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 […]
Flotsam & Jetsam
Pam Longobardi creates art with plastic objects collected on beaches. Her work reveals just how big our oceans’ plastic problem has become.
Thor Jonsson
I’m completely hooked on the still image. When I see a surf movie I always want to press the pause button. In the ocean everything is in constant motion—myself, the wave, the surfer, the light. Surfing is never static, it is all about movement, even so, we (or at least I) can never remember a […]
Origami Whales Project
Since 2004, the Origami Whales Project (OWP) founded by Peggy Oki, has worked to raise awareness concerning threats to cetaceans (dolphins and whales) through its “Curtain of 36,000 Origami Whales.” Created by thousands of concerned citizens across the globe and exhibited throughout the world, this large-scale public art project serves as a powerful visual statement […]
Teahupoo WHOA!
Biggest Teahupoo Ever by Chris Bryan by PayeTaChatte From Wikipedia: TeahupoÊ»o (pronounced cho-po) is a world-renowned surfing location off the South West of the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, southern Pacific Ocean. It is known for its heavy, glassy waves, often reaching 2 to 3 m (7 to 10 ft) and higher. It is the site of the annual Billabong Pro Tahiti surf competition, part of the World […]
21st-Century Cruising
Looking for an adventure? Consider a spot aboard a 72-foot steel-hulled sloop called the Sea Dragon for their cruise to an ocean garbage patch happening this May. Sponsored by Algalita Marine Research Foundation, 5 Gyres Institute and Pangaea Explorations, LLC, paying guests ($13,500 per person) can join scientists and educators to sail through the projected debris […]
The End of the World As We Know It?
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. What do you think about this proposed legislation? To learn more or take action, go here.
Nosara in NYT’s Top 2012 Destinations
Now that the New York Times has included Nosara in their top 45 “Places to go in 2012” the word is out about the sleepy little surf town we know and love. What will this mean for Nosara? Will the beloved Guiones break start to look like choreographed chaos in Rincón featured in Surfer’s Journal‘s Symphony of […]
