VIA – NY TIMES Jon Wegener with his surfboard at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, Calif. By CLAIRE MARTIN Published: December 21, 2013 In 2008, Dan Malloy, a professional surfer, received a package in the mail from Australia. In it was a thin, rectangular slab of wood with one rounded edge. It was a board … Continue reading Surfboard Design, Catching a Wave From Old #Hawaii
I don’t know how good these wetsuits are quality-wise but it’s a cool concept on a broader scale. I know I never quite fit the off the rack suites on the market and the only ones that used to do something similar (but not nearly as technical) is Hotline in this area (taking custom measurements). … Continue reading New custom wetsuit concept hits the market – 5 questions with Carapace Wetsuits cofounder Alex Wang #Video
by Bay City News | November 27, 2013 8:23 am Anyone planning to take a walk on the beach on Thanksgiving should expect higher-than-normal surf, as a seasonal swell is forecast to hit Bay Area coastlines this week, a weather forecaster said. The National Weather Service has issued a “coastal hazard statement” for Northern California … Continue reading #SanFrancisco #Thanksgiving #SurfReport: 10 Foot High Waves, Dangerous Conditions #SF #BayArea #NorCal
VIA – UT SD By John Wilkens5:30 p.m.Nov. 22, 2013 “Portraits of the American Craftsman,” a new coffee-table book about people who work with their hands, includes a profile of San Diego surfboard maker Tim Bessell. Texas photographer Tadd Myers spent five years traveling the country to take photographs for what he calls “a celebration … Continue reading ‘Craftsman’ book tips hat to SD surfboard maker
VIA – OC WEEKLY By R. Scott Moxley Wed., Nov. 27 2013 at 8:01 AM 2 Comments Categories: Court, Crime-iny n the 80s, Ronald Ennis grew up in Huntington Beach, stood up for the victims of bullies, showed compassion to his friends and excelled so much at surfing and skateboarding that people thought he could … Continue reading Onetime Huntington Beach Pro Surfer Hopeful Lands In Federal Prison #OC #WhataMess
VIA – ABC LOCAL Updated at 12:47 PM today SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A surfer has been taken to the hospital with a possible head injury. The man washed up on Ocean Beach, at stairwell 27 near Judah Street, around 8:15 this morning. San Francisco firefighters responded. They say the surfer was having a … Continue reading Surfer injured at Ocean Beach in San Francisco
VIA HB INDEPENDENT The 54-year-old, a beach ‘regular,’ sustained a neck injury, his brother said By Anthony Clark CarpioNovember 13, 2013 | 9:19 a.m. Lifelong Huntington Beach resident Andrew Arnold, 54, died Nov. 5 after being injured while body surfing. His death marks the end of three generations of his family working as Farmer’s Insurance … Continue reading Huntington Beach local dies after body surfing at pier
VIA – TIMES COLONIST Surfers’ documentary speaks for sea life By JUDITH LAVOIE, timescolonist.com January 28, 2012 10:07 PM Tofino-based surfer Peter Devries rides the waves around the Great Bear Rainforest for the documentary about the area. Photograph by: Jeremy Koreski, . When a couple of sea lions swam close to Chris Darimont … Continue reading Surfers' documentary speaks for sea life
VIA – VENTURA COUNTY STAR Officials investigate death of body surfer By From staff reports Posted September 29, 2011 at 12:23 p.m., updated September 29, 2011 at 7:16 p.m. A 55-year-old Ventura man pulled out of the ocean Wednesday by bystanders near Silver Strand died at the hospital, authorities said Thursday. Robert Curtis was body-surfing … Continue reading Officials investigate death of body surfer