Search Results for 'Surfer'

Aussie surfers rescued off Hawaiian island of Haleiwa

The swell on Oahu Island's famous North Shore, home of The Pipeline and Waimea Bay, leapt from about two metres to more than six metres in an hour on Tuesday. The two surfers, aged 21 and 26, were reported missing near the Jockos surf [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Surfer Julian Wilson Bests Kerr at the Breaka Burleigh Pro

February 8th through the 12th, 2012 the Breaka Burleigh Pro was held in Burleigh Heads, Queensland. The 4-Star Association of Surfing Professionals' (ASP) event served as a superlative warm-up for the upcoming Quiksilver Pro competiti [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Kite surfer dies in Western Australia

Police said the man was pulled from the water by passers-by at Coronation Beach 30km north of Geraldton at about 5.15pm (WST) yesterday but could not be revived. Police will prepare a report for the coroner.

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Surfer arrested for riding waves in Chicago

Surfing is a medieval practice. Rex Flodstrom, a 40-year-old surfer, was arrested for surfing waves in his local spot, Oak Street, in Lake Michigan, USA. When he was simply enjoying a few waves, Chicago Police came up and arrested hi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Maui surfers move on at Sunset

Olamana Eleogram of Hana competes during the second round of the Vans World Cup of Surfing on Monday at Sunset Beach on Oahu’s North Shore. In clean barreling conditions, Eleogram posted a two-wave score of 12.37 to place second in [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Top Surfers Put on A Show

Most days San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, the six miles stretch of shoreline along the Great Highway, is a desolate wind-ripped, fog-enshrouded wasteland of trash, lonely fisherman, sunburnt homeless men, and very dedicated joggers. Tu [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Oregon surfer: Shark encounter was 'most intense feeling'

An Oregon surfer who was nearly attacked by a shark near Newport credits his pre-surfing prayer with saving his life. "You know, I do my morning prayer every morning when I go in that water," Bobby Gumm told the website TowSurfe [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Surfer Tells of Standing on Shark off Ore. Coast

Doug Niblack was trying to catch another wave before going to work, when his longboard hit something hard as rock off the Oregon Coast and he suddenly found himself standing on the back of a thrashing great white shark. Looking down, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

O.C. Surfer Dies Off Camp Pendleton Beach

An autopsy has been scheduled Sunday for an Aliso Viejo man who died after collapsing onto his surfboard near Camp Pendleton. Charles Solon Todd Jr., 63, was surfing at Surf Beach Saturday morning when witnesses say he rode a wave to t [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Humboldt County surfer escapes shark attack

A shark attack at a popular Humboldt Bay surfing spot left a surfer shaken but unhurt and underlines that it is the time of year that white sharks begin showing up in greater numbers along the North Coast. Benjie Rose was sitting on hi [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Surfers Battle Windy Waves on Day 2 of Mr. Price Pro Ballito

The action continued on day two of the ASP PRIME Mr Price Pro Ballito, with the remaining 48 surfers in the round of 96 showing their class in the wind-affected waves at Surfers Beach today. After a powerful north-easterly wind force [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Can the Ingenuity of Big Wave Surfers Save American Manufact...

"The economy." When will it recover? And, what will it take to pull out of this nose-dive? It will take American ingenuity! Ken Thurber, author of Big Wave Surfing, Extreme Technology Development, Management, Marketing and Inve [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Surfers' HOF announces 2011 inductees

This summer, the Surfers' Hall of Fame (HOF) is expanding. The hand and footprints of George Downing, Taylor Knox and Chuck Linnen will be cemented into the sidewalk of the HOF during a ceremony on August 5 in front of Huntington Sur [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Big-wave surfer who's made of The Right stuff

He wiped out twice in 40ft waves and tore a medial ligament before he caught this monster (pictured) at a break known as The Right, off southwest Western Australia. "I knew as soon as I saw the wave the adrenaline just took ov [...]