Added a page to my site for people looking for good gift books for surfers. Send the URL to your mom when it nears the holidays or your birthday. :)

Really solid book from the folks over at Surfline. Exceeded my expectations. Good gift and/or coffee table book.

Retweet posted by @OceanBeach about a small GWS stranded on OB today. Put back into the water. The original tweet from @thomask:

Great white shark (baby) stranded on ocean beach. He is back in the water now. Crazy! http://yfrog.com/2mmrlrj

"something about the dumb look on his face suggests he will not remember the great kindness we showed him. pity, i was looking forward to having a fri ..."

"Until I see the quicktime iPhone 4 iTunes video, that's a dolphin."

"No expert here...but that looks like a Salmon Shark. They've been washing up lately in Santa Cruz. http://www.ksbw.com/news/24735282/detail.html He ..."

From my review on Matt Warshaw's new book, "The History of Surfing": Instant classic. Mandatory reading. Perfect Gift.

Review is here: http://thewatermanslibrary.com/Site/HistoryOfSurfing.html

Interesting article. My favorite is Swimmer's Itch. SF wins the award for the most Gastroenteritis....They did not mention the diseases you can catch by cozying up to seals or other lonely marine mammals...

At first you think, this is lame, but then you see the kid's sadness and you feel for him. But then, the toothless freak at the end shows up and redeems the whole damn thing.