Category Archives: North America

Stuff in and around the US and Canada

Thread

Posted on September 3, 2011 by ed

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 →

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Barnstorming The Echo Chamber

Posted on May 8, 2011 by ed

“While lost on a back road in Cuyahoga County last summer, it was the sight of a fading Bicentennial paint job that first gave Surf Ohio founder and CEO, Ron Kaplan, the idea to put his logo on barns. ‘As … Continue reading →

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Four Out of Five Sharks Prefer Surfers

Posted on February 24, 2011 by ed

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 →

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The Summer Was Immense

Posted on October 11, 2010 by ed

It’s been a great summer in New England. Not the massive parade of mega-storms that was predicted, but a few good swells. And, towards the end of the summer, we had a run of beautiful days.  Hurricanes Danielle, Earl and … Continue reading →

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Riding Waves

Posted on July 8, 2010 by ed

Cyrus Sutton found inspiration for his debut film in his backyard. As a kid surfing at Seal Beach and growing up in Long Beach, California, he looked up to surfers like Rob Machado and Joel Tudor. So when he went … Continue reading →

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Active Hurricane Season Forecast

Posted on May 29, 2010 by ed

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has forecast an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season this year. Forecasters are calling for 14 to 23 named storms in the 2010 hurricane season. An average year would only see 11 named storms (with top winds … Continue reading →

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NYC Surf FAQ

Posted on April 19, 2010 by ed

With the booming popularity of the sport, the number of surf shops has grown in the metro area. Here’s an updated listing of New York Surf Shops Continue reading →

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Coast Survey Launches New Vessel

Posted on October 30, 2009 by ed

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched the Ferdinand R. Hassler at Moss Point, Mississippi, on September 19. The Hassler is the first vessel the Office of the Coast Survey has commissioned in 40 years specifically for the task … Continue reading →

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Shrink

Posted on October 17, 2009 by ed

In a suitably Canadian fashion, Shrink is low-key about some pretty heavy surf. This short video is little more than promotion piece for Sepp and Raph Bruhwiler, but it is also a beautiful document about surfing Canada’s wild west, Vancouver … Continue reading →

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FBI warns of kidnappings in Tijuana

Posted on February 8, 2008 by ed

I was talking with a surfer who had been living in SoCal recently. He told me that the Marines at Camp Pendelton has made northern Baja off limits to recruits on leave.  You have to wonder about traveling to an … Continue reading →

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