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Tag: Surfing

Environmental Sciences Waves

What makes a wave epic?

Dr. Martini February 18, 2016 canyonnazaréPortugalSurfingwaves

Nazaré, Portugal. Where surfers flock to surf some of the most formidable waves in the world. But what makes Nazaré so special? Well let this awesome group…

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Sharks

The Tension of Intention: A Surfer, A Shark, A Fox, And A Grizzly

Archie Teuthis July 21, 2015 elasmobranchFanningsharkSurfing

Guest post by DSN Alumni Rick Macpherson When my pal Dr McClain yanked me out of retirement and asked me to pen a quick post…

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Opinion & Editorial

Surfer Garrett McNamara Sets World Record Riding 90 Foot Wave

Kevin Zelnio November 9, 2011 Garrett McNamaraSurfingwaveworld record

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

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Music Nautical Terms and Phrases

TGIF: Get Pitted!

Kevin Zelnio March 25, 2011 MelodysheepSurfingwave

From my favorite science autotuning remixer on youtube, melodysheep.

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Weird

Alpaca Surfing. Because We Can?

Kevin Zelnio March 22, 2010 AlpacaSurfingwtf

Hat tip to The Bitter End.

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Natural Disaster

“Ya Gotta Respect the Ocean, Its Just One of Those Things…”

Kevin Zelnio February 14, 2010 CaliforniaCNNMavericksmonster wavesSurfing

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…

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Geology Natural Disaster

Samoan Tsunami Survivor

Kevin Zelnio October 5, 2009 American SamoaearthquakeNatural DisasterNOAASamoaSurfingtsunami

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…

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Pictures and Movies

TGIF: Monster Wave in Super-slow Motion

Peter Etnoyer May 8, 2009 BBCbbc earthmonster wavesOceans of IslandsSouth PacificSurfing

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…

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Environmental Sciences New Research Scientist!

Surfing PhD

Peter Etnoyer February 17, 2009 chad nelseneconomicsSurfingsurfrider

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,…

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Organisms Pictures and Movies

TGIF: Shark Ballet

Dr. M January 23, 2009 DancesharkSurfingvideo

This shark obviously has a some classical training.

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