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Robot completes 9,000 mile Pacific journey

7 December, 2012 : - TECHNOLOGY: U.S. based Liquid Robotics announced the first Pacific Crossing (PacX) Wave Glider, Papa Mau, completed its 9,000 nautical mile scientific journey across the Pacific Ocean to set a new world record for the longest distance traveled by an autonomous vehicle. Throu…
Why, yes, that's a 6-pack ring ornament

7 December, 2012 : - ENVIRONMENT: The Surfrider Foundation and Firewire Surfboards have teamed up to trash your holiday. From now through December 21st, people are encouraged to create a unique beach-litter inspired holiday ornament and share it with the world via Instagram (hash tagged #trashyholida…
Bye El Nino, bye La Nina, hello normal

6 December, 2012 : - ENVIRONMENT: During November 2012, the Pacific Ocean reflected ENSO-neutral conditions. Equatorial sea surface temperatures (SST) anomalies were slightly positive across all of the tropical Pacific Ocean except for the far eastern portion, as also indicated in the Niño indices. The oc…
Irish surf spots pressured by pier project

6 December, 2012 : - WAVES: An Bord Pleanála held an oral hearing in County Clare for the Doolin Pier planning application and the associated Environmental Impact Statement. Specifically, this hearing was called to give space for comments and study results relating to the changes in sedim…
Extreme weather is new normal

5 December, 2012 : - ENVIRONMENT: Extreme weather is the new normal and poses a threat to the human race, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as efforts to agree a symbolic extension of the U.N. Kyoto Protocol looked to be faltering. In a speech to almost 200 nations meeting in Doha to try to get a breakthrough, …
Surf industry adopting Ecoride index

27 November, 2012 : - INDUSTRY: This past October, using the Ecoride assessment tool, the EuroSIMA Cluster carried out a survey to evaluate its members' environmental initiatives and level of commitment to sustainability. Ecoride is an index jointly created and developed by the EuroSIMA Cluster, the ADEME and InovEco…
City of Malibu partners with SurfAid

27 November, 2012 : - MENTAWAI: SurfAid US is proud to announce that it has formed a partnership with The City of Malibu whereby the City has adopted the Mentawai Islands, off Sumatra, Indonesia, as a Sister Surf Paradise. The partnership serves to promote and support SurfAid’s humanitarian efforts in the …
Dave Rastovich deep into Kiwi paddle

27 November, 2012 : - VIDEO: In support of KASM (Kiwis Against Seabed Mining), pro surfer & activist David Rastovich, intends to paddle 350km from Taranaki to Piha west of Auckland, New Zealand over two-weeks beginning Nov16th to draw awareness to issues to do with proposed seabed mining. Less than three per…
Surfers & Locals unite against seabed mining

25 November, 2012 : - ENVIRONMENT: - Hundreds of local and international supporters banned together at Raglan, about 150km south from Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday to share their concerns about the seabed mining proposed for the country’s west coast. Using surfboards, kayaks, malibus and traditional wakas (c…
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 …
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…
Shark deterrent technology; Hear the facts

22 November, 2012 : - SHARKS: With such heated debate about the conservation of sharks, and the natural desire for safety in our waters, the use of shark deterrent technology has become a necessary conversation that we simply must have. There is much speculation about the offered products, and for those that hav…
Saving Kiwi Sands: Rastovich paddles

21 November, 2012 : - VIDEO: In support of KASM (Kiwis Against Seabed Mining), pro surfer & activist David Rastovich, intends to paddle 350km from Taranaki to Piha west of Auckland, New Zealand over two-weeks beginning Nov16th to draw awareness to issues to do with proposed seabed mining. Rastovich, a co-founder …