Rick Klotz is keeping the retro surf punk groove going with the latest video for his clothing label Warriors of Radness. If you’re at work you may not want to click play (NSFW). Otherwise, relive the glory that was the Op Pro Bikini contest.
[Link via Hypebeast]
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Model surfer Erica Hosseini lets almost all of it hang out for a Stab Magazine photo shoot with Tyler William Parker. Nice nipple tape, Little Hoss.
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Friends and family gathered at the Tweed Heads Crematorium today (April 5, 2012) for the funeral of Australian surfing legend Michael “MP” Peterson who died of a heart attack on March 29, 2012, according to a story on ABC Gold Coast.
It was a colourful congregation as MP’s mum, Joan Peterson, asked that everyone wore t-shirts, board shorts and thongs. . . Tributes from the international surfing community immediately flowed after the announcement of his death. . . Former world champion Mick Fanning, who grew up surfing the Coolangatta breaks as MP did, tweeted that MP was the ‘Original Coolangatta Kid.’
Many of the surfers who admired him most were contesting the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach during the gathering, however, they were all there in spirit.
[Link: ABC Gold Coast]
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Eddie Aikau’s surviving siblings Myra, Solomon and Clyde Aikau have filed suit in Hawaii’s First Circuit Court to stop Glendale, California based Your Half Media Group from “claiming the right to make” a bio-pic on their brother, according to a story on Courthouse New Service.
The Aikaus claim Your Half is falsely claiming publicity rights to Eddie Aikau’s life story, and deterring other film companies from making such a movie. . . The Aikaus, who say they already held all trade and service marks to the use of Eddie’s name, formed Aikau Family LLC in 2010 to reserve publicity rights to his name. . . According to the complaint, in 2004 and without advice of counsel, the plaintiffs executed an agreement giving Your Half Pictures an 18-month option “to use plaintiffs Myra, Solomon and Clyde Aikau’s ‘names, likeness, personal history, etc. as needed, in conjunction with a feature film based upon a book by entitled, ‘Eddie Would Go,’ by Stuart Holmes Coleman.”
But the Aikaus claim Your Half Media failed to make “a significant payment to the Eddie Aikau Foundation” and made no progress on film production. Now the Aikaus are seeing “seek declaratory and injunctive relief and treble damages for tortious interference with prospective economic advantage, unfair and deceptive trade, unfair competition and infringement of publicity rights.” We hope this gets sorted out soon, because Eddie Would Go is a movie we’d like to see.
[Link: Court House News]
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North Shore surfer Joshua Holley, 28, survived shark attack on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, while paddling in the channel between Aligator Rock and Leftovers when what is believed to be a 10-foot Tiger shark hit him on the left leg, according to a story on Hawaii News Now.
He said the shark bit his left foot and then started swimming to the front of the board. . . “Survival mode kicked in and I punched it really hard once and then twice. I didn’t want to panic or go into shock or anything like that,” said Holley. . . “You gotta go for something vulnerable like the eyes or the gills or the snout and that usually does the trick,” said state shark specialist Randy Honebrink. . . Holley paddled in and two strangers helped him to shore. Medics took him to Wahiawa General Hospital.
Holley received 42 stitches and will have to go back for more surgery to repair two severed tendons, but we’re all glad he’s alive.
[Link: Hawaii News Now]
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Now, thanks to Reef, you can put a bunch of ass on your iPhone without cracking the glass. It’s true. With the new Miss Reef Calendar App horny creepers the world over can jones for some ass-slapping goodness every time they look at their iPhone.
Each month the user will find striking photography of the 2012 Miss Reef Girl as they venture through Isabella, Aguadilla, Rincon, the waterfalls at San Sebastian and the caves of Arecibo. The app can be updated for free every year to reflect the most current Miss Reef Calendar imagery.
Really, who doesn’t need a 99 cent calendar full of perky, rounded, juicy, bouncing Reef girl ass in full retina screen glory? Oh, and there’s Reef surf team news on there, too, you know if your mom, girlfriend, or wife asks you why it’s on your phone. For the official word, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Grain Surfboards, the York, Maine based manufacturers of beautiful, handmade wooden surfboards is launching The Cedar Hill Skateboard as part of its Offcuts Initiative.
“The Offcuts Initiative is a recognition of our effort to waste no waste,” states Brad Anderson, Grain co-owner. “In the normal course of producing surfboards and Home Grown Kits, we’ve simply devoted ourselves to finding ways for each off-cut to be used somewhere down the line.” Though the last stop for Grain’s shavings and splinters is as animal bedding or garden mulch, whatever wood harbors even a hint of utility gets saved in the corners of the shop to await it’s full potential.
The Cedar Hill ($250 complete) is a cedar veneer laminate with “SFI-certified sustainably harvested maple.” The top is finished with a “permanent grip-tape” deck of bamboo cloth laminated with Entropy Eco-resin, and with the distinctive Grain Surfboards logo burned into the deck and bottom.” Follow the jump for more details or click here for more info. [click to continue…]
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The reigning Southwestern champs Hansen¹s Surf Shop from Encinitas, California.
Beginning Friday, April 6, 2012 Surfer Magazine will kick off the 2012 Oakley Surf Shop Challenge at Seaside Reef in Cardiff, California.
The event series pits four-man teams‹two surf shop pros and two shop employees‹against each other for a chance to win $10,000, an advertising spread in Surfer Magazine, and the title of best surf shop in the country. This year each regional qualifier will also earn an expense-paid trip to Bali, Indonesia, to compete at the National Championship event.
Not sure we’d be too excited about a spread in a print mag, but bragging rights are worth it all, right? For the official details, follow the jump [click to continue…]
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Day one of the 2012 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach seemed to go well for all of the top seeds, except for Taj Burrow. Burrow came in last against Nic Muscroft and Kolohe Andino in Round one Heat eight. Muscroft seemed surprised by it all.
“My legs are a bit sore after that last wave,” Muscroft said. “I didn’t know if I would have much of a chance against those guys out there, but I was able to get a good wave at the end and got the score. It’s always a pleasure to compete at this level and my best friend Robbo (Adam Robertson) made it to the Finals here a few years ago and that’s given me the confidence to do well here too.”
High men’s score of the day went to Owen Wright with a 17.93. But the day’s highest score was Sally Fitzgibbons 18.84 against Coco Ho and Sage Erickson. For the official word from the ASP follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Nominees for the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards were announced today.
The winners will be announced at the invitation-only Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards party at the Grove Theater in Anaheim, California on May 4, 2012. The show will be webcast that night on YouTube’s Newtork A, and will be broadcast as a one-hour program on FUEL TV on Sunday, May 20 at 3 P.M. PT. This year’s event marks the 12th-annual edition of the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards, an event open to every qualified surfer at every break on every day of the year, so long as the action is captured by a video or still camera and submitted for judging by the XXL’s voting academy of expert surfers and lensmen.
We’re looking forward to seeing Nathan Fletcher walk away with a couple big checks. Click the link for all the nominees. [click to continue…]
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