VIA – DAILY PILOT A bodyboarder catches a wave at The Wedge in Newport Beach in March. (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot / March 31, 2012) Decision by Newport’s beaches commission comes after much emotional public comment and ongoing tensions between board users and other wave chasers. By Emily FoxhallFebruary 4, 2014 | … Continue reading Rules for surfers are unchanged – #Surf #OC
VIA – HUFFINGTON POST Posted: 02/02/2014 11:57 am EST Fin whales — the second-largest whale species and also one of the most elusive — are longer than the average school bus. Given their size and deep-diving behavior, encountering one of these behemoths in the wild is quite the treat for any scientist, tourist or … Continue reading Drone Captures Unbelievable #Video, Adds Entirely New Dimension To Whale Watching – #Aloha
VIA – DAILY ASTORIAN Posted: Saturday, January 25, 2014 6:12 pm | Updated: 6:32 pm, Sat Jan 25, 2014. 0 comments GRAYS HARBOR, Wash. — A helicopter crew from the U.S. Coast Guard’s Air Station Astoria rescued an injured surfer from the Grays Harbor, Wash., south jetty earlier today. Sector Columbia River Command Center received a … Continue reading #VIDEO: Coast Guard rescues surfer from Grays Harbor jetty #Surf #WA
sad… VIA – SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL Rescuers pull an exhausted rescue swimmer onto the jet ski after they attempted to save a boogie boarder from the cove beneath Lighthouse Point. The boogie boarder was thrown into the cove by a large set of waves on Friday. (Kate Falconer/Sentinel) ( SCS ) By Calvin Men … Continue reading Boogie boarder dies from injuries suffered in rough seas off #SantaCruz – #Surf #Bodyboard #California
VIA – SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL Alex Martins, Greg Long and Peter Mel of Santa Cruz scramble to catch the same… ( Dan Coyro ) By JULIE JAG [email protected] Posted: 01/21/2014 09:05:25 PM PST The waves breaking at Maverick’s on Tuesday were big enough to deliver a beating to some of the best big wave … Continue reading Big wave surfing: ‘Massive’ Mavericks Invitational expected to get green light for Friday! #SurfReport #California #HMB
VIA – OC REG: Bruce Jones enjoyed many water sports outside of surfing, including sailing. Photo taken in 2006. PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVEN JONES The surf community is mourning the death of surfboard shaper Bruce Jones, who died Monday afternoon from a heart attack. Jones was 68. Jones first started surfboard shaping in … Continue reading Legendary Surfboard shaper Bruce Jones passes away – #OC #Aloha #Surf
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VIA LA TIMES Kite surfer drowned after getting caught in kelp off Malibu A 28-year-old kite surfer drowned in Malibu after getting caught in a bed of kelp, a coroner’s official said Tuesday. Dante Torres, 28, was pulled from the water unconscious and not breathing by a lifeguard and was declared dead at … Continue reading Kite surfer drowned after getting caught in kelp off Malibu
VIA – MERC NEWS Free July 19 screening to help check for skin cancer By Shanna McCord – Santa Cruz Sentinel Posted: 07/11/2012 07:36:11 PM PDT Updated: 07/11/2012 07:42:32 PM PDT CAPITOLA – With all the sun and surf available year-round in Santa Cruz County, the body’s largest organ – … Continue reading Santa Cruz: Free July 19 screening to help check for skin cancer
VIA – MENLO PARK PATCH Hacienda Hosts Hollywood San Mateo subs for Santa Cruz in biopic about famed surfer. By Rebecca Rosen Lum 8:03pm Students, residents, workers, and a businessman in suit and tie gathered in front of First Presbyterian Church building on Flores Street this afternoon, edging as close as crews would let them … Continue reading Of Mavericks and Men: Hacienda Hosts Hollywood – San Mateo subs for Santa Cruz in biopic about famed surfer.
VIA – SANTA CRUZ PATCH Three Victims Rescued from Capitola Waters A Pleasanton man and with two surfers were rescued from the waters near Pleasure Point and Private Beach on Saturday afternoon. A 49-year-old Pleasanton man was picked up by rescue swimmers Saturday afternoon, after he was spotted struggling in the water around the area … Continue reading Santa Cruz: Three Victims (Surfers) Rescued from Capitola Waters