A little wave clean up via the guys at Svrf & Destroy.
[Link: Svrf & Destroy]
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[Link: Christian Surfers]
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An artificial reef that will reportedly create “waves of up to 13ft” off Boscombe, Bournemouth, UK is supposed to be completed in September 2009 according to a story from the BBC. The reef is made out of “55 sand-filled geotextile bags which cover the area the size of a football pitch.”
Shaw Mead, technical director, said: “Like any major construction project, there are extensive checks to be undertaken before we can say the project is complete. “We are now starting to make all those checks thoroughly and according to the agreed specification, and I remain confident that we will finish in September as scheduled.”
Will be interesting to see if this one actually works.
[Link: BBC via @thisisdorset]
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Surfrider.org’s Matt McClain explains why he does the work he does in Good Magazine‘s The Water Issue with a story titled Wave Goodbye.
However, the more I studied the ocean, the more attuned I became to the peril in which we have placed it. I now work full time to protect our seas, waves, and beaches. I do it to honor my father, a native Hawaiian who introduced me to the sea when I was very young, and to honor all the others who have come before me. I do it for the benefit of those who will come after. But most of all, I do it to in some small way repay all the gifts that Mother Ocean has given, and continues to give.
“Well said,” we say typing one-handed while wiping a tear from our face.
[Link: Good Magazine]
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According to the Santa Cruz Sentinel Seacliff and New Brighton state beaches have been closed “for up to seven days after visitors spotted a shark chomping on a porpoise off Seacliff beach about 3:10 p.m.”
“We have a confirmed predatory activity attack by a shark,” said Kirk Lingenfelter, superintendent with California State Parks, who ordered the closures when a four-foot long harbor porpoise washed up on Seacliff beach soon after the shark was spotted. . . Lingenfelter said researchers are still determining the size and type of the shark. Scientists with Long Marine Lab hauled the porpoise off for study Tuesday afternoon.
This is reportedly the first time in five years that a county beach has been closed due to a shark sighing. Marin County’s Stinson Beach closed yesterday after a sighting, but that seems to happen all the time.
[Link: Santa Cruz Sentinel via @oldschooler]
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The Association of Surfing Professional’s CEO Brodie Carr sits down with Surfing Life’s Chris Binns in Hossegor, France to discuss the rumors of the Kelly Slater Tour and about meeting with former boxing promoter Matt Tinley and Kelly Slater’s agent Terry Hardy. Brodies bottom line:
There are two schools of thought in surfing. One is that it needs to go more mainstream, the other is that what we have is pretty special, and going more mainstream is going to cannibalise that. You have to find the sweet spot in the middle so we don’t wreck what we have, so we’re not quick to jump away from what we already have unless it’s going to be great. We’ve taken 30 years to build the sport to what it is today, and yeah, the surf brands have been great and have made this what it is, as much as the surfers, so it would be irresponsible of us to make a decision quickly. We don’t want to rush anything, we want to take our time and assess everything and make sure we’re making the right decision for the sport, ’cos otherwise we might not be able to turn it back again.
While we tend to agree with “the other,” Carr’s level headed, logical responses to the questions show why he’s in the position he is. Read the rest for all the details.
[Link: Australian Surfing Life]
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Do people actually attend an alaia shaping class? At the Patagonia store in Cardiff, California, they do, according to @patagoniacardif.
Jon Wegener’s free alaia shapping classes under way on our patio. Cyrus Sutton here too with new alaia film. 3 more classes to go!
Apparently there’s a little more to it than a Skil saw and some scrap wood. Who would have known?
[Link: Patagonia Cardiff]
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Surfer Dylan Crawford got knocked from his board by something in the water while surfing Kawaa Beach on Hawai’i’s big island on Thursday August, 6, 2009, according to a story on KGMB9.com.
“The next thing I know, I realize, okay there’s a large animal next to me,” he said. “I was right next to it for a second, basically touching it. And when it submerged, it pulled me down on top of it.”
The 8-foot tiger shark too a big chunk of the nose of his board when he left.
[Link: KGMB9.com]
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Michael Oblowitz’s Sea of Darkness screens tonight (August 7, 2009) at 8 PM at the Malibu Film Festival . The festival kicked off last night with the Jesse Billauer’s documentary Jesse’s Story. Click here for more info.
[Link: LA Times]
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Right wing California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher has reportedly invited Barney Frank and his partner Jim Ready, to come surfing in Huntington Beach, according to Politico.com.
Rohrabacher said he broached the idea with Frank at a function not long ago, after Ready had told him of their shared interest in hanging ten. The congressman heads the three-person Congressional Surfing Caucus, which includes fellow California Republicans Brian Bilbray and Duncan Hunter. . . Frank’s office confirms that the Massachusetts Democrat and his partner have accepted Rohrabacher’s invitation, but nobody will say much more than that.
Nice idea, Dana. Huntington Beach could use a few more. . . happy surfers.
[Link: Politico.com]
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