Friday was a warm, bright day in Rehoboth Beach, a good reason to hit the beach for some sand and sun, Colby Beaumont thought.

Turns out a shark had the same idea. As Beaumont was lounging on the beach, he saw an animal, unmistakeably a shark, emerge from the surf and scoot its way onto the sand.

"I learned to surf over there when I was a kid. The ones we used to see were only about a f ..."

"In other news, yesterday at the beach I encountered 26 sand crabs, 3 dungeness crabs in va ..."

"So he tried to help it by poking it with a driftwood stick? Looks like he stood around ..."

The first official entry in the 2014 Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards has been received. Koa Rothman at Teahupoo.

http://www.surfline.com/surflinetv/featured-clips/wave-of-the-day-teahup...

"I assume he didn't make it out. Otherwise they'd have shown that. "

Volcom's VQS Championship Cup is being held at 54th st, Newport Beach is in full swing. Day one of the USA VQS Champs is a wrap with two more days of competition to go. Fans can tune in to vqs.volcom.com to listen live, see up to the minute scores, photos, videos, and info on the event.

both for content and context

"If you click the "here" on the webpage you can watch it live (like it says). A bunch of bo ..."

"Cloud: We need your Namotu report. Waves, Alana etc. "

"Wow. Once again raising the question: why aren't more surfers killed?"

"sweet jeebus!"

"I saw the close out set too, and that last open hulled boat with about 4 or 5 aboard just ..."

We're not even sure what to call this maneuver that Julian just pulled in Rio. Julian called it a loop revert. What would you call it? Taking suggestions in the comment box!

"it's an alley-oop 360, revert. Reverse direction 3600 rotation > revert out... call the g ..."

"this would be a classic backside rodeo 5 on the snow. i love how smooth a rodeo feels in t ..."

"It's a spinner. They're all spinners."

Great article and photo essay on Tim Nunn's new book. Time to get into my g-string and head to the beach!

Fun long boarding clips...

Gabe Kling, Blake Jones and Jesse Heilman basking in the glory of good waves in Florida... Filmed and edited by Benjamin Sitten.

unknown charger lines it up in the pacific

"Dude has his balls on straight mate!"

"BANZAI!!!"

"Great pic! Just curious. How big is that wave?"

"About half an inch, an inch if you click once, and an inch and a half if you click twice. ..."

"10ft "

I currently live in Southeastern France and travel in New Zealand, Morocco, Indonesia and throughout France taking pictures of what I feel surfing means to me. I surf and travel far from familiarity to catch this special feeling which helps me show what is impossible to describe with a few words. Photography is useful for that.

plus more

"A Conscious Pilot creation"

Anyone interested in hydrodynamics and design will find this video amazing.

"An account from crewmember here:http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1492449/video-lake-olymp ..."

"Insane."

"Kiwis. Aussies. Brits. Takin our jobs! Should be me at the helm of that beast "

why not have Ocean Beach as your background ? ( go to surfingmagazine.com for originals)

When you think of Greece, surfing is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. But with its 16,000 kms of coastline, more and more Greeks are stepping on board.

It was, as Richard Merz tells it, an enlightened mischievousness among the paradise dwellers that brought the water-skiing elephant to Richardson Bay. And it was the enemies of that laid-back enlightenment who drove the elephant out.

Will post more from different dates later to help keep stoke alive during this crap spell were going through. Sorry about the quality but conditions at this long stretch of beach can be difficult on my tele lens and sensor. Props to those who have it wired.