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Help the EOS go online

11 / 11 / 2011

EOS = The Encyclopedia of Surfing, a massive and brilliantly constructed book by Matt Warshaw that came out in 2003.
Warshaw, a former editor of Surfer magazine, has seen the writing on the wall when it comes printed paper, so now he’s putting the whole EOS online. To do this in one dimension would be a [...]

Surfing: a toxicology report

10 / 11 / 2011

Basic, bottom-line info from EnviroSurfer:

Created by Envirosurfer: Eco-friendly Wetsuits & Surf Clothing.

Slater wins 11th world title AGAIN

7 / 11 / 2011

Kelly Slater got to do this again a few days later. Photo:ASP/Prisk
In a horrendous ‘ouch!’ moment on Saturday, mere days after Kelly Slater was crowned World Champion for the eleventh time, the Association of Surfing Professionals came out with this ball-shrinking statement:
“The ASP has admitted that, due to a calculation error within its rankings’ system, [...]

Waves and Wheels exhibition, Coventry, UK

26 / 10 / 2011

This just in from Coventry …

“Coventry Transport Museum may be situated as far from the coast as it’s possible to be in the UK, but last week it opened a major new exhibition that brings the sights, the sounds and swell of surf culture to the Midlands. Wheels & Waves is an exhibition of [...]

Ericeira becomes World Surfing Reserve

17 / 10 / 2011

October 14, 2011 – Ericeira, Portugal was officially dedicated on Friday as a World Surfing Reserve, and becomes the second WSR overall and the first in Europe.
In a rousing day of events including a sunrise paddle out and a special fisherman blessing at world-famous Ribeira d’Ilhas, Ericeira, Portugal was dedicated as the second World Surfing [...]

Save Our Sharks

10 / 10 / 2011

Save Our Sharks from Save Our Seas Foundation on Vimeo.

Slater wins, Teahupoo reigns supreme

30 / 08 / 2011

It was the best surf the ASP’s Teahupoo, Tahiti contest has seen in at least five years, though most people say … ever.
Peaking at 15-18ft on one day, organizers were forced to put the event on hold while hell men and women from around the globe tried their luck on cartoon waves. As Kelly Slater [...]

Madeira – new threat to world class wave

24 / 08 / 2011

Paul do Mar, Madeira. This area is unique to the surfing world and its now under threat, again, from an unnecessary sea wall. Photo is by Al Mackinnon from Jardim do Mar nearby. It appears in his Madeira photo-feature in Issue 85 of TSP.
The Madeiran government is at it again, this time at Paul do [...]

Pro-shark Pangeaseed

22 / 07 / 2011

Here’s something we should all be propagandizing about – the depletion of sharks in the food chain. Sure, no one wants to be eaten by them. But a world without the men in grey suits (seriously some of the oldest creatures on Earth), will make for an ocean way out of kilter.
Here’s some art-fuelled propagandizing [...]

Al Gore’s Back …

12 / 07 / 2011

More inconvenience for those who suckle on the teet of doubt.
‘Nah, there’s nothing wrong with the way we treat the planet.’
‘Hey, he drives an SUV!’
‘Conspiracy!’
‘Whatever, nothing we can do about it.’ etc. etc.
You’ll see this hyped alot in the next few months, and no doubt by the time it happens there’ll be some compelling reasons [...]