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]
by The Editors on April 16, 2009
We’re not sure if it was just our fascination with Kelly Slater and the sadly absent Andy Irons or if the new ASP format just sucks. Either way, the Rip Curl Pro at Bells was one of the most dreadfully boring surf contests we’ve seen in a while. It seemed like the waiting period went on forever, and the guys were never, ever surfing. If it hadn’t been for Twitter we would have missed the entire contest.
We don’t mean to take anything away from winner Joel Parkinson, or from wildcard giant slayers Adam Robertson and Owen Wright. They were all killing it in some great waves. It’s just hard to stay interested in anything for two whole weeks. And we don’t think we’re alone.
Follow the jump for the ASP press release that is already posted on every surf site in the world.
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by The Editors on April 16, 2009
Ah, not so sure about his recent surfboard shapes, but when it comes to body lotion we trust Kelly Slater, especially his new Limited Edition Superbly Restorative Body Lotion created in collaboration with Kiehl’s. Here are just some of the details:
100% of proceeds up to $100,000 will support Waterkeeper Alliance, Helps improve skin’s resilience and texture, Helps enrich skin’s moisture barrier and most importantly it leaves skin soft with a healthy-looking sheen, and Formulated with a naturally-derived preservative system.
The label on the bottle features Kelly doing a big ol’ bottom turn. Wonder if Kalani has been giving Kelly some post heat-loss rub-downs with this stuff? The lotion costs $55 for 16 ounces and is all for a good cause.
[Link: Kiehl’s via LA Times]
by The Editors on April 16, 2009
Russel Crowe says that work on the Bra Boys film that may be his feature directorial debut is progressing nicely, according to Sky News.
“We are on our third different take on the story, probably on our second draft of our third take,” he said.
“We approached it in one way and it worked and encapsulated it nicely but it left too many things on the table so we’ve tried it a second way and had the same result. . . . We’re now in a place where we’re trying it a third way and it’s a little more satisfying in terms of the punch of the overall film.”
The film is not based on the documentary, but on the best-selling book My Brothers Keeper, by investigative reporters Charles Miranda and Angelea Kamper and follows the story of “standover man” Anthony Hines, his meeting with infamous Sydney surfing gang ‘the Bra Boys’, and his killing. According to Russel, the film will not start Mark Wahlberg and instead will feature Australian actors.
“This is a great Australian story and it belongs to the Australian film industry and it’s all well and good to finance it from overseas because film is an international medium but we’ve got great actors in our country.”
[Link: Sky News]
by The Editors on April 15, 2009
According to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald Billabong is a nightmare brand for ad agencies and television networks because they are playing by their own rules all the way around.
It does not make TV commercials, it does not book space on television. And its magazine ads are produced by its own team. Billabong is not just a surf brand, it is a media company, says the person in charge of producing the hours of surf-related content. . . “This just ups the ante,” says Scott Wallace of the deal announced last week with Sony. “We are turning into a media company as well as a clothing company.”
Wallace, formerly with IMG, and now VP New Media and Strategic Partnerships, appears to be putting Billabong on the right track. As we’ve said several times: if you want to control your message, be the messenger. And it looks like Wallace is doing just that.
[Link: Sydney Morning Herald]
by The Editors on April 15, 2009
Stephan Hierhofer, 37, was reportedly surfing on his honeymoon in Capo Noli, Italy when he was knocked off his new surfboard and swept out to sea, according to a story in the Austrian Times.
Hierhofer ended up more than 50 miles from the beach where he’d waved to his wife as he tried out his new board in Capo Noli, northern Italy. . . Coastguards scrambled a rescue helicopter when his frantic family dialed emergency services after seeing a massive wave knock the 37-year-old teacher from Cologne, Germany, off his board. . . .But he was only saved when a yachtsman spotted him miles adrift further down the coast the next day.
Yet another reminder that taking surfboards on honeymoons is a bad, bad, omen.
[Link: Austrian Times]
The sharks are still on the hunt in Jupiter Beach, Florida according to a story in the Sun Sentinel.
