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Malibu Declared World Surfing Reserve

22 / 07 / 2010

Malibu, perhaps mainland America’s most iconic wave, first on the World Surfing Reserve hitlist.
Stand by, there are more to come. Photo by Bill Parr
Legendary California surf break will be the first in the new global network of World Surfing Reserves.

July 22, 2010 – Save The Waves Coalition, in partnership with National Surfing Reserves Australia and [...]

More reasons (moving and still) to Save Doolin and Crab

20 / 07 / 2010

Let’s say it again: the waves at Doolin Point and Crab Island are world-class. Here’s some additional evidence in support of protecting and preserving them from a new port development planned for the area. You can sign the Save Doolin petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/Doolin10/petition.html
(The photos are by Al Mackinnon and the video is by Gavin Gallagher of [...]

Crab Island under threat

19 / 07 / 2010

Crab Island – worth protecting. Photo by Mickey Smith
Irish gems, Crab Island and Doolin Point in County Clare have come into the sites of developers planning a harbour and jetty. Local surfers and over 2000 others have expressed their concern that the development will damage the waves by causing backwash, and that the harbor will [...]

Standing – Chile after the quake by Save The Waves

12 / 05 / 2010

This came in from the guys at Save the Waves and it offers a beautifully put together glimpse at what has been going on down in Chile since the earthquake struck in April this year.

Trestles Special

7 / 05 / 2010

Trestles, the iconic Southern California break recently saved from an expanded highway, is tarting itself up.
Despite being one of the most popular breaks in Southern California, Trestles (actually 3 breaks – Uppers, Middles and Lowers) is a fair distance from the road and the car park. To get there you need to walk for 15 [...]

Do artificial surfing reefs actually work?

30 / 04 / 2010

Damn right they do. Check this one that reef engineers ASR just built in India.

India’s First Multi-Purpose Reef Goes Off from ASR Limited on Vimeo.

Banksy Film: Exit Through the Gift Shop

30 / 04 / 2010

Movie hype for the anti-hype type:

Stab Race Row II – that’s two in a month.

25 / 03 / 2010

Stop the press! A teacup hurricane rages over Stab magazine and racism … again!
You may have heard about Stab Race Row I, just a few weeks ago, when Jed Smith, online reporter for Australia’s brashest adolescent surf mag had to apologise unreservedly after writing an oddly racist story about young up-and-coming Jamaican surf star Icah Wilmot [...]

The Story of Bottled Water

24 / 03 / 2010

From the people who brought you The Story of Stuff, here’s one for the watermen …
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First Teahupoo of the season – frickin HUGE

23 / 03 / 2010

17th March, Teahupoo, Tahiti. The first solid south swell of the season came in early and bigger than anyone really believed it would. The forecasters couldn’t get a really solid handle on it but a few of the world’s best did fly in to join the local masters on some South Pacific mega bombs.
Riders of [...]