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Hybrid Surf-Snowboard Bridges Two Worlds

01/01/70 Source: Discovery News

Snowboarders and surfboarders have many similarities in their sports, but their boards are very different. Signal Snowboards out of Huntington Beach, Calif. has bridged the snow/surf gap with their Fish Out of Water hybrid board.

Taking the hassle out of surf travel

01/01/70 Source: Surf Coast Times and Bellarine Times

Surfing is meant to be a sport of simplicity. Usually all that's needed is a board, board shorts and a bit of swell. But when you start to imagine the range of waves, boards and locations on the map, the mind boggles, not just at the options out there

The Alaia/finless movement

01/01/70 Source: Drift | Perspective(s) in surfing

This is the final chapter in Tom Wegener's journey into finless, paulownia board design. A journey which began back in 2005 and which took Tom across continents and borders of surf board design. Photos: Dane Peterson. ”The wing of genius was not bound

World's Best SUP Surfers Begin Competition at ISA World StandUp Paddle ...

01/01/70 Source: Surfline.com Surf News

The building excitement around the inaugural ISA World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship culminated in an exciting first day of competition in 2- to 3-foot surf at La Pampilla in Lima, Peru. With only surfing heats running,

surfing holiday help?

Q: Hi I don't know if anyone can help but my boyfriend loves surfing and I would love to book him a surprise break to cornwall, But i have no idea where to start....he doesn't have any equipment so i would need to hire the board etc too.

Newquay although it will be packed until September. Have a look at tourist information. There is also Bude which has surfing.

where can i buy a cool surf board?

Q: any ideas? thanks :)

A: http://www.ripcurl.eu/index.php?id=829,0 ,0,1,0,0


its ace! hope it helps :) x

American Surfer and Teacher Missing in Waters of Indonesia

The body of missing American surfer Daniel Bobis has been found in Indonesia.

Local fisherman found the body of the New York teacher who disappeared on Sunday after surfing a 10-foot wave. A member of the search and rescue team said the body was found 20 miles from where Bobis was last seen, according to the Associated Press.

On the Daniel Bobis Info Facebook page, Jamie Imerese wrote that Bobis' family was informed last night that a body had been found up the coast by a fisherman.

"They immediately traveled together in hopes that it was a coincidence. ... It was not. They positively identified Danny," Imerese wrote.

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Review of the Imagine Surf Rapidfire Standup Paddle Board by ...

Review of the Imagine Surf Rapidfire Standup Paddle Board by Playak.com

July 27, 2011 at 8:00 am ( Uncategorized )

An independent Playak review of the Imagine Surf Rapidfire, an SUP board designed for whitewater running.

Introduction

Stand Up Paddling is hitting the mainstream and it’s good to see that it’s diversifying into different directions: racing, touring, surfing and increasingly also whitewater. In the whitewater category, Corran Addison’s Imagine Surf is a logical choice. Corran has always been on the cutting edge of water craft designs: he has designed whitewater kayaks for different brands for over two decades, and was also at the forefront of river surfing developments, having some world class river waves in his back yard in Montreal. Considering this mix of expertise, it’s understandable that Imagine Surf offers two different whitewater SUP boards, of which I tested the Rapidfire. Imagine’s description of the board reads: “Amazing whitewater fun. As soon as people moved inland with SUP, they started to explore rivers. Today this is an exciting alternative to whitewater kayaking, and that’s why we created the Rapidfire. A radical departure from surf shapes, it’s optimized to make class 2 whitewater easy, and class 5 possible. The generous rocker, and high volume center help you run through almost anything – even waterfalls and slides.”

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