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Naked surfer rides waves in the Sunshine Coast

grumpleflump — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:17:01 -0700

Surfers are known for their love and passion for Mother Nature. Ocean, sand, salt and waves are always in contact with the human body and many riders think life is better in boardshorts.

Show Us Your Quiver – Michael Stewart

chrispy — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:16:04 -0700

Michael Stewart is a talker. Get him started on a subject he loves, and he may be at it for hours, holding forth with infectious enthusiasm. One of the subjects he seems to love the best these days is surfing — specifically, how to help surfing live up to its image as an ocean-friendly activity by promoting the manufacture and use of the greenest surfboards available.

Muni Metro's N-Judah line to shut down for 9 days

burro — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:22:12 -0700

For nine days beginning Friday night, Muni's busiest line - the N-###### - will shut down while a well-worn stretch of rail is replaced. The Metro line's nearly 40,000 daily passengers, already accustomed to crowded commutes, will have to pack onto buses or find another way to get downtown and back.

Solitude (pic)

burro — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:14:59 -0700

Let's stop complaining about summer... [video]

BDsurfer — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:29:40 -0700

BURRRRRR!

Outta My Way MF!*

waggy — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:11:31 -0700

For anyone who's ever complained about spongers, longboarders, sup's, valleys, kooks, yuppies, beginners, non-locals, pop-ups, funboards, windsurfers, kitesurfers, leashes, absence of leashes, $900-made-in-Taiwan-off-the-rack-boards, astrodek, webbed gloves, dayglo wetsuits, zinka, surfing helmets, Quiksilver, funboards, contests, pro-surfers, soul-surfers, retro-surfers too-many-surfers, emo surf

Blind Surfer Derek w/ Curren,Hobgoods,and Pat G [video]

fin — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:39:46 -0700

Born blind but still surfs.There is also a video of him at Pipe.

Liquid Sensation // Adrien Toyon - Île de la Reunion [video]

grumpleflump — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:29:34 -0700

Adrien Toyon de passage a la Réunion.

Fishing for Tragedy

chrispy — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:31:01 -0700

Last month’s fatal shark attack has reignited a long-standing feud between South African surfers, cage-diving operators and local authorities. Central to the issue is the controversial method of chumming, used to coax White sharks closer to shore.

John John Florence talks about his recent hot streak

chrispy — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:26:12 -0700

John Florence is cursed. Cursed by all the terrible possibilities that face a prodigy of his mould. Possibilities like world domination. His style is totally raw and uncoached! Can you believe it?

A Restless Transplant (pic)

burro — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:21:17 -0700

F.P. [video]

BDsurfer — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:44:01 -0700

I'm betting this was posted before, but due to my drug use, I can't remember. But it's worth another post...

Two-Year-Old Stoke [video]

Wave Glider — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:02:48 -0700

Stay Forever Young.

Sometimes it just takes the stoke of a two-year-old and the smile of that first wave to remind us why we started surfing in the first place...

Alana's Pre-Heat Warm Up [video]

Yahguy — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:10:56 -0700

I've been looking for some pre-surf stretching routines because my back has been tight lately and I came across this video. It helped a lot so I figured I'd share it.

Mark Cunningham talks about Keith Malloy's new movie Come Hell or High Water

grumpleflump — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:01:31 -0700

There's at least two ways to see the world: Hit the road as soon as you're able. Frantically rack up passport stamps like trophies, tick surf spots off a predetermined checklist and make the rest up as you go along. This can be one of the best things waveriding will ever do for you.

help - I'll be dying to surf in Grenada

Rev.MCC — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:45:00 -0700

So it turns out that a dear grandma will be turning 100 and we are off to Grenada in early-mid june...
Any of you travel freaks out there have suggestions on spots..

Youth In Revolt

burro — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:33:04 -0700

Watching Ke11y win World Titles consecutively is only fun for so long. But just when you thought the ASP World Tour wasn’t relevant, that competition in surfing had gone the way of Dane Reynolds and his Sperm Whale, 19-year-old John John Florence and his peers air reverse their way back into relevance.

ok so...

piss_shiver — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:58:11 -0700

So....what have you guys been doing when the surf is like this? Dont say travel. That doesnt count.
For mine own part I got an imac and have been learning xcode and objective c.

This kid is a total kook, right? [video]

caliSUPkitty — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:42:17 -0700

Saw a whitey today

K Spaz — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:31:22 -0700

Saw a whitey today, where I grabbed a quick bodyboard sesh off ###### before work.

Gray triangular fin about 1 1/2 to 2 feet out of the water, to which the sun backlit and cast a goldish transparency before it calmly disappeared between two waves.