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Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:45:49 -0500

NWS Multiple buoy acces This National Weather Service site allows you to just move your mouse over different buoys to see the basic height and wave-period aspects of the swell data. NOAA WIND MODELS CAPE CANAVERAL BUOY ST. AUGUSTINE BUOY NOAA EAST COAST WAVE MODEL JAX TO FLAGLER WAVE MODEL FLAGLER TO CANAVERAL WAVE MODEL NEW WEB LINKS TO SURF Here are the new, surfy links to scope out. They'll be added to the list in the Cyber Surf Shop eventually. This list features almost 200 surfboard maker's homepages and other resources for wave-sliding. Ola Surfboards This Web site is for a surfboard shop in Italy, just in case. Wave Skater is a new body board design with a slightly different looking, channeled hull and rails. Surf Maps, is you guessed it, a site loaded with maps to surfing coasts, but you have to buy them. The Surfer's Journal ran a story about some surfboards built by an industrial designer that are totally alien looking and work in the waves. Check them out at Thomas Meyerhoffer's web site. Also from the most recent Surfer's Journal issue, a new shipping container for surfboards is being made called SurfboardPack.

Erie Peeples surfboard auction

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:28:01 -0500

Erie Peeples, a standout New Smyrna Beach surfer and well-known surfboard shaper and designer, has some very special custom surfboard packages available for a very good cause. Peeples has created six limited edition surfboard packages to be auctioned on eBay to benefit the American Lung Association of Florida and Dollars for Scholars. Bidding at this eBay site starts April 20 and will run through May 1. The auction represents a unique chance to get a high quality, one of a kind surfboard and help a good cause. Each auction winner also receives a special package of materials including stickers, a T-shirt and photo autographed by Peeples, a private surfing lesson with Erie, a DVD of the design and production process of your surfboard and a leather binder. The boards can be viewed at surfboardsforthecure.org along with more information about Erie Peeples, surfing and the American Lung Association. There are a few pictures of the boards at the bottom of this entry, too. The proceeds from the winning bids will benefit the American Lung Association of Florida. The American Lung Association fights lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma, tobacco control and environmental health. To learn more about the association's programs in Florida, visit lungfla.org or call Susan Richmond or Larry Glinzman at (386) 255-6447.

Cyber Surf Shop and more links

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:07:55 -0500

175 links and growing... If you know of a surf label with its own Web site that should be on this list and isn't, submit it by posting a comment. LEGENDARY NAMES Surfboards or works of art? Bruce Jones Surfboards The Endless Summer dude. Robert August boards That other Endless Summer dude. Sweet fish shapes. Michael Hynson Surfboards Wanna surf a Donald Takayama? Hawaiian Pro Designs These ain’t your dad’s Hobie Alters. Hobie Shapes the longboard champ’s ride, retros and more. Stewart Surfboards All shapes from a historic San Diego label. Gordan & Smith 24 shapes endorsed by a magical surfer. Joel Tudor Boards from a true pioneer. Dewey Weber Lightning bolts, tow-ins and more. Gerry Lopez Surfboards Gotta Hawaiin surf spot named for you? Dale does. Surfboards By Velzy You probably want a longboard from this guy. Dick Brewer Surfboards Australian icon Wayne Lynch's brand. Evolution WOOD BOARDS Expensive but beautiful kits and finished boards from paipo to log. Grain Surfboards Redwood and balsa shapes. Eaton Surfboards From ancient Hawaiian shapes to fish. Tom Wegener Surfboards Unreal, exquisite hollow woodies. Paul Jensen Surfboards Redwood planks and balsa models. Born Again Boards Solid balsa and redwood. Chuck Bassett Custom balsa’s at Ron Jons. Jeri Custom Balsawoods Hollow, solid and foam-core balsas from Oz. Riley Balsa’s from Satellite Beach. Balsa Bill Custom balsas from Carlsbad, Cali. Mack Surfboards How about a solid Agave board? Linden Surfboards Santa Cruz classics. Johnny Rice LONGBOARDS Credited with resurrecting longboards, has all shapes now. Walden Surfboards Seal Beach, Cali., since 1959. Beautiful work. Harbour Surfboards San Diego guns, logs and funshapes. Eaton Surfboards Legend? Yes. Longboards? Definitely. "Renny" Yater Family tree mother branch, Hap Jacobs. (Under Construction.) Hap Jacobs Surf Original noseriding legend. David Nuuhiwa Surfboards Some say he was really “First in Foam.” Dave Sweet Surfboards New label from family of the Duke. Kahanamoku Sons Legendary island label, iconic triple stringers. Surfboards Hawaii Mostly longboards. Classic Cali. Con Surfboards Crescent City, Cali., models. Rhyn Noll Surfboards Absolutely gorgeous Rincon-area retros. Cooperfish Surfboards Ventura, Calif., classic designs. Mobley Surfboards Famed longboards, but have lots of shapes. Pearson Arrow Surfboards Two-piece longboards buit to travel. Pope Bisect New York shop with all shapes, really. Bunger Really sweet shapes, paints from Costa Mesa,Calif. Dano Surfboards Bing Copeland started on the Pacific Coast Highway in 1959. Bing Surfboards PRO RIDES Kelly Slater’s ride. Channel Islands Al Merrick's new logo. Anacapa Can’t go wrong with this medicine. Surf Prescriptions Not just Hawaiian, world class. Hawaiian Island Creations The official Jeff Bushman site. Bushman Surfboards Put an ace of spades in your quiver. Kechel Surfboards Blue-chip label from a variety of big names. Ripcurl boards Signature grooved deck to reduce buoyancy in rails. Stretch Surfboards Another group of high profile names for this major label. Billabong boards Preisendorfer, as in Rusty. That says it all. Rusty Tractor logo. Andy Irons’ ride. This is it. JS Industries Tim Bessell custom shapes. Bessell Mayhem and Chili's versions. Lost... Mark Richard's version. Lost... That Chilli pepper logo. (Under Construction) Chilli Surfboards Attitude included. Rat Surfboards Big name from Santa Cruz. M10 Surfboards Loads of styles. Loads of style. Xanadu Surf Designs Hawaiian heavy. JC Hawaii That rocket logo. It’s pronounced “take off.” Teqoph Surfboards RETRO STYLES Five fins, channeled bottoms? The Cambell brother’s original. Bonzer Surfboards inspired by the 70s surf flick. Morning of the Earth Surfboards Knock out resin tints, gorgeous lines. Rainbow Surfboards More than just groovy. Plastic Machine Surfboards ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS & SHAPES Looks like an alien shape. Jet Bottoms Hemp and cotton cloth, hollow balsas. Ocean Green Full-on space aged internal frames. Hydro Epic Displacement hulls, flex fins. Say what? A must read. Liddle Surfboards The one and only Nugget shape. McCoy Surfboards Patagonia magnate, Fletcher Chouinard’s composite boards. Point Blanks Parabolic rail stringers. Firewire Surfboards A tail with springs in it. Surf Syndicate Hollow carbon fibers. Aviso Surf Built like airplane wings or UFOs? Salomon S-Cores Balsa, redwood, cedar and foam composite. GR Designs Soft tops for serious surfing. Tom Morey Tougher contruction’s by name-brand shapers. Surftech Epoxies from 6’2” to 10’ South Point Epoxies from 4’9” to 11’ NSP Aerated Cellular Structure tech equals indestructible. Bic Sport Surfboards FLORIDA SHAPERS Port Orange in the house! Klein Surfboards A Cocoa Beach master. Natural Art Flagler Beach shaper. maTTz Surfboards A real New Smyrna kahuna. Wooster Surfboards Still working on their site, but... Quiet Flight Flagler Beach’s world champ. Queen of the pier. Zamba Surfboards Atlantic Beach shop. Whisnat Surfboards St. Augustine shapes. Inspired Surfboards. Power to the Peeples. Erie Surfboards Melbourne labels. Cannibal Surf Space Coast shaper.Tom Neilson Shapes Daytona Beach rockers. Clever Surfboards Fernandina Beach house. Cyclone Surfboards EAST COAST RIDES Virgnia Beach icon. Wave Riding Vehicles North Carolina shop. AJW Surfboards GULF COAST Texas sticks of all shapes and sizes. Superior Surfboards Never seen a channeled bottom like this. Fry Surfboards THE HAWAIIAN BUNCH All style. All business. Town & Country Mostly guns. Casey Surf Designs Nothing says Hawaii like it. Aloha Surfboards A top dog name, bruddah. Ben Aipa North Shore bro, Jeff Johnston. Shapes Hawaii Another North Shore all star. Pyzel Surfboards Ridden at Jaws, a Maui address and a variety of shapes. Timpone Surfboards Maui wowie. Elua Makani Craig Kawamura shapes. CK Surfboards CALIFORNIA COOL Namesake label of Nor Cal’s surf city USA. SC Handshaped from Encinitas, retros, long dogs and shorties. Free Spirit Surfboards One of San Diego's big dogs. Kane Garden Hometown shop of the Dana Point mafia. Infinity Surfboard Encino man. Encinitas Surfboards Major label from Hermosa Beach. Sypder Surf Fish with home breaks of Trestles, Malibu, Huntington. 9 Fish Surf San Clemente shop. Cole Surfboards Name a shape. They make it. Channin Surf Hermosa Beach shaping bay. Stickman Surf Redondo Beach shop with lots of shapes. Fuego Surf Another Cali guru. Linden Surfboards Oceanside. Streetsmart. Chemsitry Surfboards San Diegan ridden world wide. Sharp Eye Surfboards Are you west coast on the schneid? Schneider Surfboards You stay classy San Diego. Christenson Surfboards Who’s ridden these? Machado. Kalani Robb. Sauritch Surfboards Newbury Park, Cali., shapers. Barker Surfboards From the home of the Banana Slugs. That's Santa Cruz, yo. Schroedel San Francisco Bay-area boards. Natural Curves Self-taught San Diego shaper. TDK Surfboards Another Dana Point heavy. Ellis Surfboards Marina Del Rey biz with nice shape selection. Anderson Surfboards Limited Southern Cal menu. Roberts Surf Hermosa Beach shop who’s chief is in Noosa Head, Australia. Wegener Surfboards Carpenteria surf shop and shaping bay. JHR Surfboards Ventura, Calif., high performance. Proctor Surf Costa Mesa shop. Cordell Miller Surfboards Big, big name from San Clemente. TPatterson Surfboards Another Costa Mesa shop. DT Surf Beautiful Ventura boards. Dennis Ryder Surfboards Nothing says Hawaiian like it, but it's from Cali, bro. Ukulele Surfboards Santa Barbara home of McCrystal and the Soul Octopus. Beatty Products PACIFIC NORTHWEST British Columbia boards. Sitka Surfboards Oregon shapes. Seven Surfboards Another Oregon crew. Hammer Surf Lincoln City, Oregon EPS shapes. Russo Surfboards THE BRONZED AUSSIES He started in the 60s and helped spearhead the shortboard revolution. McTavish North Coast boards. Bear Surfboards Won a world title on a twin fin. Mark Richards Surfboards No they’re not see-through. Clear Surfboards Darren Handley boards. Base Surfboards Gold Coast performance shapes. Lowen88 Aussies with a Cali shop, too. Mad Surf Tom Carroll rides on this team. Enough said. Byrne Surf Specializing in custom jobs. Stramger Surfboards Brookvale, Australia. Misfit Shapes What's in a name. Pedigree. History. Legend. Watercooled Surfboards Dale Chapman’s label. Chapman Surfboards SOUTH AFRICAN STICKS “Dream” boards. Wave Scape Cape Town shaper. 33 Srf J-Bay shop. Jigsaw Surfboards Mas Africaners. HH Surfboards When they safari, they mean it. Safari Surf Yet another shark biscuit. Billeon Still more from the dark continent. Bilt Surf NEW ZEALAND Location, location, location. Season Surfboards Team Jamaica's label. Quashi IRELAND Remember your wetsuit. Power Source Surfboards GERMANY Olas uber alas! Norden-Surfboards BRASIL Can you read Portugese? FM Surf PANAMA Surf the canal! Boa Surfboards BRITAIN There are loads more Brit shapes, but check these tail stringers! SKUA Surfboards STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDS Ku Ku Hoe’s. Hawaiian for “stand up paddle.” Infinity The kind Laird Hamilton and crew ride. Pohakus More Hawaiian stand-ups. Paddle Surf Hawaii Here's a list of more links for all things surfer. If you think of any more surfy sites that should be included, send in a suggestion by posting a comment and I'll take a look. LOCAL SURF DOCUMENTARY The photo-documentary "When We Were Kings" is about New Smyrna Beach surfing in the 80s. It's by J. Patrick Altes. WEATHER LINKS NOAA wave models NOAA St. Augustine buoy NOAA Canaveral buoy NOAA wind flow vector model National Weather Service marine forecasts NOAA Northwest Atlantic water vapor loop satellite SURF REPORTS & CAMS New Smyrna Beach cam Daytona Beach cam East Coast Cams Sunglow Pier cam Cocoa Beach based 2nd Light report Melbourne Beach wave gague St. Augustine based The Surf Station report Daytona Beach based Pier Monkey report Gulf coast report Rep Your Break's Jacksonville Pier report Fluid Groove's Jacksonville Beach report Rep Your Break's Daytona Beach Pier report Dade County surf report South Florida report Southern North Carolina reports Links and more on EastCoastSurf.com Ross's Cocoa and Idiatlantic report Red Dog's New Smyrna report 16 Streets Cocoa report Surf Consolidator northeast Florida reports NATIONAL FORECASTS Surfline WaveWatch Wet Sand Magic Seaweed COSTA RICA Nosara, Costa Rica Costa Rica surf map BAJA LINKS Scorpion Bay campground Web site COMPETITION ASP World Tour ASP North America regional tour Eastern Surfing Association National Scholastic Surfing Association ZINES & CLEARINGHOUSES Surfing The Mag Surfer Magazine Global Surfers Surfers Village surfing news Swaylock's surfboard design forum Surf Expo! MAPS Map of Bahamas surf spots SURFBOARD MUSEUM DISPLAY This link is to a 360-degree photographic tour of the surfboard exhibit the Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences held in May 2005, called Surfing USA. . The photo tour was created was John McSwain. Surfboard exhibit I NEVER KNEW THAT! There's a site to report and look for stolen surfboards. StolenSurfboardsOnline The American Society of Civil Engineers did a paper on Ponce Inlet wave simulations.

Slide shows and movies

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:17:16 -0500

Surfjam slide show
JIM TILLER This is Daytona Beach, another Surf City, USA -- Florida style. And when the waves start hopping, surfers of all shapes and sizes start popping up everywhere. Here's a celebration of the action that ensues in a slide show created by The News-Journal's award-winning photographer, Jim Tiller. (To see the show click the link.) SURF JAM Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Classic slide show Flagler Beach's own Jimmy Blumenfeld slashes the lip, kicking up some spray at the Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Classic.

News-Journal photographer David Massey covered the Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Classic held in Flagler Beach on Nov. 11 and put together a slide show, complete with surfing action, the scene at the boardwalk and the sounds of the surf and judges' announcements, adding up to an experience that'll put you right there. Water-cam movie from Oct. 28, 2006 Seabreeze High School's Kyle Altes of Ormond Beach was out Oct. 28 enjoying some small waves. Nothing but knee-highs really, but Altes was stoked, tucking in tight into little barrels, adding a little English to some rides, like a little lean, just to stay trimmed for a bit more fun. To see the two minute video, click here.

Photo features: Winter Waves, Local tubes

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:25:12 -0500

PART 3: COLLECTING RANDOM SHOTS JOHN FISCHER It was a Tuesday twilight in early February when, suddenly, the waves turned on. This scene happened just out of view of the people behind their wheels at the intersection of A-1A and Granada Boulevard. 10:15 a.m. March 13: Cal Fisher drops in... ... makes his bottom turn ... ... comes off the top and picks out a line... ... and stays on the nose right into the close-out. PART 2: WINTER WAVES It has not been a boring winter so far. We've had some nice rides, haven't we? So don't listen to those surfers who always mope around saying, "We never get any waves." Send them to this site to see the highlights from this winter and fall. All but one of these shots are by the big lenses of The News-Journal's photographers. And get out there and surf!
JIM TILLER Welcome to bad weather! Three surfers walk toward the surf next to the Daytona Beach Pier as weather conditions quickly deteriorated on Nov. 1.
JIM TILLER A few days later and that bad weather was lookin' good to wave-sliders like Frank Senese of Ormond Beach, a surf instructor and employee at Maui Nix surf shop on A-1A in Daytona Beach seen here taking flight on Nov. 8.
DAVID MASSEY Chad Brasol and the wave becoming one in Flagler Beach on Nov. 17. DAVID MASSEY Speaking of Nov. 17, Boy that was a clean day. If only the waves stayed that clean and ordered every day. Double-barrel fun.
DAVID MASSEY Blidyow, didy yow, didyblow, diyow, SssurfinnN BIRD!
JUSTIN YURKANIN With a trio or so of surfers silhouetted in the background, a Volusia County lifeguard gets some air patroling windy, rough surf on his jet ski near the Sunglow Pier in Port Orange on Nov. 29.
STEVEN NOTARAS Flashback to Oct. 28 in New Smyrna Beach... it's Tim Tully going for the head-dip in costume at the 10th annual Fall Surf Spooktacular. Trick or treat!
DAVID MASSEY Bodyboarders don't surf? Devin Ricke on the wall and so slotted on the south side of the Flagler Pier on Dec. 1 offers some swim-fin-and-sponge evidence to the contrary.
JVD Smugmug Who's that with the warm ears about to get a wash down? Yours truly, the surf reporter, a real turkey on Turkey Day. PART 1: LOCAL TUBES This photo feature highlights some of the best surf shots News-Journal photographers have taken recently. And it ought to remind you how good the waves can get in the Sunshine State, too. It's proof positive, Floridians do get tubed! NJ PHOTO DAVID TUCKER Surfer Darren Manser tucks into the tube Oct. 11 on a nice wave at Ponce Inlet. NJ PHOTO NIGEL COOK Matt Turner of Daytona Beach takes advantage of the surf in Ponce Inlet as the waves get a good push from the winds on Oct. 3. NJ PHOTO Jim Tiller An unidentified surfer pops a little air, showing off his board's art near the Daytona Beach Pier on Sept. 23. NJ PHOTO Jim Tiller Ride the wild surf. The waves were big. The surfers were many. And at times surfing north of the Daytona Beach Pier got a bit crowded the morning of Sept. 21. But who cares? Did I mention the waves were big? NJ PHOTO Jim Tiller After westerly winds groomed stormy surf into smooth, well formed waves, Kevin Meinberg grabs a moment in the green room just north of the Daytona Beach Pier on Sept. 14. NJ PHOTO David Massey Pete Jagocki hits the lip at the Flagler Beach Pier on Sept. 13 during a good storm swell ... NJ PHOTO David Massey ... and in the same Sept. 13 session, Jagocki got spit out of a real hair splitter. NJ PHOTO Roger Simms This surfer was so busy getting shacked by Tropical Storm Ernesto in New Smyrna Beach on Aug. 31, he never paddled in to give his name to our photo journalist. So take note, local surfers. We're watching! If you get a sweet ride when an official looking camera is pointed at you, it never hurts to introduce yourself.