Beach Trading Blog

Ever needed a legitimate excuse to go surfing? Today you finally have it: International Surfing Day. Created by SURFING Magazine, this unofficial, official surfers’ holiday gives you a chance to promote and celebrate the sport while bringing awareness to the state of our oceans and beaches.
The goal is simple: take the day, or at least […]

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Hawaii’s Cynthia Derosier is changing lives for troubled teens on the shores of Oahu one wave at a time.
The freelance art director—with help from Hawaii Girls Court and in conjunction with her local Surfrider chapter—has started the Surfrider Spirit Sessions, a six-week program that is run by surfers and is, “aimed at showing troubled teenaged […]

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On her first cast of the day a women in Eureka, CA, landed a whopping 120lb halibut off the Northern California coast on Memorial Day.
At first she thought she was hooked on a rock but as her reel nearly spooled and her husband drove their boat in pursuit they knew she had hooked a lunker!
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Sporting a white men’s rash guard shirt, surfer TJ Barron won the ASP Hawaii / Macy’s E-Series Event #1 in fun, 2 foot surf at Oahu’s Maili Point on Saturday, May 17th.
Barron’’s victory in the 1-star World Qualifying Series (WQS) event earned him $2,500 dollars and 250 WQS points. Second place went to Joel […]

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Sunday, May 11th, Surfers Paradise Queensland - Teenage surfing sensation Ellie-Jean Coffey, (NSW), has made her mark as a future surfing star by beating a group of the nation’s best female surfers to win the open women’s division of the inaugural Lizzy Surf Series at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast.
Stop no.1 of 3 in […]

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This just in from the California State Parks Foundation:
San Onofre State Beach needs our help!
The toll road backers in Orange County are appealing to the federal government to override the Coastal Commission and get special approval to build their toll road through San Onofre State Beach.
Click here and take 30 seconds to send a letter […]

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This week we’re putting ALL of our bodyboard bags on sale!
From now until Friday, May 16th, you can get an additional 10% of on a navy, black or camo body board bag simply by using coupon code bodyboardbag when you checkout.
These body board bags are huge and can fit all your gear including you fins, […]

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SAN CLEMENTE, California (Tuesday, April 29, 2008) – The opening day of the 6.0 Lowers Pro has hit the water in clean, two-to-three foot waves at Lower Trestles, California, and 192 of the hungriest competitors in the world are kick starting their respective campaigns for prize money, valuable ratings points and the highly-coveted 6.0 Lowers […]

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P&G, in partnership with Berkley, will host a visit with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Charlotte on Saturday, April 26 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Charlotte Convention Center in conjunction with the Wal-Mart FLW Tour National Guard Open on Lake Norman April 24-27.
Each participant will receive a T-shirt from P&G and a […]

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Kelly Slater (USA) rang his third Bell by winning the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach for the 3rd time today.
Slater now has back-to-back wins in the first 2 opening events of the 2008 ASP World Tour securing his spot as #1 in the World.
Slater launched some huge air to earn a last minute score […]

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