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Google Oceans

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Google is planning on 3d mapping the oceans. Google Earth has un-earthed (heh) more surf spots than any previous technology. 3d bathometric maps of the entire ocean floor could easily point to undersea mounts like Cortez Bank, but there is no word on whether the system will have the nearshore resolution to aid the search for more tame breaks.

In the mean time, check out this huge list marine data and overlays for Google Earth. Some favorites include tides predictions, worldwide cloud overlay (updated every 3 hours) and world wide bouy forcast from stormsurf.

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The Surfilmfetibal in San Sebastian (12-15th of Junio) has been running for 6 years. San Sebastian is definately one of my favorite towns in Europe, but I'd go just to put some sound to these band names: "Delorean" and "Los Tiki Phantoms".
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Ty Williams, Super Painter and half subject of an earlier ten over post has a bitchen website. Go by one of his paintings, the prices are totally reasonable. Thanks Ty!
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Surf Fever In Peru. You gotta love those NYTimes surf article titles.
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The TCA isn't done with their toll road through Trestles yet. They've successfully appealed to the US Fish And Wildlife Service to reject the findings of the Coastal Commission. There is some insight into how the agency has been infiltrated by capitalistic pigs on the erBB. Keep fighting.
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The brandnewest Hi-Shredability: Ford and Archy, part 1 and part 2. Fark! I love me some Hi Shred. Side note: If those hollywood dorks weren't such pansies, they would have cast Arch as Tyler Durdan in Fight Club.
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If you live in San Diego and the 180 hour stormsurf.com models are correct, the surf report for the next two weeks is as follows: small to micro.
If you've got one of these 10 foot plus Chris Christenson gliders in your quiver though, you won't even notice how small it is. Check the video footage in the VBS.tv on Chris as well.

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The art of Ty Williams and , via Quality Peoples.
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The DM3 is a new Fletcher Chouinard swallow tail thruster developed with and for Dan Malloy. Dan will be in the shop on May 3rd, answering questions about his new sled, which he says is... "The best all-around shortboard I've ever had.".
I own a KMRP, and I'll vouch for both the shape and the construction method. When you combine the weight, how it surfs, and durability, it equals out to the best thruster I've ever owned.

Oh yeah, the FC site is new, but it's pretty effing bland.

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I don't link to my bro Surfy Surfy much, cause I figure you all go there anyway, but his 2008 quiver shot is insane.
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More Newport goodness, Beautiful Losers is screening on May 1. Thanks ClayFin.
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