'Hanging 10': A surfing history lesson Jun 13, 2008
The museum will show "Hanging 10," a history of surfing at the Jacksonville beaches, starting Saturday. A description at the exhibit states that the origins of surfing in Jacksonville are as uncertain as the sport itself. (Florida Times-Union)
Beach Boys: Tim Winton's 'Breath' Jun 7, 2008
The Australian surf legend Nat Young, author of the imposing "Complete History of Surfing" (along with the more usefully prophylactic "Surf Rage"), reportedly once tried to register surfing as a religion. Even Frankie Avalon, board-shorted stalwart of Hollywood's beach party movies, was given to the odd soggy pronouncement about sun, sand and the meaning of life. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Kids in safe hands as mums catch a break Dec 22, 2007
" Social commentator Craig McGregor - who wrote The History Of Surfing with Nat Young and This Surfing Life with Midget Farrelly - said "it's about time it happened". "There have always been female surfers but they operated on the periphery," he said. "Over the past couple of years the female push has really gathered momentum, with former world champion Layne Beachley and a number of popular movies. The macho male surfer hasn't been destroyed but he is certainly on his knees. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Birds `n' barrels Sep 14, 2007
Jenkins says: "If you look at the history of surfing culture, surfers seem to spend a lot of time making documentaries about themselves. So it rang true. Plus making an animated Spinal Tap was very cool.". SURF'S UP Directors Chris Buck, Ash Brannon Voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel Rated G Screening now. (Sydney Morning Herald)
At the 'Heart' of the revolution Jul 27, 2007
In 1993, there was the landmark show, Kustom Kulture: Von Dutch, Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth, Robert Williams and Others ; in 2002, Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing. Like these projects, Torch and Flame is accompanied by a richly illustrated and highly readable exhibition catalog that evokes the texture of the times and lives it recounts. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
More penguins, this time on surfboards Jun 8, 2007
After a brief introduction to the history of surfing, accompanied by tinny music and scratchy, sepia-toned mock-film of penguins zipping about through the centuries, the camera finds its main subject in freewheeling Rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick (voiced by Shia LaBeouf). A native of Shiverpool, Antarctica, young Cody would much rather catch a wave on his ice-slab surfboard than help his mother and brother with their egg-sitting and fish-slicing duties. (Boston Globe)
Riding life's wave Feb 18, 2007
Noll said he has been asked for years his thoughts on surfing and thought it would be good to put it in a book, and to give people a comprehensive history of surfing. The Daily Triplicate is published Tuesday through Saturday in Crescent City, California by Please visit our parent company and our other newspapers here. (Daily Triplicate)
