by The Editors on April 22, 2009
Photographer Chris Burkard and surfer Eric Soderquist took a surf journey down the California coast (the entire coast) and have created a book about their experience called The California Surf Project. Here’s what Surfer Magazine Editor Joel Patterson said about it:
“Surf exploration has become so focused on the far-flung and unpronounceably exotic, it’s reinvigorating to see some California natives rediscover their own backyard. Few coastal stretches offer the sheer variety of waves, colors, urban densities, and attitudes as the Golden State, and to see it all through the prism of Burkard and Soderquist made me want to put in my two-weeks notice, buy a VW bus, and hit the road. The California Surf Project will stand as a unique time capsule of California’s post-modern surf culture.”
The authors are currently on tour again with the book and tonight (April 22, 2009) they’ll be in Capitola at the Capitola Books Store. For more information on their trip, check out their blog.
[Link: California Surf Project via Surfline]
by The Editors on April 22, 2009
New York Times writer Michael Brick gets looks into boardsports triathlon Ultimate Boarder and finds the intersection of marketing, action sports, novelty and a founder who just wants make money doing what he loves.
The Ultimate Boarder organizer, Tim D. Hoover, a 38-year-old amateur surfer and onetime film industry worker, described the contest as his ticket to raising his family in this easygoing beach setting 60 miles north of Los Angeles. . . .“I really wanted to make this a grassroots, bootstrap, organic thing,” he said. “I wanted to do something to inspire and create a format for the next generation of kids that grow up in this lifestyle.”
Wonder how that’s working for him? How many people, aside from the competitors, really care about a competition that is won each year by aging skateboard team managers from surf clothing companies?
[Link: New York Times]
by The Editors on April 22, 2009
A surfer from Okeechobee, Florida has been the second shark attack victim in Volusia County this year.
The unidentified 20-year-old was surfing in front of the Minorca Condominium, 2600 block of North Peninsula Drive, late Monday afternoon when a shark grabbed his right ankle, Volusia County Beach Patrol Capt. Scott Petersohn said Tuesday. . . “It was very minor,” he said. “Two or three puncture wounds.” . . . Petersohn said it’s unclear whether the victim went to the hospital, but he was not taken by ambulance.
We think minor is the best kind of shark bite there is.
[Link: News-Journal Online]
by The Editors on April 21, 2009
Vans announced today that Billabong has signed on as the sponsor of the Pipeline Masters for three more years. As we all know the “$340,000 Billabong Pipeline Masters is the third and final jewel of the men’s Vans Triple Crown of Surfing and the longest running professional surfing event in the world”
At a time when even the stalwart surf industry is feeling the effects of global economic rumblings, this new three-year commitment from Billabong is encouraging news. “It goes without saying this iconic event is still the benchmark for professional surfing and we are proud to be associated with the Pipeline masters and all its history,” says Billabong’s VP of Marketing Graham Stapelberg.
If there was one event anyone in the world would want to sponsor, it would probably be this one. Even if the ASP title keeps getting wrapped up in Europe.
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by The Editors on April 21, 2009
by The Editors on April 20, 2009
The sharks are still on the hunt in Jupiter Beach, Florida according to a story in the Sun Sentinel.
A surfer whose foot was bitten by a shark is in stable condition at Jupiter Medical Center this morning, according to WPTV-Ch. 5. . . Witnesses told the station the victim was bitten on the foot and may have lost two toes. . . The incident was reported just south of Carlin Park at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday.
The man, Bruce Klinker of Candia, New Hampshire, was surfing with his daughter when he was attacked.
Another Florida surfer was bitten on the forearm while surfing near the Florida Power & Light Co. Nuclear Power Plant, but was able to drive himself to the hospital.
[Link: Sun Sentinel, TCPalm.com and 7 News]
by The Editors on April 19, 2009
by The Editors on April 17, 2009
Who needs Surfline.com when we can get the ASP Power Rankings straight from Lewis Samuels himself on Postsurf.com without the goofy Flash clicks and clangs.
OK, kids. The Power Rankings live on – on Postsurf, for now. I’ll be putting up a handful a day over the course of the next week. Let’s start with the bottom dwellers.
Nice to see him keeping the Power Ranking flame war alive.
[Link: Postsurf.com]
by The Editors on April 17, 2009
Gotcha founder Michael Tomson had a “gold, ruby and diamond encrusted ring valued at approximately $25,000” stolen from his Laguna Beach, California home last weekend, according to a story in the Orange County Register.
Sgt. Jason Kravetz of the Laguna Beach Police Department was able to confirm that a woman listing the surfer’s Laguna Beach residence had filed a complaint at the department’s front desk Monday, but that an official police report has yet to be drafted. . . “I can tell you that a ring was taken in the theft, and it is valued at $25,000,” Kravetz said. “It’s unknown if it’s a wedding ring.” . . The police logs indicated that the ring contained 2.28 karats in diamonds and .3 karats in rubies.
Bummer.
[Link: OC Register]
by The Editors on April 17, 2009
Little reminder: visiting The Grove in Anaheim, California tonight for the Billabong XXL awards is not required. It’s all online live starting at 7 PM PST tonight. And this way no sloppy OC girls are going to spill their drinks on you.
[Link: Billabong XXL]
Photographer Chris Burkard and surfer Eric Soderquist took a surf journey down the California coast (the entire coast) and have created a book about their experience called The California Surf Project. Here’s what Surfer Magazine Editor Joel Patterson said about it:
