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Surfers' documentary speaks for sea life

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

Channel Islands surfboards demands jury trial

I’ll be on the jury, I’ll be impartial I swear! I’ll give that douche bag a completely fair trial… VIA – ESPN Channel Islands demands jury trial By Keith Hamm ESPN Action Sports Archive   Lawyers representing Channel Islands Surfboards — the world’s largest surfboard manufacturing company under a single label — are demanding a … Continue reading Channel Islands surfboards demands jury trial

SAN DIEGO: Cameras deployed to track surf changes

VIA – UT SAN DIEGO Cameras deployed to track surf changes   A regional beach sand replenishment project scheduled to start by summer 2012 will be similar to the first large-scale effort on local beaches in 2001. Dan Trevan/Union-Tribune Written by Mike Lee noon, Jan. 28, 2012 San Diego Surfrider is deploying high-tech tools to … Continue reading SAN DIEGO: Cameras deployed to track surf changes

VIDEO: Noll Surfboards in Chase Sapphire Installation- Sundance 2012

Noll Surfboards in Chase Sapphire Installation- Sundance 2012 “Uploaded by Sasurface on Jan 27, 2012 Noll Surfboards Brings North Shore History to Sundance Film Festival: Partners with Chase Sapphire to Showcase Pipeline Relics at Riding Giants Installation Park City, Utah (January 23, 2012) — Noll Surfboards, the surf brand founded on epic big-wave pioneering and … Continue reading VIDEO: Noll Surfboards in Chase Sapphire Installation- Sundance 2012

The incredible real-life story behind Gerard Butler's new surf movie

VIA – MIRROR UK   The incredible real-life story behind Gerard Butler’s new surf movie by Dennis Ellam, Sunday Mirror 29/01/2012 Decrease font size Increase font size Gerard Butler filming Of Men and Mavericks (Pic: Splashnews.com)Arms outstretched and perfectly poised, a tiny ­figure rides a wave as tall as a five-storey building. Surf hero Jay … Continue reading The incredible real-life story behind Gerard Butler's new surf movie

Why Surfing Localism Violates Our Civil Liberties

    VIA – HERMOSA BEACH PATCH     Why Surfing Localism Violates Our Civil Liberties   A look at how violent or aggressive efforts to push people out of local waves is similar to other forms of discrimination.   By Serge Dedina 12:00 pm Editor’s Note: A version of this article originally published on … Continue reading Why Surfing Localism Violates Our Civil Liberties

Festival planned for Mavericks Surf Contest

VIA – KLIV Festival planned for Mavericks Surf Contest HALF MOON BAY — Fans of the Mavericks Surf Contest will find a big party going on in Half Moon Bay while surfers take on the largest waves in the Bay Area. The contest organizers have decided to hold a festival on the day that the … Continue reading Festival planned for Mavericks Surf Contest

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Vans Pier Classic Starts March 28, 2012 in Huntington Beach, California

VIA – YAHOO   Vans Pier Classic Starts March 28, 2012 in Huntington Beach, California By Killeen Gonzalez, Yahoo! Contributor Network    On March 28, 2012 surfers and fans alike will converge on the picturesque shores of Huntington Beach, California, for the start of the Vans Pier Classic. This year’s event will be presented by … Continue reading Vans Pier Classic Starts March 28, 2012 in Huntington Beach, California