If You Can Stand Up, Who Cares if Surf’s Up?
New York Times
'Fifty years ago the Waikiki beach boys were the suntanned demigods of Honolulu’s palm-fringed shores. After the first major resort — the Moana Hotel, now the Moana Surfrider — opened in 1901, organized beach service began on Waikiki. The beach boys came to act as instructors, lifeguards and entertainers, spreading the gospel of surfing to dreamy-eyed tourists of all ages.
They also pioneered the art of stand-up paddleboarding — also known as stand-up paddle surfing or beach-boy surfing — now all the rage among fitness enthusiasts and practiced from Cape Cod to Cape Town.
In San Francisco, where I live and surf, there’s almost always a stand-up paddleboarder in the lineup on any given morning...'
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British Virgin Islands have long attracted visitors seeking surf, sand and sun
Washington Post
'Nobody goes on vacation to get beaten up by a fireman. So lissen up! If you're looking for a place to surf, forget Tortola. Too inconsistent. Too rocky. Nothing to see here, folks. Head to Barbados, or Puerto Rico.
Sure, people surf in Tortola, the largest and most populous of the British Virgin Islands. But they're just locals. And maybe a few tourists from other Caribbean islands. Oh, and the occasional fireman and lifeguard and 15 of their friends from Long Island, N.Y., who would really prefer if a certain travel writer refrained from showcasing their winter wave destination...'
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Seventh International Surfing Reef Symposium: Build your own surf spot
Cumberland Courier Newspapers
'The dream of every surfer who wants more surf, better waves, more often.
Up Queensland way, local boardriders clubs are turning the dream into reality by shifting hundreds of boulders in the surf zone.
Greg Redgard reckons he’s making beaches safer and hazard-free.
Even better, the boulders are placed onto nearby points, making the reef profiles smoother and improving the wave breaking shape at high tide.
Greg is presenting his project at a conference in Sydney this March - the 7th International Surfing Reef Symposium (Friday 19th March 2010, Scenic Room, Bondi Surf Club)...'
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Bournemouth artificial reef 'near impossible' to surf
Telegraph.co.uk
'Bournemouth Borough Council is refusing to make public a report into its £3million artificial surf reef amid suggestions that it is "near impossible" to surf.
The reef, next to the town's Boscombe pier, opened last November, 12 months late and £1.3 million over budget.
It is the only one of its kind in the northern hemisphere and was much hyped by the council which boasted about the waves that would be produced.
However, surfers are not using the reef and local businesses that believed it would bring in large numbers of people have been disappointed...'
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VIDEO: Graphs: Was California Wave Really Rogue?
AccuWeather.com
'By now I'm sure you've seen the video of a "Rogue Wave" sweeping away onlookers at the Maverick's surf contest south of San Francisco Saturday. Wave interactions are very complex, can be caused by wind or earthquakes, and I'm simply not qualified to investigate this event myself, though I have hammered off some emails to people I think could help, and I'll let you know if they reply. Here are some things to consider:...'
