Glacier surfing. Filming in Alaska in 1995, photographer and surfer Ryan Casey looked at the huge waves kicked up by calving glaciers – up to 30 feet high, breaking on an ice shelf 18 inches deep, surrounded by tumbling chunks of ice as big as buildings – and thought,
I bet you could surf that. A month ago, Hawaiian big-wave surfers
Garrett McNamara and Keali’i Mamala
did it.
(YT)
posted by gottabefunky
on Sep 13, 2007 -
32 comments
Firefox “causes” breakup... One man uses his fiance's computer to surf dating and swinger websites. He's careful to wipe his passwords etc. as he surfs - and then for good measure, de-installs Firefox.
The fiance then decides to install Firefox for the usual reasons, not knowing the above and happens to decides to edit the list of sites to never save passwords for. And comes across a list of said websites, and realises that he's still an active member of those websites.
Surely when you de-install a program, the uninstallation process should get rid of program-related data too, like in games? Although the geniuses at Firefox
manifestly disagree with this.
Other commenters also think the man was
in the right.
posted by badlydubbedboy
on Mar 23, 2006 -
61 comments
Surfrider is a nonprofit environmental organization that produces a annual
"State of the Beach" (explanation
here) report with information about US beach access (public access and private ownership issues), water quality, beach erosion, surfing, links and more. Reports are available for
Hawaii,
West Coast,
Gulf States,
Southeast,
Mid Atlantic,
Puerto Rico,
Northeast and
Great Lakes.
In-depth
Water Quality reports for beaches in CA, HI, TX, AL, and parts of FL, as well as results of beach water testing conducted by (or sanctioned by)
Surfrider Chapters are also available.
There are also Surfrider chapters in:
Australia,
Brazil, Canada (no website),
Europe and
Japan.
EPA: Beaches is also an excellent resource for information about the condition of US beaches.
[via LII New This Week]
posted by mlis
on Jun 5, 2005 -
7 comments
Mavericks: The Wave Beyond
The conditions were right and, about 30 hours ago, they announced this year's Mavericks Surf Contest was ON, the waves get as big as 50 feet and are considered "one of the most challenging waves in the world"! This isn't Hawaii, this is just off the coast of
Half Moon Bay, California!
posted by fenriq
on Mar 2, 2005 -
37 comments
Surf's Up! While many of us in North America are battling freezing rain, sleet, snow, and other sub-zero madness, the folks on the north shore of Oahu are enjoying their own December
weather phenomenon.
posted by Crackerbelly
on Dec 20, 2004 -
15 comments
Boeing is upping the chance you'll be able to surf while you fly.. Question is: will more of these devices also mean a lower price?
posted by jackstark
on Jun 12, 2001 -
9 comments
The weezils at AllAdvantgae.com are up to no good. - First of all, who thought paying people to surf was a brilliant way to make money? AllAdvantage is now seeing the error or their ways and is switching all members over from the Pay to Surf plan to a new Sweepstakes plan regardless of whether their members want to switch or not. Apparently those who have bothered to read the email they sent out about the switch are getting pissed.
posted by Nyarlathotep
on Aug 25, 2000 -
4 comments
