VIA – ASP Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Breaking News: Slater Splits from Quiksilver Dave Prodan Monday, March 31, 2014 Today, in a move tantamount to Michael Jordan splitting with Nike or David Beckham with Adidas, Kelly Slater has announced his parting ways from 23-year sponsor Quiksilver. Slater signed with Quiksilver in 1990 at the age … Continue reading Breaking News: Kelly Slater Splits from Quiksilver – #Surf #aloha
RIP to a man I personally admired so very much… Surfboard, sailboat innovator ‘Hobie’ Alter dies AP 12:24 a.m. EDT March 31, 2014 PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Hobart “Hobie” Alter, who helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam surfboard and the “Hobie Cat” sailboat, has died. He was 80. Alter … Continue reading Surfing Pioneer & Legend Hobie Alter Passes Away At 80 Years Old…#Surf #Aloha #California #History
VIA – SMH.COM.AU Bodyboarder injured after colliding with dolphin Megan Levy March 17, 2014 A bodyboarder has suffered abdominal injuries after colliding with a dolphin in the surf on the NSW south coast, paramedics say. The 27-year-old man was bodyboarding at Bawley Point, about 25 kilometres south of Ulladulla, on Monday morning when … Continue reading Bodyboarder injured after colliding with dolphin – #Surf #Australia #Aloha
not as much as John John and Andino but pretty sweet fing deal! VIA – THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Six-figure surf deal for WA teen The West Australian Rhianna King The West Australian February 12, 2014, 2:52 am A blond-mopped Margaret River surfing prodigy with a huge grin is now one of the highest-paid junior … Continue reading Australian 16 year old gets six figure deal from Billabong – #surf #money
VIA – CURRIER MAIL Greg Stolz The Courier-Mail February 09, 2014 11:53AM Mark Morlock was stabbed in the eye after an altercation in the surf at Snapper Rocks. Pic: Luke Marsden. Source: News Limited A MAN faces losing an eye after a surfboard was deliberately speared into his face in a horrific surf rage attack … Continue reading Man speared by board in surf-rage attack, may lose eye – #aloha #surf #humanity #australia
VIA – ABC AU Surfer and collector Phil Critchlow among his many, storied surfboards (ABC Local: Rick Eaves) 28 January, 2014 12:29PM AEDT By Rick Eaves Phil was 11 when his father found that 11 foot balsa board, threw it on the back of his ute and gave it to his son. He has … Continue reading Huge surfboard collection holds keys to Tasmanian surf history – #aloha #surf
VIA – ABC Local surfers want killer shark destroyed 5 September, 2011 10:29AM AWST By Brooke Bannister Surfers in WA’s South West have called for the shark that killed a 21 year-old man on Sunday to be destroyed. The 21-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was killed when he was attacked by a … Continue reading Local surfers want killer shark destroyed
Some of the comments on this guys article are hilarious, click the link at the bottom… VIA – SYDNEY MORNING HERALD A difficult conversation about Great Whites September 6, 2011 – 1:59PM Derek Rielly is a surfer, writer, entrepreneur and raconteur. There are two things the court of public opinion will hang you for in … Continue reading A difficult conversation about Great Whites