Posts in category: Babble
Babble 03/31/2008
Bullshit SoCal Shark Sightings
Just who do those deadly looking fins slicing the waters off Huntington Beach belong to?
Rumors of great white shark sightings along the Southern California coast in recent weeks are the buzz of the beach, leaving a few surfers spooked.
Tom Larkin is convinced that a shark jolted his surfboard and left what looks like a bite mark on the back end while he waited for a wave in the waters near Bolsa Chica State Beach earlier this month.
After paddling in as his damaged surfboard took on water, the 26-year-old stock analyst from Manhattan Beach said he “proceeded to freak out in the parking lot. I don’t know what else it could have been.”
But Huntington Beach lifeguards dismiss the reports as hogwash — even though great whites have been spotted in the area in years past.
“As far as we know, there’s not any evidence there’s great whites in our vicinity,” said marine safety officer Steve Reuter of the Huntington Beach city lifeguards.
And Los Angeles County lifeguard patrols haven’t recorded any unusual sightings, said Capt. Terry Harvey.
“It’s springtime; people are saying ‘shark’ and they’re freaking out,” Reuter said.
He said surfers and swimmers are more likely to encounter less-dangerous thresher, blue or nurse sharks. In other words: “I would call it shenanigans.”
Reuter’s only recent shark-related incident was an injured 3-foot mako shark that washed ashore, thrashing around in pain. After bystanders tried to pet the dying animal — which normally stays in deep water — lifeguards had to destroy it, he said.
[ via: latimes.com ]
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Babble 03/28/2008
Jenna Jameson Goes Surfing
Jenna Jameson headed down to Tavarua Fiji with boyfriend Tito Ortiz to Hang with the Nixon crew for the Annual Nixon High Tide Hold’em. Here’s some epic footage (and horrible music) from the week.
Nixon / Surfer Magazine Slideshow
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Babble 03/28/2008
Random Things I've Found - "Happy" Accident
ok, this is the new feature called “Random Things I’ve Found” because over the years, I’ve found and collected a lot of random things, and I decided I might as well show them to you (on slow news days) instead of just keeping them in a box.
I found this image in a LIFE Magazine from the early 1940’s, and still think it’s funny every time I see it. Do you think the photographer set up the shot like that, or is this whole thing just a “happy” accident?
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Babble 03/28/2008
Dono, Jack & Zappos
Check out the new commercial that my good friend Richard Henkels (check out his AWESOME website for hours of entertainment) just shot for Zappos. The spot uses Donavon Frankenreiter‘s song “Free”, which Dono originally had on his demo, but then re-recorded with Jack Johnson for his self-titled debut.
I may be wrong, but I think I remember them also using this song in a Verizon commercial last year. Good on ya’ Dono, keep ca$hing those checks!
What do you guys think of the spot? Fitting use for the song? I think it works.
p.s.- the quality isn’t great, I’ll post a better version when I find one.
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Babble 03/26/2008
HUGE Tres Palmas
Pretty amazing shot of Dennis Ritch at Tres Palmas in Puerto Rico last week. If you’ve never seen it before, Tres is basically the PR version of Waimea. It only breaks when it’s huge. Also, there’s massive elk horn coral heads all over the place, so the consequences could be pretty bad if you blow it.
[ Photo: Tom Casella ]
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Babble 03/26/2008
Quiksilver Busted for TNT
Last year this Quiksilver commercial Dynamite Surfing went viral really quickly, and people (dumbasses) actually believed it was real.
Real or not, I just don’t understand why they picked such a kook for the surfing in the video, the guys got the worst style I’ve ever seen!
Anyway, here’s the show Mythbusters proving that it could never work.
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Babble 03/24/2008
Get a $15,000 check for only $750
More specifically, you can buy Cory Lopez’s winning check from the 2003 U.S. Open of Surfing at Huntington Pier. Of course, it’s not worth $15,000 any more, but hey, you do get some other junk with it.
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Babble 03/18/2008
Bodyboarder Dies at Pipeline
Twenty-three-year-old bodyboarder Joshua Kalai Nakata, who by all accounts loved the ocean as much as he loved life, died Sunday after he apparently struck his head on the reef at the Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore.
With his bodyboard and fins ripped away, Nakata was under the water for about 10 to 15 minutes before he was found, family members said.
North Shore lifeguard Capt. Bodo Van Der Leeden said wave conditions for most of the day were 6 to 8 feet. At the time Nakata ran into trouble, 8- to 10-foot sets were coming in at low tide, Van Der Leeden said.
Lifeguards pulled Nakata out of the water and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation until paramedics arrived. He was taken in critical condition to Kahuku Hospital, where he died. An autopsy is expected to be performed today to determine the cause of death.
Nakata spent much of his spare time bodyboarding, family members said. His favorite spots were Back Doors and Off the Wall at Ehukai Beach Park. Nakata also frequented the Banzai Pipeline on days he knew he could handle the wave conditions, said his brother. Nakata had been bodyboarding for four years. His brother described him as smart and friendly.
[ via: star bulletin ]
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Babble 03/14/2008
Hi Shredability
Thanks to lat34 I just found out about vbs.tv’s show Hi Shredability. I started watching this episode about Kassia Meador, and then got sucked into watching all of the episodes for like 2 hours. THEN, I realized that VBS.TV (by Vice Magazine) has a ton of other shows that are all really great!
Instead of trying to re-write what they’re about, this is from their website:
VBS is an online broadcast network. We stream original content, free of charge and 24 hours a day. We carry a mix of domestic and international news, pop and underground culture coverage, and the best music in the world. People have used words like eclectic, smart, funny, shocking, and revolutionary to describe VBS, but we kind of just snapped our fingers in their faces and went, “Whatever. Tell us something we don’t know.”
With Academy Award-nominated director Spike Jonze (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich) as our creative director, original content from a veritable United Nations of contributors, and bureaus in 20 countries, VBS has hit the planet in a manner not unlike a massive global plague. Streaming on VBS’s signature “in-room” widescreen and remote, content will be available all the time, on-demand.
So if you have some time to waste, and want to watch some really great shows with minimal advertising (SKIP AD), you should definitely check out VBS. There’s a skate show Epicly Later’d with a great episode on my favorite street skater John Cardiel, and then make sure to check out Shot By Kern.
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