Here’s a cool article about Kelly Slater from the New York Times.
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Slater in the New York Times
Published by December 13th, 2006 in Entertainment & Media and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsYou can read more about rip currents on NOAA’s site
Kelly Slater describes some insane wave pool technology
Published by November 9th, 2006 in Entertainment & Media and Waves. 0 Comments70percent 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 [...]
The Surf Show
Published by November 2nd, 2006 in Broceanography, Culture, Entertainment & Media and Surf Forecasting. 0 CommentsFunny ad for Surfrider
Published by October 31st, 2006 in Entertainment & Media and Environmentalism & Politics. 0 CommentsIn case you haven’t seen this already, here’s a funny ad for Surfrider.
“Surf’s Up”: animated surf movie to stoke kids
Published by October 2nd, 2006 in Entertainment & Media and Videos. 0 CommentsSony Animation has a film about surfing - penguin surfing, that is. I think it’s due for a Summer ‘07 release. No doubt when the film is released next summer, it’ll inspire lots of little kids to take to the water.
Check out how sweet the waves look in the trailer. Sony’s got [...]
For those of you with desk jobs
Published by September 21st, 2006 in Entertainment & Media. 0 CommentsHere’s a little something to help you while away the hours until that five o’clock bell rings. Oh, that sweet five o’clock bell….
Enjoy.
Professional surfing is about to go mainstream
Published by September 11th, 2006 in Entertainment & Media. 1 CommentCompetitive surfing events don’t get the same level of media coverage as things like NASCAR and Pro Wrestling because they don’t have the same mass appeal. The scoring system is subjective and all those land-locked people in the world just don’t appreciate the art of riding waves. Well, I think these guys have figured out [...]
$25K fellowship to travel the world studying the intersection of surf culture and environmental stewardship
Published by August 25th, 2006 in Culture, Entertainment & Media, The Ocean and Travel. 0 CommentsIf I could go back and do college all over again, I’d give some serious thought to doing it like Alexandra Cheney. Wheaton College granted her a $25K fellowship to travel to some of the world’s finest surf destinations (Polynesia, Australia, Japan, Costa Rica, Brazil and South Africa). Her mission is to study the intersection [...]
Surfboard with built-in tablet pc
Published by August 21st, 2006 in Entertainment & Media, Gear and Science & Technology. 0 CommentsAlthough this story is a bit dated, I feel it deserves a mention. It’s a surfboard with a built-in wirelss tablet pc, so surfers can surf (the internet) while they’re out in the water.
From the looks of it, the whole thing was more of a gimick to demonstrate wireless technology. Two years have passed since [...]
Podcasts of cool instrumental surf music
Published by August 14th, 2006 in Culture and Entertainment & Media. 0 Comments Double Crown records has some podcasts of cool traditional surf guitar instrumentals (Dick Dale style music).
Check ‘em out http://www.dblcrown.com/podcasts.html
You should be able to stream the podcasts in your browser. I’ve listened to most of them. So far I think show #13 is my favorite.
We went to the premier of Secret Machine at La Paloma Theater in Encinitas. The movie is pretty well put together.
I don’t see what Sonny Miller was on about Globe actually having a secret machine that makes surf movies. All of those shenanigans that were reported in the media may have been a ruse [...]
A secret machine that makes surf movies…
Published by July 12th, 2006 in Entertainment & Media. 0 CommentsI knew it! I knew there had to be a reason why most surf flicks all seem the same these days. Turns out it’s because they’ve got a machine that they use to make all the videos…a secret machine.
OK, that’s not entirely true, but check this out. Veteran maritime cinematographer, Sonny Miller, is boycotting the [...]
Samurai Surfers Throw Down in Puerto Rico
Published by July 11th, 2006 in Culture, Entertainment & Media and The Ocean. 0 CommentsHere’s a pretty sweet story from PBS about a group of Puerto Rican surfers fighting to protect their local break from being wrecked by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Although the story is nearly a year old, those cats down in PR [...]
Wikiriders brings us collaborative surf maps
Published by July 10th, 2006 in Entertainment & Media, Science & Technology and Travel. 0 CommentsAnyone who appreciates surfing waves and the internet ought to be a fan of Wikiriders, a European site that combines wiki technology and google maps to create a collaborative, interactive map of surfing information. Similar to Wannasurf, anyone can post a surf spot, surf shop, shaper, etc to the Wikiriders map, which is then edited [...]
Surfin’ Morocco
Published by July 6th, 2006 in Culture, Entertainment & Media and Travel. 0 CommentsThe folks at Caracol Films have produced an insiders guide to surfing Morocco. The waves in the trailer look pretty nice as does the local culture.
We’ll try to give you a more in depth review of the film once we scare up a copy.
In the meantime you can learn more about surfing in Morocco at [...]
