The news agency quoted Mexican officials as saying the surfer, from San Francisco, bled to death from a 38 centimetre wound in his right thigh. Local authorities say the 24-year-old had been surfing at Troncones beach, near Ixtapa on Mexico’s Read More
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - A 24-year-old San Francisco man is […]

Written on BA038 flying Beijing to London. Edited on the London to Ipswich train a week later and despatched to silicon.com via free wi-fi in Ipswich shortly thereafter Before I departed for China I listened to and read the debates about the country Read More
Local surfers will have a chance to […]

Push is on NSW will be marketed to backpackers as the place in Australia to “hang ten Down Under” / Alex Coppel Ten places to surf before you die » NEW South Wales will be marketed as Australia’s surfing state in a move to draw more Read More
The legendary […]

It’s almost as if the Giants never bothered to watch Zito pitch in Oakland for the last three years of his A’s days (2004-06). He was already losing it and yet they went out and gave him a record deal. Zito blew a bunch of smoke about how he Read […]

"LET'S GO SURFING" Film Fest!Gather.com, MA - 5 hours agoThen I remembered that surfing was almost extinct until 60s Hollywood began churning out mindless teen movies on surfing and the surfing culture. …

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BODY SURFING - ANITA SHREVEThis is Nottingham, UK - 6 hours agoA woman buffeted by and adrift in life's white-capped waves is described […]

Chris Watson, Bookends: Biography of surfing legend Miki 'Da Cat' DoraSanta Cruz Sentinel, CA - 17 hours agoLegendary surfer Miki Dora — who surfed Malibu before surfing was an industry, a commodity, a brand — didn't understand that. Until his death in 2002 of …

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Tourism riding surfing waveThe Nation Newspaper, Barbados - Apr 25, 2008It's sports tourism […]

Luke Thompson grew up on the white-sand beaches of Mount Maunganui - surfing, swimming and perfecting his guitar playing - while soaking up the summer sun. Luke picked up the guitar at the age of seven and started writing songs at his home in Read More
It’s the fastest-growing watersport in the […]

Kite Surfing: It Looked So Easy . . .Washington Post, United States - Apr 25, 2008And, "Kite surfing sure is harder than it looks." I am not thinking that I'm doing well, but when I surface, 50 yards from my last known location, …

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Leo Maxam, The Green Room: Broin' it up with the Bra BoysSan […]

Reaction among San Diego County people who recreate in the ocean was mixed after Dr. David Martin, 66, was killed off Solana Beach by a shark that an expert estimated to be a great white, 12 to 17 feet long. Cardiff’s Marci Mauro, a top age-group Read More
Spain’s Defence Minister Carme […]

When Spain’s Socialist leader appointed a pregnant Defence Minister the conservative Spanish military establishment mostly grinned and bore it. But many members of the armed forces are now angry about Carme Chacón’s first act in office - banning Read More
MADRID, Spain : Spain’s Defense Ministry, run by a woman for the […]