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Netflix brought us this moody, mostly black and white meditation on surfing by Patrick Trefz. Thread starts with a collaboration between Joel Tudor and photographer Michael Halsband and then sort of meanders from La Cote Basque to Africa, Hawaii and … Continue reading
Inaugural Surf Contest Held at Mamallapuram
India’s east coast saw a rare display of surfing when the first Ocean and Earth Surfing Championship was held at Mamallapuram yesterday. The surf contest drew 70 competitors to the resort town 30 km south of Chennai, IBN reported. It was an … Continue reading
Curren & Co. Rip Tidal Bore
RipCurl’s Search crew has gone pretty far afield for their latest adventure, sending a team to Sumatra to surf one of the biggest tidal bores ever seen. The bono, or wave, is on the Kampar River, across the Straits of … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Feature, Indonesia, Video
Tagged antony 'yep' colas, kampar bono, riau province, river surfing, tidal bore, tom curren
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Thurso Goes Off
The first day of the O’Neill Coldwater Classic, held at the famously fickle Thurso in far northern Scotland, got off to a good start in overhead and offshore conditions. The event is part of the WQS, World Qualifying Series for the … Continue reading
Massive Quake Hits Japan; Tsunami Follows
A massive 8.9 earthquake shook Japan today, generating a tsunami that has devastated coastal areas northeast of Tokyo. Kyodo news agency reported a 10-meter high wave sweeping through the port of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. The rest of the Pacific basin … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Feature, Japan, News, Pacific
Tagged 8.9 richter scale, earthquake, Japan
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Four Out of Five Sharks Prefer Surfers
Surfers are the favorite type of human-flavored shark snack, according to the Shark Research Committee. Of the 56 shark attacks reported on the Pacific Coast of the US in the past decade, surfers accounted for 68 percent of the documented attacks … Continue reading
Posted in California, Feature, Florida, News
Tagged florida museum of natural history, ichthyology, shark attack, sharks, snacks, surfers
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Climate Summit Opens in Mexico
The United Nations’ 16th conference on climate change opens today in Cancun, Mexico. Representatives from 194 countries are scheduled to attend, although as this UPI story notes, expectations for a binding international climate treaty are low. The meeting takes place … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Feature, Mexico, News, South America
Tagged cancun, climate, cop-16, Environment
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Children of the Sun
Children of the Sun is a beautiful Kodachrome document of the surfing scene in New Zealand from 1965-1967. Most of the surfing is at NZ hotspots like Piha, Raglan and Shipwrecks, but there’s also great footage from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Feature, New Zealand, North Island, Queensland, Review, South Island, Video
Tagged 1967, Australia, longboards, New Zealand
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Working Holidays in Australia
Australia recently opened work-holiday visas to American citizens. Previously, this was a perk limited to Commonwealth nations — Canada, Britain, New Zealand, etc. Now young Yanks can work in study in Oz for up to one year. The visa is … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Feature, News, Study, Tip, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Australia, work-study, working visa
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