by The Editors on July 8, 2008
Doctors have reportedly reattached snowboarder Cole Ortega’s severed arm. The 14-year-old, who was run over by a dory boat in while surfing near Pacific City, Oregon, is still in the hospital.
An official with the High Cascade Snowboard Camp told KTVZ-TV in Bend that Ortega underwent surgery to reattach his arm and everything seemed to go well. “So far, it looks successful,” Michele Schnake told KTVZ. “They are watching for signs of infection.” He added that Ortega’s fellow snowboarders were praying for him.
[Link: NWCN.com]
by The Editors on July 8, 2008
We’ve always thought stand-up paddlers had their control boards a little scrambled, but these Kirk Aeder photos of 24-year-old CJ Kanuha prove it. As Kilauea pumped some fresh molten lava into Ma Ocean, Kanuha paddled in as close as he could while Aeder snapped the images from the safety of a helicopter.
We both knew it would make for an amazing shot if we could pull it off,” the 49-year-old added. Before attempting the stunt, the surfer left an offering for the mythical Hawaiian goddess of fire known as ‘Pele’ on a nearby beach. . . .”Not leaving an offering could have resulted in bad luck, a value that most native Hawaiians strongly believe in,” Mr Aeder said.
Well, at least they were taking proper precautions.
[Link: Telegraph UK]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
Dogtown legend and North Shore charger Jay Adams was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon today (July 7, 2008) according to a post by PoolSnob on the Fuel.tv website.
Bussed to Portland and flown to LAX, Jay will be spending a few months at a halfway home in Southern California before moving in with his wife, Alisha, and their toddler daughter, Venice. He’s also been offered a job as facilities manager at Hurley headquarters in Costa Mesa. For the time being, Jay says he’s going to stay put in Southern California. Probably a wise choice, since the frontier of Hawaii’s North Shore can make things tough for people who often find themselves surrounded by their personal demons.
We’re hoping he can pull this one off. Someone with so much natural talent should not spend any more time in prison.
[Link: PoolSnob at Fuel.tv via Seshn.com]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
Okay, we’ll admit it: we don’t even understand what Insight (or US CEO Jesse Faen) is doing here with this Dopamine business, but the new series of ad/art surf posters by Dustin Humphrey and skate posters by John Bradford are definitely not your average action/product/logo ads. Leave it to Mr. Faen to breathe some life into the dead print medium.
[Link: Insight via slamhype]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
Speaking of Surfer editor Chris Mauro: The London Free Press is reporting that Mr. Mauro used to take a “16 kilometer detour on his way to work each morning to check out the swells at his favourite surf break,” but that thanks to high gas prices he (like many surfers) has “cut out his daily ritual in favour of the savings.”
We all think about oil in our cars, but very few of us really consider the fact that every little piece of manmade equipment around you is oil-based, and surfing’s no different,” said Mauro, who’s seen the price of some surfboards double to $750 or higher. “The price of a surfboard, it used to be something where it was pretty digestible. Now, it’s like, whoa, OK, I’ve got to put some serious thought into this.”
Seems kind of sad that the editor of Surfer isn’t checking the surf. Maybe we should begin some kind of fund-raising drive so Chris get back in the know each morning.
[Editors’ Note: There is more to the story including quotes from Moonlight Glassing’s Peter St. Pierre, Mark Wooster of Wooster Surfboards, Randy French of SurfTech, and Surfline’s Mike Matey.]
[Link: The London Free Press]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
The New York Times reminds readers that people still surf, even old people. Can you believe that? Chris Mauro even gets quoted:
Chris Mauro, editor of Surfer, a California-based magazine, said that the number of people surfing has grown since the late 1980s and has greatly increased in New Jersey.
“A lot of these surfers are part of the over-40 crowd,” he said. “In fact, the average surfer now is in their late 20s.”
It must be a big story because the Press Of Atlantic City is in on the “old surfer” tip as well.
[Link: The New York Times and Press of Atlantic City]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
According to SurfingMagazine.com Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama are co-chairing the PacSun Pipeline to a Cure Dinner Gala, on July 19 at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach. The event will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
The correlation between surfing and healing surfaced two years ago when patients with cystic fibrosis in Sydney, Australia reported feeling better after hitting the waves, stating that their chests felt relieved as the ocean water cleared the mucus from their and sinuses and lungs. The finding made complete sense, as the top daily treatment for the disease, Hypertonic Saline Solution, mimics a “surf session” for the lungs.
“Our duties as co-chairmen are to help push the snowball over the hill,” Kalama explained. “We want to help raise as much awareness and get as many people on board as possible by lending our name to the cause. Surfing has been so great to us and now it is our chance to give back.”
For more info click the link.
[Link: Pipeline To A Cure via Surfingmagazine.com]
by The Editors on July 7, 2008
Cole Ortega, 14, a competitive snowboarder from Bend, Oregon lost his arm (between the elbow and shoulder) while surfing in Pacific City, Oregon after he was run over by a dory (a 20-foot-long motorized boat) driven by Darrel Martin, 55, of Beaver, Oregon, according to a story on Oregon Live.
Other surfers grabbed the boy’s severed arm and helped him to shore on a surfboard. Doug Shugart, an Oregon State Police trooper checking fishing licenses, rushed into the water to help, said Tillamook County Sheriff Todd Anderson. Shugart grabbed his medical bag and started working on the boy, whose arm was severed between the elbow and shoulder.
Apparently, the boats come in and out off the beach and when the surf gets big, the “high waves often obscure visibility in the popular surfing area.
A Life Flight crew airlifted him to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland. His condition was not available Sunday night.
Our thoughts are with Cole and his entire family.
[Editors’ Note: For updated coverage click here.]
[Link: Oregon Live photo: Mt. Bachelor]
by The Editors on July 6, 2008
In the world of ocean art there can be some pretty hideous stuff, but we’ve been hypnotized by Newport Beach artist Phil Roberts‘ WCT work for Billabong since spending the first part of last December at Pipeline sitting next to the event banner. That’s why we were stoked to read an interview with Roberts on the The Billabong Pro J-Bay site, where he discussed his art for all the events.
Jefferies Bay I broke barriers in myself in painting skills… I now feel I can call myself a painter and no longer an illustrator after this painting ( I went straight to paint with no pencil under drawings, I sketched it out with a 4″ brush ) and I wanted to “school” all of those “crappy” underwater painters on how to paint dolphins surfing.
We agree. Click the link for the entire interview.
[Link: Billabong Pro]
