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North Florida producing more top competitors

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:20:15 +0000

Hanging ten, hanging tough paying off for local surfers

By DREW DIXON, Shorelines staff writer
Beaches-area surfers' collective reputation continued to grow through the summer as they collected victories and delved further into the competitive business of pro surfing.

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Hurricane Dean Photos from the GULF

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:49:30 +0000

All photos found on www.gulfster.com

HBO's John From Cincinnati: Cancelled

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:42:37 +0000

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- The wave has crashed for "John From Cincinnati." A day after its first-season finale, HBO on Monday canceled the dark surfing drama.

"John from Cincinnati," starring Bruce Greenwood as the leader of a surfer family, never caught on.

Labeled by critics as "strange," "weird" and "unlikable," "John" never clicked with viewers despite a strong marketing campaign and such well-known leads as Rebecca De Mornay and Bruce Greenwood.

For the few devoted fans of the show, which David Milch ("Deadwood") created with "surf noir" author Kem Nunn, the mysterious final line in the season finale -- John saying, "Mother of God, Cass-Kai" over a shot of Kai (Keala Kennelly) surfing -- will remain just that, a mystery.

Meanwhile, HBO is yet to decide the fate of its other summer freshman series, the comedy "Flight of the Conchords."

It's been a rough summer for HBO, while basic cable networks have launched a slew of hit new series -- USA Network's "Burn Notice," Lifetime's "Army Wives" and TNT's "Saving Grace," all renewed for a second season.

HBO's upcoming series include the drama "In Treatment," the comedy "12 Miles of Bad Road" and "True Blood," the recently picked-up vampire drama by "Six Feet Under" creator Alan Ball.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/14/television.john.reut/index.html

Riding A Huge Giant Wave - Lucky Guy!

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:44:15 +0000

Space Coast Artificial Reef Project

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:09:36 +0000

Naturally occurring submerged offshore reefs typically promote the development of wide sandy beaches in their lee. These beaches are less prone to severe erosion problems due to the protection provided by the reef.

The beaches inside the barrier reefs of Tahiti are a classic example.

The concept behind artificial submerged reefs is to mimic the results found in nature.

Two multi-purpose artificial reefs have been built, one on the Gold Coast of Australia and one at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. There are several more reefs in the design phase, including one project sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Ventura County, California.

The design of the Space Coast Multi-Purpose Artificial Reef was based primarily on the surfing science and engineering developed by ASR Limited of New Zealand. Their research was featured in Special Issue Number 29 of the Journal of Coastal Research as well as numerous other technical journals and popular magazines including Surfer and Outside. ASR Limited is also the principle design team for the Ron Jon’s Wave Pool currently under construction in Orlando.

The Space Coast Reef will reduce localized beach erosion via three methods:

· The submerged reef will dissipate the energy of the incoming waves before they reach the shoreline.

· The reef will rotate the waves through refraction, reducing their angle of incidence with the shoreline, which will reduce the longshore current.

· The reef will also promote the formation of a salient, which is a widening of the beach commonly caused by offshore submerged reefs.

The Space Coast Reef will act as a marine ecosystem attracting a wide variety of plants, fish, and other marine organisms. The increased biodiversity around the reef will make it a popular destination for fishing and diving.

The Space Coast Reef was designed to create right and left breaking waves which will be surfable approximately 300 days a year. The reef will yield rides greater than 40 seconds long and break with sufficient intensity to challenge surfers at all levels of ability.

The Space Coast has a rich surfing tradition. What the Space Coast lacks are waves worthy of its reputation. The addition of a world class reef break would bolster Brevard County’s reputation as the surfing capital of the U.S. Atlantic Coast and help attract top level surfers and competitions to its beaches. Increased interest from the surfing industry would have a positive effect on the local economy and raise awareness of Brevard County as a surfing destination.

http://www.spacecoastreef.com

US Open Huntington Bch CA - LIVE!

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:36:36 +0000

LIVE Webcast! http://www.usopenofsurfing.com/webcast.php

PUNK & ROCK @ Landshark

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:23:29 +0000

PIPELINE POSSE: Trailer

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:11:20 +0000

Project 1 is an inside look at one of Hawaii's most influential surf crews, the Pipeline Posse.

The Pipeline Posse is made up of Braden Dias, Jaime Sterling, Flynn Novak and Jason Frederico, a group of world-class watermen who know and respect the wave and share that feeling with qualified and deserving others in the line up and on the beach.