Oceans, Waves and Beaches

That board is probably 10′. More on Surfline. This same swell is lighting up the west coast of the US.

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photo courtesy of CraigCoppola.com

In case you haven’t heard… Surfrider has been around 25 years. Shaun Tomson, World Champ and who sits on our Board of Directors, has selected 25 of the most iconic waves on this planet. Scott Hulet, Editor of The Surfer’s Journal, matched those waves with artists… and the above list formed.
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Kirra is one of those waves with enough heft that it immediately brings an image into people’s minds. For me it’s an image of Rabbit Bartholemew on a wave so perfect, so clean, so green it’s been drawn on kids notebooks. The photo to the right is close…
On a recent trip to Australia to work [...]

From time to time I see a guy out at Swamis on a mat. It sure looks like he’s having fun.
Here’s to different perspectives on wave riding and to sampling new ways to interact and appreciate our oceans, waves and beaches.
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http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4388424&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1The Plastic Wave from Mark Lukach on Vimeo.

Wild photo. Wild concept. Clark Little is into taking pics of waves as they are breaking. More.

Let me open with “no wave has a price tag… although there are plenty of people that will try to buy them.”
The Trestles fight was about this issue… a local company tried to essentially buy a California State Park, they held out $100 million… made long speeches about how they were saving the day, offering [...]

If you’re more than a couple decades old and a surfer you have no doubt heard of Kirra. If you haven’t heard of Kirra, it’s on the east coast of Australia and was ground zero for some of the best barreling waves on the planet. I’ll stop typing… watch the video.
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One of Surfrider Australia’s flagship [...]