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Surf: 4/5 = Well Above Average Price: 4/5 = Quite Cheap! Party: 4/5 = Great bars and good people. Localism: 2/5 = It’s not your wave, and don’t forget it. Thieves: 1/5 = Pick pockets and car break-ins are common, very common. Time Frame: January 2009 Two of my amigos and I decided that we [...]
The Surfing Association of Nova Scotia (SANS) is planning to hold its annual fall contest on the Labour Day weekend at Lawrencetown Beach. Dubbed the “Shut up and Surf Classic”, this contest won’t have any gear to win or big cash prizes. The idea is to get back to the basics: fun, simple competition among [...]
With Hurricane Bill having blow though Nova Scotia, there are no doubt a few surfers with fresh dings on their beloved surfboards. In the coming days, some of those surfers will likely be paying a visit to Neal Durling, who has become one of the go-to guys for surfboard repairs in the Halifax area. ScotiaSurfer.com [...]
On August 8, Nova Scotia’s surfer girls took over Lawrencetown Beach for the One Life Surfari, the only annual women’s surf contest in Eastern Canada. The results were as follows: Shortboard: 1st: Julie Baldwin 2nd (tied): Kim Childs and Janine Strickland Longboard: 1st: Kim Childs 2nd: Michelle Richards 3rd: Caralee Murphy Junior: 1st: Sylvie 2nd: [...]
The 6th Annual Point Michaud Surf Classic is fast approaching. The two-day surf contest and camp-out will take place at Point Michaud Beach Provincial Park, Cape Breton Island on August 29 and 30. Registration for the event is free for students of the Summer Surf Program and $10 for non-students. Registration includes entry into all [...]
Over the next few days, while surfing the powerful swells created by Hurricane Bill, it will help to have a reserve of good karma. One way to build up that reserve will be to attend the Fourth Annual Oceans Alive charity event this Friday night (August 21) at the Waterfront Campus of the Nova Scotia [...]
It’s still too early to tell. That’s the response ScotiaSurfer.com got from Peter Bowyer, program supervisor at the Canadian Hurricane Centre, when asked about whether Hurricane Bill will hit Nova Scotia directly. The storm, listed as a Category 2 hurricane, was still more than 2,000 kilometres southeast of Bermuda as of noon on Tuesday. The [...]
To help raise money for the Children’s Wish Foundation of Nova Scotia, former surfboard shaper Scott Forbes is selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a 1 1/2-hour tattoo session at his popular tattoo shop, Oceanic Art Custom Tattooing in Downtown Dartmouth. The raffle is part of the Oceans Alive charity benefit, which takes [...]
Team Tennis rallied for a victory at the first annual Back to the Beach Community Surfing Contest on Sunday. Photo courtesy of Jes Alsop | SEE THE CONTEST PHOTO GALLERY The surf gods blessed The Reef at Lawrencetown Beach with perfect weather and wave conditions for the first annual Back to the Beach Community Surfing [...]
