Guinness Surf Record
Last week the Guinness World Records acknowledged a 44-year-old Hawaii pro surfer for catching a 78-foot wave off the coast of Portugal, saying the November run beats a 2008 record by more than 1 foot. Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara of Haleiwa, on Oahu’s North Shore, told The Associated Press that the ride of his life [...]
SurfSet Fitness
Let’s say, hypothetically, one is a wannabe surfer with dreams of doing things like the girl above. But whenever said wannabe surfer tried surfing, issues with core strength (and bruised ego) seemed to get in the way of success. Could the latest gym machine, SurfSet Fitness’s Ripsurfer X, help? This cardio and resistance trainer is [...]
Shattered Debris, Sheer Transformation
Creating domestic environments from found objects, resin, latex, lights, and her unique expressionistic process of shattering and re-forming glass, artist Hu Bing’s site-specific installation “Shattered Debris, Sheer Transformation” is now on display at the Flatiron Prow Art Space on the ground floor of the Flatiron Building.
Frieze Debut in NYC
Frieze New York brings the famed British contemporary art fair to US soil for the first time starting tomorrow. It will take place on Randall’s Island from May 4-7 and will feature approximately 170 international galleries. More details and tickets here.
Have A Seat
Emeco debuted a new designer collaboration at the Salone del Mobile in Milan last week. The Broom chair created with Philippe Starck is recycled and recyclable, a mix of 75% reclaimed polypropylene, 15% reclaimed wood fiber and 10% glass fiber.
Dreaming
Man’s moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.—William Faulkner in The Paris Review, Spring 1956
America’s Greenest Cities
In honor of Earth Day—which was founded in 1970 by Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson—the Daily Beast ranked the greenest cities in the U.S. Can you guess who won? A hint: there are lots of surfers there.
Nikky Finney
It’s National Poetry Month. If you haven’t taken time to read a poem this month, here’s a lovely piece by 2011 National Book Award winner, Nikky Finney, reading a from her book Head Off & Split.
Surf Resorts?
Pro surfer Kelly Slater and Greg Webber, an Australian engineer and board shaper, are battling one another to be the first to create a surfable man-made wave. Though there have been several failed attempts at making a shreddable artificial break, Kelly Slater Wave Company in LA and Webber Wave Pool in Australia both hope to be [...]
The Island President
Jon Shenk’s The Island President is the story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives and the survival of his country and everyone in it. As one of the most low-lying countries in the world, a rise of three feet in sea level would submerge the 1200 islands of the Maldives enough to make them [...]
Surfrider Film Contest
How can you capture something as valuable as water in 3 seconds? Surfrider asked their supporters to do just that in super short films. More than 160 people sent in films from all over the planet (France, South Africa, Australia, Romania…). Surfrider edited the three-second clips together and added music by Zee Avi. See the [...]
West Oz 2012
Summer Solstice from Rick Rifici on Vimeo. For your viewing pleasure from Australia. Pro surfer Taj Burrow makes it look so easy.
Pilgrim Surf + Supply
Just in time for spring surfing, Chris Gentile, an artist who co-owned the late Mollusk surf shop, has just opened a new 1500-square Williamsburg store featuring a wall of beautiful boards, a rainbow of Birdwell Beach Britches and a bottom floor full of outdoor equipment. For upcoming events check out Pilgrim’s site.
Francesca Woodman
Don’t miss the first comprehensive survey of Francesca Woodman’s extraordinary photographs to be seen in the United States. Opening today at the Guggenheim until June 13.
Pina
Wim Wenders ode to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch deserves all the praise it’s gotten and then some. Enjoy the 3-d experience on the big screen while you still can.
The Independent
Another great opportunity to see lots of new pieces in one space this weekend. “In its third incarnation, the Independent, perhaps New York’s most exclusive, self-consciously hip contemporary-art fair, continues to disdain that term. Once more, it calls itself a ‘temporary exhibition forum,’ as if it were some kind of seminar. It is, however, more [...]
The Armory Show NYC
It’s that time again. Artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world have descended on NYC for the largest contemporary art fair in New York. If you’re in the Big Apple head over to Pier 92 & 94 for The Armory Show starting March 8 or check out the other events happening [...]
Valérie Buess
Swiss-born artist, Valérie Buess, gives old books new life by creating these amazing three-dimensional sculptures that look like sea creatures.
Leap Year
The leap year’s extra day is necessary because of the “messiness” of our Solar System. One Earth year (a complete orbit around the Sun) does not take an exact number of whole days (one complete spin of the Earth on its axis). In fact, it takes 365.2422 days, give or take.—BBC’s Leap year: 10 things [...]
Mikael Kennedy
…there was a moment, sometime in 2002 or 2003 when I was sitting by the sea, up on an island off the coast of New Hampshire when I realized I could make my life into anything I wanted, that I could choose my reality. That was when I put myself fully into this, that I [...]
I Heart Fins
For all you fin fanatics, surf on over to the I Heart Fins blog. Their mission: “We love a good foil under our rear foot. Fins drive your board and thus your surfing experience. The design and placement of a board’s fins are such an important aspect of how it rides. This site is an effort to raise awareness [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day
In honor of Valentine’s Day, a cool card from Byvik Ink studio in California. Illustrator Cristina Martinez Byvik has created several surf-themed cards for many occasions; they are hand-printed on an 1890’s Chandler & Price platen press.
NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record
The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteorological record have occurred since the year 2000. NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, which monitors global surface [...]
Blue Falling
Whenever someone, who isn’t familiar with my work asks me what kind of photos I take, I tell them if you take the everyday things people do in nudism, think of the way models looks in the 1960′s and 1970′s vintage pornography, and mix that with the suspended action of sports photography, then you can [...]
