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
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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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Killer secret-agent dolphins go AWOL in Ukraine #DolphinsWithLazers
Three of five weaponized porpoises did not return to a Crimean port following training this month. A former Soviet naval officer believes they went on the hunt for the fairer sex. Comments (3) By Sasha Goldstein / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 7:07 PM A military-trained dolphin (not one of the ones … Continue reading Killer secret-agent dolphins go AWOL in Ukraine #DolphinsWithLazers
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Rare Hawaii-made book to crown surfboard auction #Aloha
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