Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, left, and Newport Beach City Council Member Diane Dixon, listen to Maria Korcsmaros, right, who was attacked by a great white shark in 2016, talk about the importance of using shark-detecting technology. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) By Julia Sclafani | LA Times A shark-detecting buoy installed [...]
By BEN WALDRON | Surfer.com On January 18, 2018, Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira towed into a 68-foot avalanche of a wave at the infamous, Nazaré, Portugal. Yesterday, at the ceremony celebrating the opening for the WSL’s Big-Wave Tour season, Gabeira was presented with a Guinness World Record for “Largest wave surfed (unlimited) – female” for [...]
Dustin Ostrand and wife, Angela Fioretti, in Switzxerland where Fioretti is working on a post-docturate fellowship in solar energy science. (Photo courtesy of Dustin Ostrand) By ERIKA I. RITCHIE | Orange County Register It was about 4 p.m. Sunday, July 22, and the Dana Point native and his wife, Angela Fioretti, were packing [...]
Workers paint the scaffolding for the roof that will cover the walls of filters used in desalination and are in place at Poseidon Water's desalination plant site in Carlsbad. /ADDITIONAL INF0 - 01.WATERdesal.0412.mg - 04/06/2015 - MANDATORY CREDIT: MICHAEL GOULDING, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Poseidon Water is one permit away from building a desalination plant [...]
Laura Ashford said her two-year-old son, Harri, suffered severe burns after he touched the remnants of a beachfire that was buried underneath sand at a Welsh beach. (Facebook/Laura Ashford) By Nicole Darrah | FOX NEWS A young boy in Wales was severely burned Saturday when he stepped on the remains of a beach bonfire that [...]
DOZENS of people ride stand-up paddleboards in Newport Beach in 2013. The victim in a drowning last summer in Huntington Harbour reportedly was on a rented board without a life vest and didn’t know how to swim. (Kevin Chang Daily Pilot) By Hillary Davis - [email protected] | latimes.com The Newport Beach Harbor Commission wants [...]
by FOX 11 NEWS A large southerly swell from Hurricane Fabio will peak in height Friday evening, then slowly subside through this weekend. High Surf is expected for Los Angeles and Ventura County beaches through Friday, highest on exposed south facing beaches. Continue Reading >>>
Meet Ryan Rustan and his canine companion Sugar, the surfing dog. Ryan grew up in Huntington Beach and comes from a long line of surfers. From an early age, he hung out at the pier and got into a rough crowd of hardcore surf rats, leading to a troubled life as a young [...]
A new wave pool technology developed by pro surfer Kelly Slater is opening a new chapter for competitive surfers in the lead-up to the 2020 Olympics. By David Wharton | Los Angeles Times The wave rolls toward Jeremy Flores, gaining speed as it draws near, looking big and translucent and smooth as glass [...]
Much of the inner reef at Oahu's Hanauma Bay is dead after decades of tourism. The state may sign a law banning over-the-counter sunscreens believed to harm coral.Caleb Jones/AP By Vanessa Romo | NPR.org Hawaii lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit the sale of over-the-counter sunscreens containing chemicals they say are contributing [...]
