Economic(s) Research Associates ~ Surf Experience
Economics Research Associates "is an international consulting firm working primarily in real estate, entertainment and leisure, and land use policy and planning." They are a competent and renowned firm.
For their website, they have a nice little transitional Flash opener on the website, which starts out with a guy standing on a surfboard with a gray [...]
Dangerous surfing?
Click on the beautiful image below to decide whether or not that surfer is planning on going back into the water:
Run?
The photo was captured by Felipe Antonio Caramori.
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Surfwise ~ the story of one 11-member family who left behind their old world to become surf nomads
Doug Pray has a film coming out in May called "Surfwise." It’s about Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz and the 10 other members of his family who set out on an off-the-grid odyssey in a 24-foot camper. Here’s one [movie] trailer:
Here’s another trailer at Apple. Part of the documentary’s description from that site reads: "Like many American [...]
The surfboard Mitt Romney did not ride all the way to the White House
It seems like only days ago that Mitt Romney was going to ride a surfboard to the White House.
Not this year.
Remember when his son tried to take out the press corps on the jet: "One of Romney’s sons, Josh, nearly took out the press corps when he attempted to surf down the aisle of the [...]
The great surfer interview ~ stereotypes die hard
"You just drop in…you just ride the barrel and get pitted, so pitted like that."
The surf gods are in pain.
I hope that Alanis Morissette will make this video into a totally intense song.
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Please do not take your cat surfing
Domingo Pianezzi, a surfer in Peru, thinks that taking his cat Nicolasa to the beach to surf with him is a good idea:
We disagree.
There are six more pictures here at REUTERS. The poor cat looks like it’s facing death in several of those shots.
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90,000 people in Ontario lose power ~ one of them goes surfing
This Dan Kappa photo is from a Toronto Star article:
What is the article about? Well, a power outage of course. 90,000 people have been cut off due to the crazy weather. That’s why the guy went surfing?
Huh? What? The article doesn’t even contain the word "surf."
Exactly. Welcome to Rapidsea.
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Rudy Giuliani’s Last-Ditch Paradise Effort in Florida
I couldn’t help but love this quote from an article called "Giuliani Makes Last-Ditch Effort in Florida" by Bret Schulte at US News and World Report:
"On Sunday, in an arena-size [Cocoa Beach] Ron Jon Surf Shop festooned with psychedelic surfboards and garb for those who hang loose, Giuliani appeared in his signature New York power [...]
Teleflip ~ email while surfing
Teleflip is a service that allows you to forward your email to an ordinary mobile phone with text messaging capabilities. All you pay for is the text message charge from your carrier.
The simple explanation of this service alone is good enough to convince those who need it to use, but the company is now pushing [...]
Jesus Surfer
It’s Christmas! And that’s why there are Jesus surfer figurines in the world:
These are the creations of Eric Dyson. This one is called "I Am Spirit." You can visit this page to see a number of his other creations, including Harley Jesus ("I Am Freedom").
The surfer Jesus was also mentioned in the Denver Post article [...]
