… immediately thought about Dan Pastor. I knew that Dan had been riding here and there because ESPN contribution photog Garth Milan told me that he had done a photoshoot with him recently. I also knew that Dan’s been surfing his ass off, but I that’s about it. He’s obviously been out of the spotlight as far as FMX goes, so I decided to hit him up and see what the hell he’s been doing to pass the time… More info
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PRESS RELEASE
The C Street Surfing Museum Foundation, a 501-c3 non-profit organization founded in 2005 to re-create a surfing museum in Ventura is closing. The board of directors voted to close the foundation this past week. citing several factors, including the in-ability to find an appropriate permanent location for the museum within Ventura.
The Foundation plans to distribute approximately $10,000.00 over the next few months to local surfing and ocean sports related organizations within the community. This distribution will be done through a mini-grant process, providing grants to different organizations.
The main Foundation fundraising event, the annual C Street Longboard Classic surf contest will continue to be held, but will now be run by and for the benefit of the Ventura Surf Club.
For more information: www.cstreetlongboard.com / www.venturasrurfclub.org .
If you’re blessed enough that all you surf is warm-water, tropical breaks, then Surfer’s Ear is probably not something that you ever need to be super concerned about. But for the rest of us who have to deal with cold-water, wetsuits, ice-cream headaches, and generally freezing our tushies off for the sake of catching a few waves, Surfer’s Ear is something you better be paying close attention to…
…A few weeks ago Transworld put together a really good resource on Surfer’s Ear. You should definitely check it out as it’s packed with tons of good info and links. Sometimes it just better to see it with your own eyes instead of reading about it. Thanks to the boys over at Surf Donkey, we can do that. They put together a little video series where Lance, who is actually suffering from Surfer’s Ear, visits the Doc who breaks it down on video in Layman’s terms… More info
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A SURF instructor from Penwith is the only Cornish girl to reach the final stages of a top UK model search.
Jessica Ferin, a 22-year-old from Penzance who has been teaching people how to ride the waves at Gwithian for the past two seasons, is lining up against 28 other girls to compete for the title of Miss Top Model UK.
The competition attracted thousands of entrants when it started and around 100 girls were selected for interviews in London ahead of the final in London’s Porchester Hall on March 27…. More info