North America 
Riding Waves(0)
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 to make his first film (at the precocious age of 19), he recruited local heroes [...]
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Active Hurricane Season Forecast
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 of 39 mph or higher) in the Atlantic Basin. Key factors in the formation of [...]
Coast Survey Launches New Vessel
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 of hydrographic mapping. The Hassler will play a big role in re-charting the nation’s waters. [...]
Shrink
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 Island. From the first scene — a water shot taken during a driving sleet storm [...]