by The Editors on January 3, 2008
Former world longboarding champion Joel Tudor, 31, placed second in his division at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi World Championships in November, and now the San Diego Union Tribune is telling the story of Joel’s new sport.
The San Diego-born surfer began practicing jiu-jitsu five years ago, but said he’s seen it throughout his life, especially when living on Oahu’s North Shore and watching Hawaiian and Brazilian surfers there. Accustomed to the ocean’s physical beatings that sometimes accompany serious surfing, the prospect of jiu-jitsu’s bumps and bruises didn’t faze him.
This will certainly help Joel get along better with some of his Hawai’ian longboarding acquaintances.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on January 1, 2008
In a 10b5-1 prearranged stock sale Richard “Wooly” Woolcott reported that he sold 11,104 shares of Volcom stock at about $25 a piece netting him a $277,000 after Christmas bonus. He squeaked that in under the 2007 tax year.
[Link: Forbes]
by The Editors on December 29, 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that thanks to some new findings the legendary Duke Kahanamoku may not have been the first person to ride the wild surf on the beaches of Australia.
The story of the Duke being the first to surf in Australia is a romantic myth,” Mr Maddox said. “I think it is time that Manly Council acknowledged the true birthplace of surfing and put up a monument outside the club on Manly Beach to rival the bronze statue of the Duke.” . . . Mr Maddox’s research, contained in a new book, 100 Years – A Celebration Of Surf Life Saving At North Steyne, has caused a stir in the surfing community.
Historian Mark Maddox claims that Charles Paterson, the first president of the North Steyne lifesaving club, brought a surfboard back from Hawaii several years before Duke’s widely celebrated ride.
[Link: Sydney Morning Herald]
by The Editors on December 22, 2007
For couples who surf, having children can really get in the way of time in the water. This is especially true for moms. That’s why Vanessa Thompson, an Australian woman, co-founded “Surfing Mums.”
“Surfing Mums started with two mums who just wanted to go for a surf,” she said. “Mums are committed to a 24-hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week job. There is no time to surf before a job or after. They can’t jump in for a quick surf while the baby is asleep or sneak off while they are playing contentedly on the sand. . . . “They need other surfing mums who understand their needs as a surfer and as a mum.”
Now the moms trade up watching the kids and get much more time in the water. It’s probably time for a similar set up in SoCal. Anyone want to get this started?
[Link: Sydney Morning Herald]
by The Editors on December 22, 2007
Chris Harazda, 54, of Melbourne, Florida died Sunday December 16, 2007 of a heart attack while surfing in Jupiter.
He began paddling toward the beach after suffering chest pains. He died shortly after. . . About 200 family members and friends paid tribute to Melbourne surfer Chris Harazda in a ceremony this morning at the beach across from Patrick Air Force Base.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
[Link: Florida Today]
by The Editors on December 10, 2007
We have confirmed reports that Pete Taras has left the job of photo editor at Transworld Surf magazine and taken a remarkably similar job at Surfing magazine.
We don’t even know what this means aside from the fact that being the photo editor of a surf magazine can be one of the worst jobs in surfing. Good thing Pete is a pro.
by The Editors on December 6, 2007
The Quiksilver Foundation, a tax-releif/philanthropic arm of Quiksilver Inc, has funded the creation of a community health training centre at Katiet, in the Mentawai Islands, off Indonesia’s West Sumatran coast.
SurfAid Founder and CEO, Dr. Dave Jenkins, said the opening of the centre was the culmination of a long and successful partnership with Quiksilver. “The Quiksilver Foundation has been supporting SurfAid’s relentless pursuit of cost effective results that create lasting change and break the cycle of poor health and health behaviors that have been part of Mentawai life for up to 5000 years,” he said.
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by The Editors on November 13, 2007
Hey look, it’s Magma Advanced Technical Traction a new wax company that says that they have “five new patent-pending formulas, color coded bars, and new environmental packaging” that are going to change the way we all think about surf wax. Oddly, new wax is one of those things that we’ll keep trying and trying and trying because anything has to be better than what we’ve got all over our boards right now. After we’ve tried this, we’ll let you know.
Follow the jump for all the Magma details.
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by The Editors on November 6, 2007
He’d been reportedly cruising for a new gig for quite some time, but Ross Garrett (the former publisher of Surfing Magazine) has landed at Surfline.com partner Jeff Berg’s Airborne Media, LLC. (the owners of Foam Magazine and Girls Learn To Ride) where he will apparently be group publisher and president of media, according to a press release posted on the Surf Expo site.
“The opportunity for Airborne is enormous,” says Garrett. “I’m excited to lead the existing properties to greater focus, influence and prosperity while expanding the portfolio with complementary products.”
What could be complimentary to Foam? If anyone can figure that out, Ross can.
[Link: Surf Expo]
by The Editors on November 5, 2007
Gone is the faux-backlash of Secret Machine and in it’s place the smooth sounds of DJ Sasha and the solid surfing stylings of Taj Burrow, CJ Hobgood, Yadin Nicol, Nathan Webster and Damien Hobgood. Nice work Globe this sounds like a film we’d actually enjoy watching. . . hook us up when it comes out.
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Former world longboarding champion Joel Tudor, 31, placed second in his division at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi World Championships in November, and now the San Diego Union Tribune is telling the story of Joel’s new sport.
