Brazilian surfer, Rico de Souza, set a Guinness World Record by riding a wave for 11 seconds on a 28-foot surfboard. Kinda looks like he might be in contention for the tiniest wave ever ridden, too. Link

Sharks like to eat seals.  Everyone knows that. NPR has a story about some shark researchers in South Africa, who lure sharks to strike simply by floating surfboards on the water. "To a shark, apparently, a nice little six-foot swallowtail does a near-perfect imitation of a seal. When retrieved, the decoys were often missing hubcap-sized chunks [...]

I guess when they built the Montauk Point Lighthouse in 1796, the builders didn’t expect the point to slowly disappear.  Well, time has taken its toll and apparently, the lighthouse is now in danger of collapsing into the ocean unless something is done to stop the relentless waves from eroding the ground on which the [...]

  Here’s a story about some dolphins that scientists trained to sing the the theme song to the original Batman.

70percent put me onto these cool videos of Perry Farrell interviewing Kelly Slater. Slater mentions some new wave pool technology that he’s licensed. It’s called Surf the Ring. So far all I’ve been able to find on the web is this one-page site that offers very little info. It’ll be cool to see if they [...]

Ironically, in the surfing world Florida is known more for producing great surfers, but not great waves.  The folks in Coco Beach, FL (home of Kelly Slater) are looking to make some nice waves by installing an artificial reef.  They’re working with the same company, ASR Ltd, that designed the Mount Reef in New Zealand.  [...]