To Pee or Not to Pee: That is the Question

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To pee or not to pee: that is the question; Whether 'tis warmer in the lineup to suffer The stink and yellow of our own urine, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To shiver: to freeze; No more; and by with a quick piss we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation... ...Nothing like a little Hamlet ripoff to preface a nice user poll on peeing in your wetsuits.  Smelly booties anyone? -P.K. Keep … [Read more...]

Buy Some Stuff, Support the Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup

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Our friends over at Envirosurfer are doing something super cool...they are donating 5% of all sales this month to the Nature Conservancy’s Fund for Gulf Coast Restoration to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf.  Now you know, so go to their site and support the cause www.greensurfshop.com .   Envirosurfer is a new web-based eco friendly surf shop.  Their overreaching theme as told by Jared at Envirosurfer is "driving our surf shop so that surfers no longer need to sacrifice performance … [Read more...]

Cigarette Butts and the Ocean

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It's a little known fact that the biggest pollutant to hit the oceans isn't those plastic bags from your local supermarket, or oil from the Exxon Valdez or brown trout from your local sewer, it's CIGARETTE BUTTS. If you're a surfer who smokes, well, you should quit. But if you're in town, and you see someone toss a cigarette our their car window, give 'em hell. Those butts get washed into the sewage, and out into the ocean. It's nasty. Ok, rant over. … [Read more...]

Twilight’s Edward Cullen fights new LNG facilities and dirty beaches

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Yes, that's right!  Twilight's own Edward Cullen has shown up to fight proposed Liquid Natural Gas facilities in Long Island, New York.  Further, he's taking his celeb creds on the beach to pick up litter and point out just how big the problem really is.  Click here link for the full photo essay (which is a work in progress). Local New York photographer, sponger extraordinaire and good friend to DailyStoke, Allison "Box" Blanchette has put her creative talents to amazingly entertaining use.  … [Read more...]

Surfing an eco-friendly wave of green.

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The foam board revolution has been hailed one of the grandest changes in the surfboard's history since the invention of the fin. But after many decades of buying and using these surfboards, many of our eco-conscious brethren have realized that they have been hypocrites. We needed to change the materials used in shaping and glassing our precious boards.  Firstly, the foam itself is being wasted every time a board is snapped at Pipeline, meaning that more energy is being used to create more blanks … [Read more...]

Standup Paddle Magazine launches: surfers everywhere puke a little

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Yep. It's true. As announced over at SurfersVillage.com, the surfing world has put out another magazine for us self respecting surfers not to buy. Standup Paddle Magazine launched it's virgin issue this month, ushering in a whole new error of anti-cool. While surfers the world over puke and laugh with disgust, we have an as of yet unconfirmed account of Chris Cote slitting his wrists. Apparently, the first issue will focus on standup paddle surfing, how to stand prone, how to select a paddle, … [Read more...]

Southern California: Paradise Lost

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Perhaps this isn't a myth, especially if you surf in Southern California, but Southern California isn't what its all cracked up to be. Although the water is generally pleasant and warm, and the weather is always around 72 degrees, the Southern California beach paradise myth ends there. Now, I want to say from the very beginning that Southern California will always have a special place in my heart since it is the place that I spent so many of my formative delinquent years, but I feel like I just … [Read more...]

I like my surfing lifestyle to be smoke free…

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... so I guess I just might buy stuff from this guy from now on. When buying from this guy, I am assured that the gear he  is selling is smoke-free! What more could an underage goody-goody-two-shoes ask for? And yes, I really care what kind of environment my future gear has endured, like if it was tucked in at night, or if it was sexually abused, drunk all the time, and whipped by a leather belt. Now, I wouldn't buy anything from an environment like that! If I buy something, it'll have to be … [Read more...]

British Columbia to San Diego Road Trip Pt. 4: Point Conception

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On the cusp between Central and Southern California, this spot is a little off the beaten path, and most frequently visited by seniors with 50 foot motorhomes, but this serene little slice of California coastline is protected by the state and sticks further into the Pacific than just about anywhere else.  With Vandenburg Air Force base to the north and a sprawling cattle ranch to the south, you can just imagine yourself in a simpler time; a time before mega malls, 20 lane highways, and yes, even … [Read more...]

Met up with Yvon Chouinard at Patagonia

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I met up with Yvon Chouinard and his crew from Patagonia yesterday morning. They rock. Chouinard was really talking it up about One Percent for the Planet, which is a group of companies that are donating 1% of their sales (sales, not profits - that's a big difference!) to over one thousand environmental organizations. Nicely done. I was stoked to meet Yvon Chouinard, as he is something of a hero to the peeps at DailyStoke.com. … [Read more...]