VIA – DAILY MAIL UK Billy Rossini got the idea after noticing underwater lights used by yachts He spent two years perfecting the system building 200 prototypes The clever design also includes a switch to trigger a SOS strobe By Daniel Miller PUBLISHED: 10:12 EST, 4 September 2013 | UPDATED: 12:32 EST, 4 September … Continue reading Surf’s up, lights on! Inventor adds LEDs to paddle boards so enthusiasts can head out at night (but aren’t sharks attracted to light?!)
Now he just needs a good ol’ fashioned ass kicking… VIA – HIGHSNOBIETY By David Fischer posted on September 3, 2013 5:05 pm The wait is over. After more than half a year NHS Inc. (mother company of Santa Cruz Skateboards) and artists Jimbo and Jim Phillips, known globally for their iconic artwork … Continue reading #DB Jeremy Scott Recognizes His Mistake As He Settles with NHS/Santa Cruz
VIA – STAR ADVERTISER Surfboard encounters ‘glassy’ conditions By Star-Advertiser staff POSTED: 09:13 p.m. HST, Sep 01, 2013 LAST UPDATED: 05:02 a.m. HST, Sep 02, 2013 A surfboard punctured the windshield of a car on the H-1 freeway Sunday morning, causing one eastbound lane to be closed for almost 20 minutes. … Continue reading #Hawaii Surfboard Smashes Through Front Windhsheild on H1 #Aloha #Photography
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 – VC STAR Mischaracterization of surfers Posted January 30, 2012 at 9:28 a.m. Re: Colleen Cason’s Jan. 29 column, “Surfs up in senate constest”: As a lawyer, environmental activist and lifelong surfer who grew up in Santa Barbara during the historic Unocal oil spill, I was both offended and shocked by … Continue reading Mischaracterization of surfers
VIA – GOOGLE NEWS / AFP Celebrities donate items for Wheldon auction (AFP) – 6 hours ago INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Celebrities from across American sports and Hollywood have donated items for an auction to benefit the family of the late Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon, IndyCar announced on Friday. The 33-year-old Englishman, who won his … Continue reading Kelly Slater & Other Celebrities Donate Items for Indianapolis 500 Champion Dan Wheldon
VIA – NEWPORT BEACH PATCH Editor Nisha Gutierrez-Jaime [email protected] Fish Off Crystal Cove May Have Ingested Radioactive Kelp After Fukushima, Study Finds “It’s not a good thing,” says researcher after discovery that a radioactive isotope of iodine was absorbed by kelp off Laguna Beach and Corona del Mar a month after the disaster in Japan. … Continue reading Fish Off Crystal Cove May Have Ingested Radioactive Kelp After Fukushima, Study Finds