Archive for July, 2011

29 Jul 2011

Agatha Christie One Of First British Surfers

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Check out this report on the Guardian. Not only was Agatha Christie one of the premier writers of her time, and the creator of characters like Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple, she was also one of the first British surfers! The article states “Research by Pete Robinson, founder of the Devon-based Museum of British Surfing, [...]

29 Jul 2011

Tom Lowe’s Path to Padang Video

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“One boat, 6 months, 13,000 islands, Dean Brady, Mick Fanning, Dillon Perillo, Owen Wright, Bruno Santos, Matt Wilkinson, Taylor Knox…” states the intro text to amazing shots of perfect barrels and exotic locations. But like a record scratching off a turn table when a stranger walks in to a locals only bar and squinted stares [...]

28 Jul 2011

Night Surfing With Flares – What A Ride

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Riding a barrel with a fully lit flare on the rear end of your board looks damn beautiful and for that we have Bruce Irons to thank. Thanks to his efforts keeping the flare out the water we now have a video which shows this unique visual idea. Filmed in Indonesia it makes me hungry [...]

28 Jul 2011

Nike US Open Of Surfing Nearly On Us

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One of the summer’s biggest youth culture festivals, the 2011 Nike US Open of Surfing is back again at Surf City, USA. The biggest names in surfing will be competing again as will a huge roll call of the world’s best surfers, skaters, riders, musos, fashionistas and artists. The event will stretch from the 30th [...]

28 Jul 2011

Dusty Payne And Gavin Beschen In The Coming Of Ageless

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Check out Dusty Payne and Gavin Beschen as the ride perfect tubes at P-pass, Micronesia. Direct from Volcoms latest ‘web exclusive’ as they herald it.

28 Jul 2011

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-28

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#surfing Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-21 http://t.co/z0gDO2z # #surfing Clay Marzo Rules Bro OK http://t.co/KN03dRx # #surfing UPDATE: Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay ON HOLD for 10:45am Call http://t.co/AAsw5Q5 # #surfing Swell at the Miami Swimwear Show! http://t.co/SDlUPM1 # #surfers Morro Bay jelly fish photo http://t.co/GfttiFl # #surfing Albee Layer Back http://t.co/fXaoGv0 # #surfing UPDATE: Billabong [...]