So Rincon have their own kook statue?

I need to get the hell out of NYC and get my surf on. Anyone got any recommendations for an April Caribbean trip?

"Puerto Rico! Fly direct from JFK to Aguadilla (I think JetBlue ships your boards for free) ..."

"It may have been just dumb luck but I scored some good waves in the American Virgin Island ..."

"Yep. Puerto Rico for sure. Head over to the Aguadilla/Rincon/Isabella area on the NorthWes ..."

"don't forget: "

"Last Feb, I went to Rincon PR and had a week of fantastic surf. The peak day was CLEAN tr ..."

Now that we've been living with it for a bit, what do folks think of the new controversial comments feature? I have to admit enjoying it, although it's an odd pleasure. Feels a bit like rubbernecking.

I thought that this deserved a rant of it's own. Skip to 1:44 (vi @kurtisblo)

"What's there to say but, OMG, Ke11y Slayed 'em!"

"Here's a filmstrip of the ride, shot from up front. So much good energy today. http://ww ..."

"omg"

"That was a pretty darn remarkable milking of every drop of surfability from that wave."

"yes, that is really something. With that one wave Kelly hyopthetically says to the contest ..."

The Association of Surfing Professionals surprised many people this spring when it chose Ocean Beach in San Francisco for its premier surfing contest, which began this week. The city is hardly known for surfing, and even hard-core surfers often malign Ocean Beach — a notoriously deadly, dirty and foggy six-mile stretch of shoreline — for its fickle, and occasionally furious, surf.

"gianmarcol, sorry you did not read the chronicle itself yesterday. amazing article by bruc ..."

GoPro is ready to take action cameras to a whole new level. Again. The Half Moon Bay-based company just released the HD Hero2 Professional, a major refresh over the original (and much loved) HD Hero. Chief among the updates is a new video sensor that has twice the performance as the original including better low light capture. This new sensor is paired with a different lens that not only improves the overall clarity, but also features a 170 degree field of view rather than the 127 found in the older HD Hero. Yep, your extreme tomfoolery will look that much more awesome.

"It doesn't seem that much better actually based on the existing specs. Better low light pe ..."