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surfing

How Big is This Wave?

December 10, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
This morning I noticed that I had a new follower on Twitter (@ActiviTourist ). I checked out his ActiviTourist web site and zoomed in on his “World’s Best Surf” category where I found this embedded video called “Biggest Waves Ever Surfed in Australia.”
I thought it fitting to do a completely [...]

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Gulfster’s Surf Trip to Puerto Rico

December 9, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
I just had to post about this. Years ago Ryan Clapper helped start a website that is a mainstay of Florida Gulf Coast surfers: Gulfster.com. Now and then he takes a surf trip to some far-off land and posts lots of great pictures and some video.
Ryan has outdone himself with [...]

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Surfing Hurricane Ida on Florida’s Gulf Coast

November 9, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
Today I spent a couple of hours photographing the surfers in the Gulf of Mexico enjoying a southerly swell from Hurricane Ida. This is a classic break– steep shifty peaks and a short wall breaking in shallow water. I’m not going to name the break, but if you’ve ever surfed [...]

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South Florida Surfing Blues

August 26, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
While I was looking at various surf cams on Florida’s Atlantic coast during the passage of Hurricane Bill, I came across the above graphical model of hurricane swells reaching the east coast of Florida. It perfectly illustrates why the Atlantic coast surf is more consistent in central and northeast Florida [...]

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Surfboard Design Goes Back to its Roots

August 1, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
The ancient Hawaiians surfed on wooden surfboards. Even early California and Florida surfers used heavy wooden boards until fiberglass was invented.
Now we see all kinds of “advanced” surfboard design taking shape with fiberglass, foam, and plastic.
But some surfboard makers are going back to have a closer look at what can [...]

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Radio Controlled Surfer-Amazing!

July 8, 2009

Posted by David McRee on BlogTheBeach.com
Spencer Johnson and his incredible radio controlled surfer. American ingenuity at its best.
Find out more and buy the DVD at http://reeseproductions.com/videos.html#RadioWaves
This is one of the coolest and most amazing things I’ve encountered since I bought my iphone;-)

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Hurricane Ike Redux

February 16, 2009

Flipping through my photos this evening I came across some shots I took down on Anna Maria Island on September 11, 2008 during Hurricane Ike’s passage through the gulf. We had some pretty big swells. I surfed here a lot back in the late 1970’s with my buddy Alex. Those were the days. Definitely too [...]

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Jumping Dolphin and Surfer

January 24, 2009

During the swell from Hurricane Dean back in 2007 I happened to be shooting video of the surfers in Blind Pass, which rarely breaks. Blind Pass is a narrow and relatively shallow pass between the north end of St. Pete Beach (aka Upham Beach) and the south end of Treasure Island (aka Sunset Beach).
This surfer [...]

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Florida Gulf Surfing Video

December 22, 2008

Golden Hour from Cavin Brothers on Vimeo.
Here’s a beautiful sunset surfing session on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Tayler Brothers in the water. Hat tip to Gulfster for putting this video on their site, where I could discover it.

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Surfing Rules on Florida’s Atlantic Coast

November 28, 2008

Everywhere you go on Florida’s Atlantic Coast you see surfboards of all kinds. The surf is nearly always up to some degree on the Atlantic Coast.

Supplying all the wave riding vehicles are innumerable surf shops and beach supply stores. But you don’t have to buy a surfboard–most any surf shop will rent a surfboard to [...]

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