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
VIA – USA TODAY Florida bracing for arrival of Tropical Storm Irene By Donna Leinwand Leger, USA TODAY Floridians should keep an eye on Tropical Storm Irene, which could strengthen into a hurricane and strike the state on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm’s path is uncertain, the center said in its forecast. … Continue reading 'Expect it to be a hurricane' – Florida bracing for arrival of Tropical Storm Irene – East Coast #SurfReport
via – cbs news California’s Coronado named nation’s best beach May 25, 2012 12:22 AM CORONADO, Calif. — Like a Hollywood star, Coronado’s 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That’s one of the reasons why Coronado — flanked by the iconic hotel featured in Marilyn Monroe’s 1958 … Continue reading California's Coronado named nation's best beach
VIA – THE LEADER AUSTRALIA Man critical after pulled from Cronulla surf BY EMMA PARTRIDGE 26 Aug, 2011 12:00 PM A MAN believed to be aged in his 50s is in a critical condition after he was pulled unconscious from the water at Cronulla this morning. A Cronulla lifeguard said the man was surfing behind … Continue reading Man critical after pulled from Cronulla surf – #SurfReport