Green rides

Trying to explain the Zen-like aspects of surfing to a non-surfer is usually a pointless, if not embarrassing, exercise. All too often you end up walking right into the “far-out, hippie-surfer-dude” stereotype.
Rather than explaining “the stoke”, it’s really something you have to experience. And once you do, you come to realize that surfing is, in [...]

Photo of the Day: Weekend Warriors

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What a week

A lot of Nova Scotians have been cursing the rainy, foggy, overcast weather we’ve been having, but not surfers. The lingering weather system has blessed the province with a full week of surf, something that’s normally unheard of at this time of the year. Photo: Reed Holmes | PLEASE POST YOUR PHOTOS

Photo of the Day: Fun in the liquid sun

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Photo of the Day: Balance

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Travel Report: Southwest Ireland

Surf: 3.5/5 = Above Average
Price: 2/5 = Quite expensive!
Party: 4/5 = Great pubs and better people.
Localism: 4/5 = It’s anyone’s wave!
Thieves: 1/5 = Pick pockets & car break-ins are common.
Time frame: January-March 2008
We started off by flying into Shannon Airport, a small airport outside Limerick (stab city), Ireland.  My stay would be for four months, [...]

Photo of the Day: Tucked-in

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O’Neill Cold Water Classic: South Africa

June 19, 2009 – Cape Town, South Africa
The past two days might have seen clean solid eight-foot swell, light winds and clear blue skies and sunshine, but don’t be deceived. The wildest event in professional surfing looks set to live up to its name.
Locally predicting conditions for the O’Neill Cold Water Classic South Africa is [...]

Photo of the Day: Floatie

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Triumph over trash

Busted lobster traps, mattresses, chunks of metal and about 15 bags full of trash were collected during the Coastal Access Committee’s annual Cow Bay Beach Clean-up last Sunday.
About 24 volunteers, both surfers and local residents, participated in the event, according to Iaian Archibald, chair of the Coastal Access Committee.
The area covered in the clean-up stretched [...]