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 = NINE MSN AUSTRALIA 7:23pm February 8, 2014 A 28-year-old spear fisherman is believed to have been killed by a shark off the SA coast. About noon (CDT) on Saturday, the Adelaide man was fishing with mates at the popular Goldsmith beach, south of Edithburgh on the Yorke Peninsula, when he was attacked by … Continue reading #SA Spear Fisherman Killed by Shark – #dive #fishing #australia
VIA – NZ HERALD By Vaimoana Tapaleao 11:04 AM Saturday Feb 8, 2014 A surfer was flown to hospital last night in a serious condition after being mauled by a shark off the Southland coast. The man was bitten three times, reportedly by a great white, while he was surfing at Porpoise Bay, near … Continue reading #NewZealand: Surfer in serious condition after mauling by shark – #NZ #SurfReport
VIA – DAILY PILOT A bodyboarder catches a wave at The Wedge in Newport Beach in March. (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot / March 31, 2012) Decision by Newport’s beaches commission comes after much emotional public comment and ongoing tensions between board users and other wave chasers. By Emily FoxhallFebruary 4, 2014 | … Continue reading Rules for surfers are unchanged – #Surf #OC
VIA – GIZMAG By C.C. Weiss January 26, 2014 Not every surfer is lucky enough to live near a world-class break. In fact, many would-be surfers live hundreds of miles from the nearest piece of coast. For them, the new MXP-3 from Germany’s Waterwolf represents the chance to transform the local lazy lake or … Continue reading Waterwolf electric #surfboard speeds over lakes and rivers – #Surf #video
VIA – ODT By Sally Rae on Mon, 27 Jan 2014 When it comes to shaping surfboards, Jeremy Buis admits he likes doing some ”outside the square stuff”. A keen surfer, Mr Buis (36) has been shaping and fixing surfboards in Dunedin for the past 20 years. He made his first board when he was … Continue reading Keen surfer takes ferns on board #Surfboard #NZ
VIA – DAILY TELEGRAPH Torin Chen Southern Courier January 24, 2014 9:53AM Surfer Mark Mathews of Maroubra. Source: Supplied MAROUBRA surfer Mark Mathews surfed in some of Australia’s biggest waves in movies featuring legendary US surfer Kelly Slater. The big wave surfer features in the movies; The Journey and Encoded, filmed in South Australia … Continue reading Maroubra big wave surfer Mark Mathews and Kelly Slater feature in Australian surf festival movies – #Australia #Surf
VIA – TICO TIMES Earthquake shakes Costa Rica’s Pacific coast Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 – By Alex Leff No injuries were reported from the magnitude-5.4 tremor. A 5.4 tremor shook the Nicoya Peninsula at 1:01 p.m. on Wednesday. Residents of the northwest Costa Rica tourist haven reported cracking walls but little other damage. The … Continue reading Earthquake shakes Costa Rica’s Pacific coast
VIA – CS MONITOR Growing Gulf storm could hit as near-hurricane with 20 inches of rain Tropical depression 13 is expected to become tropical storm Lee and hit the Gulf coast over Labor Day weekend, with warnings stretching from Sabine Pass, Texas, to Pascagoula, Miss. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / September 2, 2011 Tropical-storm … Continue reading Growing Gulf storm could hit as near-hurricane with 20 inches of rain – Gulf Coast #SurfReport
VIA – SUNSHINE COAST DAILY Surfer drowns at Moffat Beach February 6, 2012 – 10:59AM A SURFER has drowned at a popular Coast break despite desperate efforts to save him by a group of off-duty lifesavers. The man, aged in his 50s, was found floating face down in the water off the rocky … Continue reading Surfer drowns at Moffat Beach
Take your buddy surfing and later if you get hungry, make a blt… VIA – THE TELEGRAPH A piglet called Zorro shows surfers how its done in New Zealand. A piglet called Zorro shows surfers how its done in New Zealand. 2:00PM GMT 08 Mar 2013 Owner Matthew Bell has been taking Zorro out on … Continue reading VIDEO: Surfing pig becomes a star in New Zealand #SurfReport
VIA – HONOLULU CIVIC BEAT Oahu Surf Report Posted by Civil Beat Staff on 03/26/2012 at 7:58AM HST (10 hours ago) Mostly cloudy with E- but mostly NE trades 15-25. Scattered windward showers today. Country: Continues to drop to Flat-2’ on a NNE angle. North facing reefs see occ. 2.5-3’ sets. Sunset & Pipe … Continue reading Oahu Surf Report #SurfReport
VIA – THE STAR ADVERTISER By Erika Engle POSTED: 08:06 a.m. HST, Apr 16, 2013 LAST UPDATED: 08:06 a.m. HST, Apr 16, 2013 The rare book “The Surf Riders of Hawaii,” hand-made by A.R. Gurrey Jr. between 1911 and 1915, and believed to be the first book on surfing, is being … Continue reading Rare Hawaii-made book to crown surfboard auction #Aloha