VIA – THE BLAZE 9-Year-Old Boy’s Shocking Reaction to Shark Attack: ‘He Was So Excited’ Sep. 2, 2013 10:00am Fred Lucas Labor Day weekend will perhaps always be memorable for nine-year-old Connor Baker, as he was bitten by a shark at St. Augustine Beach, Fla. While the attack, itself, was startling enough, the young boy’s … Continue reading #LaborDay Weekend Shark Attack in FL #SurfReport
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 – APP.COM Beach closed after 3 hurt by rough surf in Harvey Cedars 5:20 PM, Aug. 5, 2011 HARVEY CEDARS — Three people were being treated at area hospitals after being rescued from rough surf by lifeguards Friday afternoon. The Middlesex Avenue beach was closed to swimmers, according to emergency medical officials. A decision … Continue reading Beach closed after 3 hurt by rough surf in Harvey Cedars – East Coast #SurfReport
Ken Collins at Maverick’s – Ride of the Year entry in the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards 2012 Uploaded by BillabongXXL on Feb 8, 2012 Santa Cruz icon Ken “Skindog” Collins paddles into a glassy and deep one at Maverick’s, California on February 8. Video by Elliot Leboe. An entry in the … Continue reading VIDEO: Ken Collins at Maverick's – Ride of the Year entry in the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards 2012
VIA – CBS NEWS Surfer Laird Hamilton: The 60 Minutes Profile Overtime Staff 60 Rewind August 21, 2011 7:04 PM A post from “60 Minutes’” Braden Bergan: My family isn’t shy about giving me story ideas for “60 Minutes,” but my definite favorite was Lesley Stahl’s 2004 profile of big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton. The idea … Continue reading VIDEO: Surfer Laird Hamilton: The 60 Minutes Profile – CBS NEWS
VIA – SURFLINE Pro Surfer Wilkinson Arrested in Newport Beach PRESS RELEASE Professional surfer Matthew “Wilko” Wilkinson, 23, of Copacabana, New South Wales, Australia, was arrested by Newport Beach police near Balboa Boulevard and 18th Street on Saturday for public intoxication, according to the NBPD. Officers responded to a call of a male subject laying … Continue reading Pro Surfer Wilkinson Arrested in Newport Beach