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Surf Rage by Nat Young
A collection of articles from the top surfer writers of today have been collected into one book to address the Surf Rage...
SUPs are boats!
This tickled me, the US coast guard has decided SUPs (stand up paddleboards) are vessels and as such come under laws applicable to them (46 U.S.C.&2101), so no more freedom of just boardies and a rash vest, nope you've got to bulk up with an approved lifejacket and obey the rules of the road for the ocean, oh and dont forget you need a license too for that vessel....so does this mean SUPs in the line-up are a danger to other surfers and hence they can only paddle them around the coast and when entering port have to pass between the port and starboard marker buoys, go on someone tell me its so.
Fergal Smith gets cosy with a great white
Just heard Fergal Smith, caught a wave with a great white in West Oz. He said "I saw a grey shape in the wave but I thought it was the reflection of a slab of rock - how wrong was I?" On seeing the picture taken by Phil Gallagher he "couldn't help but laugh" adding that his mother Brid "freaked out big time".
More pictures at SWNS.
Reubyn Ash meets Slater at the Billabong Pro Mundaka
It was great to see Bude man Reubyn Ash get a wildcard into the Billabong Pro Mundaka, drawn against Taylor Knox and Kelly Slater in his first heat (#8 R1), it was going to be a big ask for Reubyn to upset the normal order, and the reality is what we all knew was coming. Slater did the butt kicking scoring almost double the points of his two competitors added together! For those that need the scores Slater 16.33; Knox 6.16; Ash 3.50.
| Quote: | With the kiss of the sun for a pardon,
and the cry of the birds for mirth,
I feel closer to God when I'm surfing a wave
than anywhere else on earth. -- Tiki Yates - photoghrapher |
