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1943-2012: Bill Hixon, longtime owner of Neptune Beach surf shop, dies in Pennsylvania

  VIA – JACKSONVILLE 1943-2012: Bill Hixon, longtime owner of Neptune Beach surf shop, dies in Pennsylvania Bill Hixon in 1981. Posted: April 13, 2012 – 4:15pm  |  Updated: April 13, 2012 – 4:25pm By Matt Soergel Bill Hixon, who opened Hixon’s Surf Shop in Neptune Beach in 1964, just in time for the surfing craze sweeping the East … Continue reading 1943-2012: Bill Hixon, longtime owner of Neptune Beach surf shop, dies in Pennsylvania

Chasing giants with Alex Gray

  VIA – EASY READER   Chasing giants with Alex Gray After his dream of competing on the professional world surfing tour was derailed, former Peninsula High surfer Alex Gray turned his sights on bigger game   Alex Gray at Teahupoo. Photo by Glaser/A-Frame Last August, Alex Gray learned that the Billabong Pro Tahiti at … Continue reading Chasing giants with Alex Gray

The wild, aggressive artwork of Jimbo Phillips carries on a well-known Santa Cruz dynasty

VIA – SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL   A classic example of Jimbo Phillips’ Santa Cruz surf art appears on a signal control box on Soquel Avenue. The artist and son Colby stopped by for a photo. (Bill Lovejoy/Sentinel)   The wild, aggressive artwork of Jimbo Phillips carries on a well-known Santa Cruz dynasty By WALLACE BAINE … Continue reading The wild, aggressive artwork of Jimbo Phillips carries on a well-known Santa Cruz dynasty

Help Save World’s Most Endangered Dolphins

VIA – CARE2 Help Save World’s Most Endangered Dolphins One of the smallest, and rarest, marine mammals in the world, Hector’s dolphins are found only in the shallow coastal waters off of New Zealand. There are now fewer than 8,000 of the two subspecies of these dolphins, which are genetically distinct from each other: the … Continue reading Help Save World’s Most Endangered Dolphins

LIVE FEED ON NOW! Dow Agro Sciences Taranaki Pro – New Zealand #SurfReport

Published on Apr 11, 2012 by nzwomenssurf Round One highlights from the Dow AgroSciences PRO, Taranaki, New Zealand UP TODAY: Heat 1: Paige Hareb (NZL) vs. Pauline Ado (FRA) Heat 2: Coco Ho (HAW) vs. Rebecca Woods (AUS) Heat 3: Carissa Moore (HAW) vs. Gaby Sansom (NZL) Heat 4: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) vs. Justine Dupont … Continue reading LIVE FEED ON NOW! Dow Agro Sciences Taranaki Pro – New Zealand #SurfReport

Amazing wipeout photos make a splash

VIA – THE SUN Amazing wipeout photos make a splash Board stupid … a surfer takes a dive on the North Shore in Hawaii Barcroft Media By BELLA BATTLE Published: Today at 19:24 A FALLING surfer is dwarfed by a 30ft wave in these incredible wipeout pictures. In another shot a surfer hangs 50ft above … Continue reading Amazing wipeout photos make a splash

A life spent paddling and big wave surfing

VIA = RTE A life spent paddling and big wave surfing Updated: Wednesday, 11 Apr 2012 21:28 Al Mennie paddleboarded from Northern Ireland to Scotland to raise money for charity (photograph courtesy of Conn Osborne) By Tadhg Peavoy Email [email protected] Al Mennie, renowned big wave surfer, took on a different challenge this March. The 6f5’ … Continue reading A life spent paddling and big wave surfing

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