Surfer Garrett McNamara Sets World Record Riding 90 Foot Wave
Surfer Garrett McNamara Sets World Record Riding 90 Foot Wave avatar

By , on November 9th, 2011 Leave a comment   Opinion & Editorial   , , ,  

Sure, it was a tow-in… but DAMN! LIKE.A.BOSS!

TGIF: Get Pitted!
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By , on March 25th, 2011 Leave a comment   Music, Nautical Terms and Phrases   , ,  

From my favorite science autotuning remixer on youtube, melodysheep.

Alpaca Surfing. Because We Can?
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By , on March 22nd, 2010 5 comments   Weird   , ,  

Hat tip to The Bitter End.

“Ya Gotta Respect the Ocean, Its Just One of Those Things…”
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By , on February 14th, 2010 Leave a comment   Natural Disaster   , , , ,  

And you also need to heed the warnings when they tell you to get off the seawall! Thankfully no one was killed this weekend when 2 large waves crashed into spectators during Mavericks 2010 surfing competition. Congrats to South African Chris Bertish who took home the purse! Video is here is the embed above doesn’t . . . → Read More: “Ya Gotta Respect the Ocean, Its Just One of Those Things…”

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Samoan Tsunami Survivor
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By , on October 5th, 2009 2 comments   Geology, Natural Disaster   , , , , , ,  

Neil Lumsden was out surfing when out of nowhere the recent earthquake struck the deep sea off of Samoa. We had no warning, being out in the water outside of the reef pass we didn’t feel the earthquake happen, and everyone was caught completely off guard. All of a sudden, while sitting at the usual . . . → Read More: Samoan Tsunami Survivor

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TGIF: Monster Wave in Super-slow Motion
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By , on May 8th, 2009 2 comments   Pictures and Movies   , , , , ,  

High-definition cameras shooting 600 frames reveal the inner dynamics of Monster Waves in the new BBC series South Pacific: Oceans of Islands premiering May 10 on BBC Two. The trailer above shows the first images of underwater spiralling vortices created by the wave’s action, off the coast of Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands, part . . . → Read More: TGIF: Monster Wave in Super-slow Motion

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Surfing PhD
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By , on February 17th, 2009 7 comments   Environmental Sciences, New Research, Scientist!   , , ,  

My good friend Chad Nelsen, Environmental Director at Surfrider Foundation, has a great post at the Surf Economics blog about daily beach attendance at Trestles, in SoCal. Why the schism? Surfers have to go to work. Beachgoers… don’t. In a way, he’s kinda blogging his doctoral dissertation at UCLA, feeding us tidbits like this . . . → Read More: Surfing PhD

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TGIF: Shark Ballet
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By , on January 23rd, 2009 2 comments   Organisms, Pictures and Movies   , , ,  

This shark obviously has a some classical training.