Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 19 April, 2010 : – -Â A company over the weekend introduced its new shark bite repellent anklet at the Boards and Waves Expo in Cocoa Beach. The anklet, made by Repel Sharks, LLC, is made of a series of magnets and attractive beads that fits like a piece of jewelry, but repels sharks.
“The magnets interfere with the shark’s sensory abilities,” said Bob Millings of Repel Sharks. “The shark’s electrosense, located in its nose, detects the electrical currents produced by the magnetic fields, creating a repellent response.”  … Details
ASP International iPhone application, ASPtogo, is now available for download online, putting the world’s best surfing in your pocket wherever you may roam.
The ASPtogo application gives the user live scores, heat results, photos, videos and connects to LIVE video feeds of the world’s best surfers going off in the world’s best waves.
One download will … Details
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San Francisco’s lust for design innovation stops with its surfers.
That’s unfortunate since Thomas Meyerhoffer, a San Francisco-area surfer and inventor, has designed a surfboard that has so radically reshaped longboarding, a month after it hit the market in March it’s already changed at least one man’s life.
“Nothing has changed the game like my 8-foot Meyer,” 35-year surf veteran Tom Hansen of Florida wrote in an email to the inventor. When Meyerhoffer wondered if the surfer wasn’t teasing his pear-shaped invention, which had already drawn heckles during tests at his home breaks — Hansen sent a follow-up email with two photos of his 30 boards made by top shapers, which he says are all “going bye bye”.
Now, Hansen wrote, “I rip like a kid.” … Details
So, I know there’s a bit of a rumor going around the youth culture/action sports/industry insider/shred dog circles that sportswear mogul, Nike, is going to buy Burton Snowboards.
As it turns out, this is not true. But more on that later.
What I am interested in here is not only that an until-recently-non-endemic company is looking to buy a boardsports company, but that there is yet another buyout in the air. Let’s remember that in February of 2006, Burton bought Channel Islands … Details