Oceanside: The California Surf Festival celebrates awareness and support for surf history preservation through the California Surf Museum. It is an international event destination bringing people from all over the world to Oceanside, California, to experience surf culture through films, music, art, photography and interaction with those who embody the culture as well as highlight the surf community of California. The California Surf Film Festival, produced as a benefit by the California Surf Museum (CSM) in Oceanside, will include exciting and groundbreaking new surf films with many of the filmmakers in attendance … More Informations HERE!

“Baumpfleger, Holzarbeiter, Kletterer: Gerald F. Beranek bewegt sich seit 1969 auf Bäumen. “Jerry” bietet Klettertouren und Übernachtungen in den Mammutbäumen an der Küste Kaliforniens an. Kurse von Mai bis Spätsommer, Preis abhängig von Kursart und Gruppengröße. Beraneks Buch “The Fundamentals of General Tree Work” wendet sich an Waldarbeiter und ist das wohl umfassendste Werk zum Thema.” > Beraneks Publications, P.O. Box 251 Fort Bragg, CA 95437, USA. Tel.: 001-707-964 24 33. www.atreestory.com (Quelle: GEO)

Weitere Links zum Thema Tree Climbing: www.dancingwithtrees.com, www.treeclimbing.com

“Southern California isn’t exactly famous for gaping barrels. Luckily every so often the Golden State enjoys a punchy mix of combo swell that causes beachbreaks state-wide to flare up. Jesse Merle-Jones and Scott Aichner link up on a drainer. Photo: Aichner”

Eric Geiselman says shark broke his board — and his nerve at Santa Cruz

Pro surfer Eric Geiselman’s surfboard was broken in half by what he thinks was a great white shark Thursday evening while he was surfing off Laguna Road, Santa Cruz. Geiselman, in town from New Smyrna Beach, Fla., for the Cold Water Classic, was surfing for fun between heats with his younger brother Evan and friends around dusk Thursday.

The shark came up from under his board and broke it in half, he said. “Out of nowhere, a crazy force just blasted my board into two pieces — just clean,” said Geiselman, 21. “I think what happened is, I kicked it with my leg and I spooked it.” Geiselman said he was 50 yards from shore when he was hit. He panicked and paddled as fast as he could back to shore.

“My brother thought I was joking at first, but his face just turned blue when he saw that I was serious,” Geiselman said. “I can’t even describe the terror I felt. When I got back onshore, I thought I was going to pass out with all of the adrenaline rushing through me.” Geiselman’s board, used only three times and shaped by his father, was broken just above the fins. There were no teeth marks in the board.

Cold Water Classics director Darren Brilhart said he got the call from Geiselman at dusk Thursday. “No bites, but it freaked … him,” Brilhart said. “He competed (Friday) but ended up losing. I’m not sure if it was a result of nerves but it could have been. He does come from the shark capital of the world, though. Typically if you get found by a white shark you’re not surviving.”

Geiselman said surfers in New Smyrna Beach typically encounter blacktip and spinner sharks daily. However, the Fox Racing and Etnies-sponsored surfer said coming across a white shark was not something he anticipated. “I’ve been doing Cold Water Classics for I think five years now but this is the most drama I’ve experienced, for sure,” Geiselman said. “Plus, it was the worst run I’ve had yet. Usually I have a great time, though.”

Sean Van Sommeran, of the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation in Santa Cruz, said the encounter was most likely with a white shark. “It is a well known, sharky stretch of beach,” Van Sommeran said. “The possibility that he came in hard contact with a great white is 99.9 percent likely. There are 200 species of sharks documented in the bay but the only shark with the potential to be this close to the shore would be a white shark.”

Van Sommeran said there are many things that could go wrong when surfing, but coming up against a shark is not something that happens often. Geiselman said he is just happy to be alive.

He spent Friday afternoon surfing with friends off Año Nuevo filming footage for his sponsors. “It’s scary to think how vulnerable you really are out in the ocean,” Geiselman said. “I’m definitely not too keen to surf that lane again, but they’re all around. I’ll still be here.” (Quelle: Surfersvillage Global Surf News, Foto: Geo)

Hotel project pairs surf industry with interieur designers! The Riviera Design Series presents the Casa Surf Project, which brings together Orange County’s local surf industry and elite interior designers. We matched ten SoCal designers with ten lifestyle brands to work in teams bringing inspiration to each newly remodeled room at the historic 38-room boutique hotel, La Casa Del Camino in Laguna Beach.

The surf lifestyle brands that sponsored rooms are Etnies, Rip Curl, Roxy, Quiksilver, Glaceau, Billabong Men’s, Billabong Women’s, Lost International, L*Space Swim and Riviera magazine.

Each surf company chose a charity to benefit from their new room, so for one year, two percent of the rack rates for each night the room is occupied will go to the designated nonprofits. Check it out at La Casa Del Camino Hotel 1289 S. Coast Hwy Laguna Beach, CA 92651 on  Monday, November 2! (Quelle: Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 28 October, 2009)

Am Sonntag, den 13. September beginnt die Waiting Period des 6. von 10 Stopps derASP Worldtour. Gesurft wird wieder im klassischen Format, sprich alle Surfer treten in Runde 1 an. Einige heiße Heats sind dabei … aus Deutscher Sicht interessant: Marlon Lipke trifft im Heat 7 auf den Ex-Weltmeister C.J. Hobgood (USA) und Kekoa Bacalso (HAW). Harte Nuss! Kelly Slater trifft u.a. in Heat 9 auf seinen “Finalgegner 2008 Hossegor” Ace Buchan (AUS) und Afrokumpel Rob Machado (USA).

Das gesamte Schedule findet ihr Hier.

Die Liveaction HIER! Viel Spass & Daumen drücken!

Haight-Ashbury ist ein Stadtteil von San Francisco benannt nach der Kreuzung von Haight Street undAshbury Street. Bekanntheit erlangte das Gebiet in den 60er Jahren durch die Beatnik- und Hippie-Bewegung. Als berühmte Musiker, die in Haight-Ashbury ihren Wohnsitz hatten und die dortige Musikszene entscheidend mitprägten, sind Janis Joplin wie auch die Gruppen Grateful Dead und Jefferson Airplane zu nennen. Diverse Second-Hand Läden für Klamotten und Platten, Cafés und Kneipen …. – ein ganzer Tag in dieser Ecke San Franciscos ist schnell vorbei.

Fazit: Unbedingt sehenswert! Zu erreichen mit den Buslinien 7 und 71. Und die “offizielle” Website!

15th – 16th August 2009: The Supergirl Jam is the action sports industry’s only large-scale, all-girls action sports competition. This unique event features more than 100 of the top female action sports athletes in a competition series designed to promote and celebrate female strength, independence and empowerment. This year, the Supergirl Jam is expanding and will be held over three separate dates to better showcase the best female pros in surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding. Supergirl Jam, Oceanside, CA (Oceanside Pier)

Wer nicht die relativ teuren Übernachtungspreise im Yosemite NP bezahlen möchte, schläft gut, günstig und nah am Yosemite NP gelegen im Comfort Inn in Oakhurst. Einfache und saubere Zimmer, die je nach Buchungsvariante, um die € 80,- zu bekommen sind (sprich vorher per Internet buchen. Preise direkt beim Motel erfragen oder z.B. über Rabattesysteme wie Roomsaver). Bis zum (Süd-)Eingang des Parks fährt man weniger als eine halbe Stunde.

“The Comfort Inn^® Yosemite Area is ideally located in Oakhurst, just 15 minutes from the south entrance to Yosemite National Park. Oakhurst is the closest town to Yosemite National Park, which is open 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, every day of the year.

This Oakhurst, CA hotel is near attractions like the Badger Pass Ski Area, Bass Lake and the Sierra National Forest. Visitors will enjoy fishing, boating, hiking and horseback riding in the surrounding area.”

Comfort Inn Motel, 40489 Highway 41, Oakhurst, CA, US, 93644 | Phone: (559) 683-8282 Fax: (559) 658-7030 (Where to find?)