June 5th, 2008
Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 5 June, 2008 : - - The eyes of the surfing world will be firmly fixed on Jeffreys Bay during July as the world’s best surfers go to work on the universally renowned waves during the R2.3 million (US $320 000 Read More
“Bra Boys” is an odd, one-sided documentary that nevertheless opens a window onto Australian class struggles and a world weirdly familiar and exotic simultaneously. This story of gang warfare involves an oppressed, impoverished community and events Read More
Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 5 June, 2008 : - - Barbados have moved up the international ranks in surfing. The island has once again broken into the top 20 after their junior surfers pushed the island to 14th place at the recently concluded Read More
As a parent of an eight-year-old daughter I was horrified to see what came up on a ‘Bratz Dolls’ web page. My eight-year-old often goes onto Google to play games like Tiara Club, Barbie etc and sometimes does not always spell it correctly. She Read More
Prominent New Jersey legislators vowed Thursday to try to revise taxpayer-paid pension and health benefits for newly hired state workers, a move that quickly drew outcry from state worker labor unions. Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney said he Read More
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June 4th, 2008
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Surf Contest In Las PalmasRundtownnews.co.uk, Spain - 8 hours agoSaturday and Sunday 31 May/1st June saw host to the 2nd Prueba Circuito Canario de Surf Open Three star event, here in Las Palmas. Sponsored by the English …
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A tale of two surf sessionsBethany Beach Wave, DE - 9 hours agoThere I was, doing exactly what I always said I'd never do — surfing at the designated surf beach in Ocean City. Everyone knows that is to be avoided at …
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Profile: Nat YoungSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 13 hours agoThere followed a weekly column in a Sydney newspaper for nine years and books on how to surf and the history of surfing. "That gave me the understanding of …
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June 4th, 2008
At 8 a.m. every Sunday on XTRA Sports 1360, Surfer Magazine Online Editor Scott Bass and co-worker Marty Thomas, a former World Championship Tour surfer, broadcast the “Down the Line” surf talk radio show, which they brand as “an irreverent and Read More
Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 3 June, 2008 : - - Huntington Beach — Quiksilver and Roxy Surf Camps are back in session this summer for a seventh consecutive year. Surfacing at more than 20 beaches throughout North America, Quiksilver and Roxy Read More
IN a country that prides itself on big roadside attractions, we’d discovered another: The Big Canary. That’s what we coined our brand new VW Kombi Beach, in all its not-so-mellow yellow glory. I suppose we could also have called it the Big Banana Read More
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June 3rd, 2008
The news: Availability this week of Intel ® 4 Series Chipsets for mainstream desktop PCs and Intel ® Atom ™ processors, formerly codenamed Diamondville, for an emerging class of compact, easy-to-use devices to connect to the Internet. The context Read More
Just looking at the cuddly thing, I really want to like Chumby. But I don’t. Designed in part by Apple ( AAPL ) alumni, Chumby is essentially a cross between a clock radio, a Beanie Baby, a digital picture frame, a handheld game, and that elusive Read More
SanDisk Corporation SNDK today introduced a line of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that are designed for an emerging new category of portable consumer electronics – called Ultra Low-Cost PCs (ULCPC) or “ netbooks ” – that allow Read More
At 8 a.m. every Sunday on XTRA Sports 1360, Surfer Magazine Online Editor Scott Bass and co-worker Marty Thomas, a former World Championship Tour surfer, broadcast the “Down the Line” surf talk radio show, which they brand as “an irreverent and Read More
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June 1st, 2008
PLEASURE POINT — What to do when almost 100 surfers show up at the beach for a surf contest but the surf fails to follow suit? This was the question facing surfers and organizers at the fifth annual Schralpfest surf contest at Pleasure Point on Read More
“No, it’s not enough,” Neal Schon told Blackstone . “We keep looking for more, you know.” They sound just like they did in their 1980’s heyday - same licks, same lyrics - but Journey is back with an unlikely lead singer they found … in the Read More
There isn’t a beach close to downtown Aiken, but that isn’t stopping officials of Aiken Downtown Development Association from planning a beach party. The Downtown After 6 Beach Blast will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 19, in downtown Aiken. “Each of Read More
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June 1st, 2008
He’s also known as “The S Word” among surfers and divers, and some call him “Big Whitey.” You may recognize him as the great white shark, but by any name, he’s been creating havoc down in Mexico in the past month. Three surfers have been attacked Read More
It is already the end for certain nations. From the 28 countries that are competing at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Championships, 4 were eliminated today. Half of the competitors of this Quiksilver ISAWorld JuniorChampionships will definitely be Read More
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May 31st, 2008
Until recently, Groote Eylandt, a tiny island in the Gulf of Carpentaria 50km off Australia’s northern coast, was the preserve of adventurous fishermen and the occasional crocodile hunter. But the Dugong Beach Resort, owned and managed by the local Read More
Like an auto race official worried about a mishap up the track, Bulls officials were waving a figurative caution flag Friday, warning media to slow down on anointing Doug Collins as the team’s next coach. Still, sources insist the only way Collins Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple Inc.’s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2% of the U.S. market for smartphones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC’s vendor survey. That was down from 26.7% of Read More
Most girls have to leave their horses behind when they go away to university, but 19-year-old Louise Sadler is different. She’s taken her 11-year-old warmblood, Daisy, with her. Equine behaviour student Louise Sadler, whose horse is lodged in the Read More
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May 29th, 2008
Yahoo BrowserPlus aims for better surfingCNET News.com, CA - 20 hours agoA year ago it was Google with its Gears project. Now Yahoo wants to make your browser better, too. A year after the Google launched its Gears project, …
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May 28th, 2008
As many American households rein in their spending, some summer camp experiences might not be so rich this year. Kid camps nationwide report that some parents are taking longer to commit, sending kids for shorter periods, seeking more financial Read More
BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico—Some roads are worth driving solely for the sake of driving them. Pacific Coast Highway, for one, lures road warriors to cruise its curves, braving skinny lanes painted along cliffs for glimpses of the Pacific Ocean. Though Read More
Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 26 May, 2008 : - - Quiksilver Pro Junior, Komunity Project Future Stars, and a Full Pipe session in Germiston. Boardriders TV Episode 8 has a great mix of surf and skate, with coverage of two unique surf events and a Read More
Vittorio Colao, who is to succeed Arun Sarin as chief executive of Vodafone, pledged yesterday that the world’s largest mobile operator will continue its push deeper into emerging markets despite signs that growth is tailing off. The Italian, who Read More
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May 27th, 2008
Three boats and a helicopter patrolled the sea while Navy and rescue teams scanned the horizon with binoculars from popular beaches around the resort of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. Surfers have been warned not to go far out into the ocean. “We’ve been Read More
With Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in full swing, Jeff Yang wonders whether the Asian American community is out of date, out of touch — and running out of time to bring the next generation of Asian Americans into the mix. Something happened Read More
Kinokawa (Japan) – A Japanese government official has been demoted after he visited porn sites nearly 800,000 times at work. The worker is currently based in Kinokawa in Western Japan and logged more than 780,000 hits on adult sites from June 2007 Read More
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