The Virginia Beach surf welcomed more than 225 children, Saturday, and all of them were Autistic . Lily Olsen didn’t let the rain stop her from catching a wave. It’s something her mother, Felisa Strickland, loves to see.
“She doesn’t really talk, so I don’t really know what she’s thinking, but she looks like she’s having fun.”
The Surfers Healing event is bittersweet for Lily and her mom … More
A wave-gliding robot has been deployed off the coast of San Francisco to stealthily keep an eye on great white sharks in the Pacific Ocean.
The surfbot is part of an arsenal of ocean-tracking tech that’s receiving data from acoustic tags on the predators and transmitting it back to shore. Fixed buoys also pick up the sharks’ signals when the animals swim within 1,000 feet (305m) of them.
“Our goal is to use revolutionary technology that increases our capacity to observe our oceans and census populations, improve   … More
Israel “Izzy†Paskowitz grew up in a family of nomadic Jewish surfers, living in a camper with his parents, seven brothers and a sister. His father, Dorian, was a doctor who worked long enough to build up some cash and then quit his job and took his family on an adventure.
Israel “Izzy†Paskowitz is a former pro surfer, founder of Surfers Healing and the author of “Scratching the Horizon: A Surfing Life,†due out Aug. 21.
Now 49, Izzy has authored a book, “Scratching the Horizon: A Surfing Life,†co-written by Daniel Paisner. He’s also the founder of Surfers Healing, which offers autistic children a chance to experience the thrill of surfing  … More
Despite the conditions the world’s best surfers have been tearing into the chunky lefthander of Teahupo’o the past two days and, once again, the Brazilians proved to be in top form.