Ghost Trees
Just Stupid Dept. From Wetsand.com One of the biggest swells of the winter hits Pescadero Point, Central California – December 4th, 2007. Filmed by Bruno Lemos and edited by Matt Shuster. [youtube]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7gJtUd0tH48[/youtube]
Google does the Oceans?
Very interesting project by search engine giant Google is set to be officially debuted on Feb 2, 2009 at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. The Guest list is headed by none other than former vice-president Al Gore, so it could be a big deal. Here’s what we hear ahead of the launch… Following […]
Localism: LA style
Following on from our story yesterday on localism and the idea of the Commons, I came across what purports to be The Rules for surfing in LA on a site called wanderus.com. It’s called Knowing the Unspoken Rules of Surfing in Los Angeles Here’s a taste: 3. Nobody Cares How Much Money You Have or What Car You […]
Dolphin Chefs (fun stuff)
One of this weekend’s hot stories has been the account of female Spencer Gulf Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins prepping their cuttlefish meals. For any dolphins reading this, here’s the method to use (as was explained in a piece written by Christine Dell’Amore on the National Geographic website: The female herded a cuttlefish to the seafloor, pinned […]
Acidic oceans are coming
On 30 January more than 150 leading marine scientists from 26 countries warned that without immediate action by the world’s politicians, catastrophic damage to the world’s marine ecosystems is highly likely. This is not theoretical, ocean acidification is already detectable – and is accelerating. “The chemistry is so fundamental and changes so rapid and severe that […]
Human-powered sub across the Atlantic
For your amusement! This must surely rank high on the top ten list of crazy – but not totally improbable – projects. In an article that appeared on the New Scientist website late in January, one Ted Ciamillo is shown standing next to the pedal-powered submarine he’s building (see pic below). His plan is to […]
29.01.09 news and cams of interest
Hi All The best of the Australian surf cams I could find this morning was coastalwatch’s Margs cam. Proper waves out west for you lucky pups. Qld, NSW and Vic all look knee to waist high for the most part. About the best live cam I could find overseas was wetsand.com’s Rocky Point unit on […]
Surfing Lake Superior in Winter
2009-01-19 — Icicles hanging from the brim of your 10mm thick wettie hood?? Here are two stories from the NY Times, one’s a slideshow. How cold would it have to be to keep you out of the water? I’m staying in Sydney, thanks muchly. 🙂 Link to NY Times Story: Surfing Lake Superior in Winter Link […]
Surfer, Dude – Blu-Ray Review
09-01-2009 — “It’s a hit, broseff. Actually, more like a slap in the face.” This scathing attack by Laura Burrows at ING Entertainment on Matthew McConaughey’s surf film must be ten times as entertaining as the movie. You decide: “US, January 6, 2009 – Matthew McConaughey’s Surfer, Dude is nothing more than the stoned ramblings of a wayward MTV spin-off. Just like The Real World, this […]
23 Dec 08: cam picks
Thanks to the NE windswell, the most interesting cams on the east coast are those at beaches with good exposure to that direction – funny that. Swellnet’s Manly cam shows surprisingly uncrowded little things coming in, but I reckon it looks a bit nicer for the early at Coffs Harbour. The tide’ll probably be an […]