"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

I know it’s just silly but…

Hi All, Your webmaster is a political junky who will be glued to US presidential debate at 1100 this morning. Just for fun I’ve quickly whipped up a very rough and ready little game for my fellow tragics that I call #TrumpLiesBingo. You can see it at FactCheckBingo.com

VID: Rob Machado & hybrid surf/snowboard

First time I’ve ever seen something like this… and it seems to surf okay too. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXetFIID65c&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]  

Vid: this is a pretty nutty artificial wave

Wave pools have been around for years now, and from what I hear, some are kinda fun. But the people at Wavegarden have taken things to a whole new level. According to their website, their computer controlled wave making system can be used in both natural and artificial bodies of water. In the video below […]

Artify your next board

Want to try something a little bit different when it comes to decorating your next custom board? Surfdecals.com and Caspian de Looze have produced a range of distinctive decals for custom buyers to have incorporated into their new sticks. Here’s the blurb from Surfdecals: Caspian illustration and surfdecals.com have come together to present an outstanding […]

Most number of people on a wave record attempt

1700, 31 March 2010: Dateline Collaroy Manly Surf School tempt 120 surfers to Collaroy to try to break record Manly Surf School today attempted to break the Guinness Book of World Records most number of people on a wave. Helicopters and film crews were there for the event. 120 surfers tried to write their name […]

Shark Park: new California monster wave?

It looks like surf film maker Greg Huglin has discovered a huge new open ocean wave off the coast of Santa Barbara county. My bet is it’s near the northern end of one of the Channel Islands. But Mr Huglin’s not saying. Quite a good yarn about the first trip out there on his site […]

rating testing

Just experimenting here… How good was the surf today? [starratingmulti id=3 tpl=12] and here… What do you reckon the surf will be like… [starratingmulti id=1 tpl=12] this is a fixed version of above… does it change if new votes are added? [starratingmulti id=1 tpl=12 read_only=1]