Beach Trading Blog

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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Surfers were greeted with 8′ waves on the opening day of the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach in Australia yesterday.
The boys were happy to take advantage of the big waves and show off their skills with ASP top-ranked surfer Kelly Slater (USA) posting the highest heat total and single wave score of […]

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PRESS RELEASE
More than 300 professional and amateur men and women surfers of all ages are scheduled to compete in the Ron Jon Surf Shop 44th Annual Easter Surf Festival, scheduled from Thurs., March 20 to Sun., March 23 in Cocoa Beach. Competing surfers will travel from around the globe to participate in the annual contest, […]

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Researchers examining Australian damselfish have found small fry with asymmetrical ear bones are less likely to make it back to their reef homes after a stint out at sea (research paper, press release). As warmer and more acidic oceans are likely to result from global warming, more fish are going to be swimming around lost.
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Here’s an interesting sailing story we just found in the Honolulu Star Bulletin:
It is counterintuitive that a boat that relies on wave propulsion could move in the direction of oncoming waves.
But that is just what the Suntory Mermaid II does.
Now, Japanese adventurer Ken-ichi Horie is planning to skipper the world’s foremost wave-powered vessel 4,350 miles […]

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On Saturday, March 1, Robert Audett of Jasper, Texas, won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Louisiana/Texas Division tournament held on Sam Rayburn Reservoir.
Audett won the tournament with a five-bass catch weighing a total of 20lbs, 2oz.
The win netted Audett $4,744 and put him a step closer to qualifying for the Lake Ouachita Regional Championship in […]

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