Lifeguards closed two miles of San Diego, California beach today (August 31, 2011) after a shark was reported sighted just south of Children’s Pool in La Jolla, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
About 2 p.m. Wednesday, three men in their 20s who were on boogie boards reported seeing a 12-inch tall dorsal fin at the beach off Casa Reef, just south of Children’s Pool in La Jolla, San Diego lifeguards said. . . The animal was swimming just past the surf break, said lifeguard Lt. Nick Lerma.
San Diego’s Mission Beach has reportedly been closed twice in the last week after sharks where reportedly spotted in the water there.
We have to agree with one of the quoted surfers who said: “It’s the ocean. There are sharks in there, whether we see them or not.”
This news indicates that the FIS executive committee has chosen to disregard the work of a joint task force that was established this past May by members of FIS Snowboarding, FIS National Associations, athletes, judges and the TTR to address the Olympic qualification processes for snowboarding.
Add Andy Finch and Tommy Czeschin to the list of snowboarders who are followingLouie “Tiny Dancer” Vito into the world of reality TV as the two shreds compete as a team in the CBS reality travel show The Amazing Race.
Here is their bio:
As members of the United States Olympic Snowboarding team in 2002 and 2006 respectively, Tommy Czeschin, 31, and Andy Finch, 30, have “years of experience knowing how to be focused and get in our zone,” Finch says. But they know their weaknesses. “Typical snowboarder – the book smarts part of it is probably going to be the hardest for us,” Czeschin says.
The season premiere is September 25, 2011 at 8 PM. And yes, this will be good.
Sometimes there’s nothing better to clear our heads on a Tuesday morning than a little hesh skate session from NorCal. The San Diego, California based Typical Culture site pulled this clip together from Toad & Salmon’s 7th Annual Chili Bowl contest at San Francisco’s Potrero del Sol Skatepark. Click the link for full results (including the Chili cook off).
Regardless of all the miss-information swirling the Internet last night (you know who you are) the Quiksilver Pro New York is still going to happen. Some of the ancillary events have been cancelled, but the surf show will go on beginning Monday, September 5, 2011.
For the official word from the ASP follow the jump.
Kelly Slater tip-toed through a minefield in the Billabong Pro Tahiti this week while top seeds blew out all around him: Joel Parkinson went down, Jordy Smith got crushed in a barrel, and Taj Burrow got beat. Meanwhile, Kelly kept finding high-point barrels where others weren’t looking and doing exactly what it took to slip into the final with Owen Wright, steal it from him on the inside, and jump right back to the top of the ASP World Tour ranking list.
“It’s one of those weird events where you have to scramble through the early rounds,” Slater said. “Every year at this event, there are few of the top guys that lose in the early rounds and you have to scramble if you want a result here. You have to be in tune with the tides, swell direction and everything to make sure you get those waves that get you the score.”
And, few are ever as “in tune” as Kelly. Follow the jump for the official word from the ASP and a video recap of the entire event. [click to continue…]
On a day filled with crazy drops, re-do heats, and hard-charging ASP pros in waves bigger than anything they’ve ever surfed in a contest, it took until Round 5 of the Billabong Pro Tahiti before someone (Jeremy Flores) surfed to a perfect 20 points.
That was just one part of one of the craziest days of ASP surfing yet. Today, however, with the quarterfinalist decided and a champion to be crowned it may get even wilder. Follow the jump for all the details from the ASP.
Teahupoo on August 27, 2011 is being called ‘the “the heaviest day in modern surfing history” and Bruce Irons got this little taste for all of us. “Oh, whoa. I’m deep.”
Surfer and New Smyrna High School math teach Frederick Fernandez, 55, died on Saturday while surfing Hurricane Irene’s 5- to 7-foot waves at New Smyrna Beach, Florida, according to a story on WFTV.com.
Fernandez when he was tossed off his surfboard by a massive wave. Beach Patrol tried to resuscitate him and medics transported him to Bert Fish Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. . . “He had a huge laceration on his head. We believe it to be trauma related at this time,” Marris said.
Our thoughts are with Fernandez’s family, friends, and students.
