Tuesday. The blonde beauty joined Liev Schreiber and sons … Continue reading Still a surfer girl! Body confident Naomi Watts, 44, gets into her bikini to ride waves on family holiday #NewYork #SurfReport
VIA – LA TIMES Opah, also called moonfish, were one of nine fish species analyzed in a new study that looked at how mercury gets into open-ocean fish and why the levels vary with depth. (C. Anela Choy / University of Hawaii / August 27, 2013) By Geoffrey Mohan August 28, 2013, 6:15 … Continue reading Mercury fingerprint of Pacific fish points to Asia coal power plants #Fishing #SurfReport
VIA – GOLD COAST AU Robyn Wuth | 06:04am August 29, 2013 GOLD Coast surfer Mark Richardson has been stripped of his 2011 World Masters Championship gold medal more than two years after testing positive to cannabis. The International Surfing Association announced the result this week — more than nine months after Richardson handed his medal … Continue reading Surfer stripped of gold after drug test #DFS
Fing incredible: http://www.ted.com In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes — a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) — and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try … Continue reading INCREDIBLE VIDEO: How I held my breath for 17 min #SurfReport #Magic #TedTalks
VIA – SAMUEL WARDE.COM August 24, 2013 | Filed under: Energy,Environment,Headliner,Health,News,Uncategorized | Posted by: Ann Werner Every bluefin tuna tested in the waters off California has shown to be contaminated with radiation that originated in Fukushima. Every single one.Over a year ago, in May of 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported on a Stanford University … Continue reading Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Caught Off California Coast
City Manager: Quiksilver Cancels Competition’s Festival Concerts, motocross and skateboard events nixed from the event. By Joseph Kellard August 29, 2011 While organizers of the Quiksilver Pro New York announced that their surfing competition will go on as scheduled in Long Beach starting Sept. 1, the City of Long Beach said that the festival sideshows … Continue reading City Manager: Quiksilver Cancels Competition's Festival
VIa – MARINA DEL REY PATCH Inaugural Venice Beach Surf and Skate Fest Saturday at Venice Farmers’ Market Lot The free event will feature a showcase of products, a community swap meet, a food court of Venice restaurants, live music, a beer garden and a charity raffle. By Paul Chavez Email the author … Continue reading Inaugural Venice Beach Surf and Skate Fest Saturday at Venice Farmers' Market Lot
VIA – HAWAII NEWS NOW Surfer survives shark scare Posted: Sep 05, 2011 6:56 PM EDT Updated: Sep 05, 2011 7:54 PM EDT By Jim Mendoza PEARL CITY (HawaiiNewsNow) – Moses Felipe had just paddled out at Nimitz beach Sunday for a surf day with his son. “I heard a crunch on the back of … Continue reading UPDATE: Hawaii Surfer survives shark scare – #SurfReport
Kayaker Catches Octopus Watch as a kayaker reels in the very unexpected catch on the end of his fishing line. Video: Kayaker Catches Octopus