Video Surfing – Cold Water Classic 2009 Tasmania – Day 5 ACTION Clip – Kicking off in March 2009, the Series will first travel to Tasmania for the most Southern event within professional surfing. The island state 240km off mainland Australia boasts big powerful surf a…
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Bordering Costa Rica on the Pacific Coast, Panama’s Chiriqui Province is emerging as a popular tourist destination – especially the Gulf of Chiriqui, which contains a wide variety of adventure vacation opportunities. Long a favorite of sport fishermen and backpackers, this location is now being discovered by mainstream vacationers, sparking interest in resort developments of all kinds.
“I was immediately attracted to the abundance of occasions for authentic Panamanian experiences,†says Ben Loomis, President of Amble Resorts, which is planning development of a luxury eco resort in Chiriqui: The Resort at Isla Palenque. “The opportunities for adventure activities combined with the Gulf’s rare, unspoiled beauty are making this location the next hot spot in Panama real estate.  Details
Plans to open the first full time surfing museum in Europe have taken a major step forward. North Devon District Council has approved planning permission for the Museum of British Surfing to be established in Braunton.
“I’m delighted the council has given us their blessing,” said founder Peter Robinson, “6 years of hard work have finally paid off and we stand a real chance of opening in 2010.”
The surf museum is working with North Devon Plus to get the core funding in place to fit out the building as a 21st century event-based visitor attraction at the old Saltrock factory outlet building on the Vellator Industrial Estate…Â Details
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Surfing America, the National Governing Body for surfing in the USA, is pleased to announce that a new series of events, called Surfing America Prime, will blanket the nation in the 2009/2010 competition season.Â
What was PacSun WSA Prime presented by Got Milk?—an incredibly successful series of events for “under 18†surfers on the West Coast this past year—will expand its footprint across the country under the Surfing America banner. The Surfing America Prime series will be made up of ten (10) events in total: six contests on the West Coast, three contests on the East Coast, and one in Texas.  … Details