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Rant - Surfmobiles

Surfers have always been creative when it comes to getting their ass to the beach. What's your favorite surfmobile?

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Surfed better than it looked, which isn't saying that much but blah, blah, blah spring.

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What you can't see from the channel angle is how shallow this place is. That guy in the soup is basically doing a handstand right now.

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Opposite of yesterday: like the rat of the city OB was a bit tipsy this morning. N looked decent, but was actually crappy. However, there are some solid OH south swell front runners in the water. Just FYI...

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Started near the caged animals and ended up S.
Spring mix. P horribs but something.

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Worth the drive. Got some nice drops and walls. Nice and clean SH HH. Wind is coming up now though, so I'm likely to check one of the nooks after lunch.

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Been reading ob surf updates over past couple of weeks and most say found a few decent ones despite the wind. Funny but I get excited for the wind this time of year. Learned to kite last year after surfing 20+yrs. Watching Mulcoy kill it on same board for kiting/surfing is what eventually made me take my first lesson over at Alameda. Now I pretty much surf fall/winter and kite spring.

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An analysis of the Kelly Slater and Bede Durbidge paddle battle at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast - the top three paddling techniques Kelly uses

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The sense of stoke that surfers feel when riding a wave is universal. Nowhere is this more apparent than in developing countries, where first-world surfers often share the lineup with locals, only to discover that 'stoked' doesn't require much beyond a floating piece of plywood and a friend to hoot you into the wave of the day.

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There are over 470 species of sharks and they have been living on Planet Earth for 420 million years.

The smallest shark - the dwarf lantern shark - is only 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) in length, while the whale shark is the largest specie in the world, with approximately 12 meters (39 feet).

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Saturday 12pm - Ocean Beach, fair+ surfing

Usually you have to be in the water to catch waves... Today was a great example. Looked crappy, ended up being some fun waist to head high shoulders. Super stoked, it's amazing what you can find at OB on the crappy looking days.

To the beautiful dark-haired girl that pulled up alone at 11 in a silver car, promptly pulled out a yellowed thruster, and charged OB alone: you rock. If you ever want a post session burrito, I'm buying.

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Saturday 10am - Ocean Beach, poor+ surfing

I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, but we found a small window of fun surf this AM. most of the beach looked pretty unsurfable, but we poked around looking for the best. Went out, wind died, things glassed off. Still fairly weak and gutless, but there were occasional shoulder high sets rolling through. Mostly drops & weak shoulders, but I connected one nice long right.

Dunno... I expected the worst and it was a lot better than that, so pretty stoked. Your mileage may vary - I heard it was a lot worse earlier, and it will probably be worse again soon...

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Oxygen and confidence may turn a wave set nightmare into a relaxed challenge. So, how can you physically increase your lung capacity?

If you're a small surfer, live in lower altitudes and consider yourself an obese human being, prepare to suffer at the hands of that huge set of waves. And if you're a woman, it's not that good. Those are the worst variables when it comes to breathing power.

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Less than two weeks after winning the Pacifico Paddle Award at the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards ceremony, Guinness has officially certified Shawn Dollar's 61-foot wave at the Cortes Bank off California as a new World Record.

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Wade Goodall is one of those crazy Aussies who charges the North Shore all winter and spends the summer chasing blobs around the Southern Hemisphere. Here's one of Wednesday's bigger tow waves. Photo: tim-mckenna.com; Video: Marc-Antoine Bouvant

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I am a photographer and a surfer. I have been surfing for over ten years, but prior to that I was a bodyboarder. I’ve never lived further than two miles from the beach, and I honestly feel I’m addicted to the ocean. I’ve always tried to take a photojournalistic approach to documenting the surfing culture at the Jersey Shore.

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Live Feed... Lefts, Yummmm

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