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Who is Australia's most influential surfer?
27 November, 2012 : - VOTE: Going down over the years in various car parks, pubs and lineups throughout Australia has been heated discussions by your average surf Joes about who is the greatest, most influential Aussie surfer of all time. Now Surfing Australia has launched an online campaign to get the final wor…
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Swellcast - Aussie surf forecasts remodelled
25 November, 2012 : - FORECASTS: Swellcast is a new surforecast platform developped and run by Ray Stone. Ray, a surfer for 25 years, and self-confessed onshore wind junkie, living in Perth, Western Australia. Swellcast takes the same raw forecast data behind all surf forecast services, and boils it down into a …
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Nirvana for longboard collectors
24 November, 2012 : - CORKY'S BLOG: I love it that there are so many people who have come to appreciate and collect vintage surfboards and other cool memorabilia. Last year I got to attend the big vintage surfboard auction in Hawaii and I was blown away by the prices paid for some "collectible" boards. I personally f…
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R.I.P. Bruce McGuire dies surfing at Privates
24 November, 2012 : - R.I.P.: A Soquel man died while surfing at Privates near Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz on Thanksgiving. Officials identified the surfer on Friday as 64-year-old Bruce McGuire. No details were immediately available about McGuire's cause of death. He was found by another surfer at 1:30 p.m. slumped…
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Happiness hypothesis: Finding truth in surfing
24 November, 2012 : - NIRVANA: Most of us have more surf gear than we know what to do with. We pack it in our cars, stack it in our garages, stuff it in our attics and even pay to store it somewhere on the other side of town. Did you know that storage rental is one of the fastest growing businesses in the country? We…
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Paddleboard pioneer Charlie Force dies at 82
24 November, 2012 : - R.I.P.: Charlie Force, a pioneer of standup paddleboarding in Britain, has died age 82. Way back in 1953, he designed and built a hollow wooden surfboard which he successfully rode in Newquay Bay, some 50 years before SUP surfing became popular in the UK. A carpenter and builder by trade, …
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Pregnant Nava Young competes in China
23 November, 2012 : - PREGNANT: Nat Young's daughter Nava competed at the world longboard championships in China this week while four months pregnant. "It's the weirdest feeling," Nava said. "It feels like there's a pebble in my shoe." The 28-year-old from Yamba, NSW, crawled out of her sick bed after a severe bout o…
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On The Wave: Russia's first feature length surf documentary
23 November, 2012 : -FILM: On The Wave, Russia’s first feature length surf documentary will be presented by Surftime Magazine, Quiksilver and The Cocoon club during a red carpet evening under the stars on December 6th, at Double Six Beach in Seminyak. Already a phenomenon in Russia, selling out theatres from Mo…
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Extremely rare: The 'First Surfing Book' (1914)
23 November, 2012 : - HISTORY: Surf Auction presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection has posted up another auction "Sneak Peek" video. This installment highlights a truly scarce, unique, and rare find: The Surf Riders of Hawaii by A.R. Gurrey Jr. The book was produced in 1914 by the father of surf photography A.R.…
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Patagonia launches first 'Neoprene-Alternative' wetsuit
23 November, 2012 : - INDUSTRY: Patagonia and Yulex Corporation have announced the introduction of a guayule-based wetsuit, a renewable biorubber that is the first alternative to traditional fossil-based Neoprene. 'When we started to build wetsuits we knew that neoprene, by nature of its production, was the most envi…
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Surfers blast ban talk at Manly Beach
23 November, 2012 : - SURF BAN: Surfers are reacting strongly to a call for a surf ban at South Steyne in Manly Beach. Clontarf swimmer Max Thomson has proposed to make the southernmost part of South Steyne available to swimmers only - even before and after the lifeguard patrol flags are up each day. Thomson made the…
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Surfing Australia turns 50, throws party
21 November, 2012 : - ANNIVERSARY: Surfing Australia’s 50th Anniversary celebrations were officially launched today by Acting Prime Minister, Treasurer Wayne Swan at Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club in Sydney. Surfing Australia was established in 1963 as the Australian Surfriders Association and next year will …
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Gold Coast's Surf World appoints new patron
16 November, 2012 : - MUSEUMS: Surfing pioneer and shaping legend Joe Larkin was recently appointed as Patron of Surf World. Joe officially opened the museum back in 2009, and has continued to support Surf World in many ways, including being host to a fun roasting from friends and family earlier in the year. Joe…
