We caught up with legendary surfer and skateboard pioneer, Tony Alva at Vans’ recent 50th birthday celebrations at House of Vans London for a chat about skaters who surf, exploitation in skateboarding, the Olympics and the secret to a 42-year professional career, among other topics. Illustration: Marke Newton Interview: Henry Kingsford What have you been […]

Source: Tony Alva interview – Grey Skateboard Magazine

Methane explosions are forming craters in the northern tundra of Russia — and that’s deeply alarming to climatologists.

Source: Giant holes are bursting open in Siberia, and you can hear the explosions from 60 miles away

At least 33 US cities used water testing ‘cheats’ over lead concerns

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Guitarist, record producer and songwriter who co-wrote The Dark End of the Street and worked with Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Tammy Wynette

Source: Chips Moman obituary | Music | The Guardian

Working On a Dream: the Long Reef Old Mal & Vee Bottom Surf Fest

‘I am a Sunflower’: Amazing Chinese children’s propaganda record

When New England fishers complained of working harder and harder to catch fewer and fewer fish, Spencer Baird assembled a scientific team to investigate. Though a fishery failure would once have seemed inconceivable, Baird wrote in his report, “an alarming decrease of the shore-fisheries has been thoroughly established by my own investigations, as well as by evidence of those whose testimony was taken.” Continue reading

Source: The Number One Thing We Can Do to Protect Earth’s Oceans – BillMoyers.com

Can You Actually Run a Surf Event When It’s Dead Flat?

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The Man Who Seduced the 2nd Fleet

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Source: Summer Line Icon Pack Free Vector EPS Download | JUST™ Creative

California Primaries

Do you remember Bamboobee? The regrettably-named company first released a jig and bamboo tube set back in 2014, promising to make the DIY-minded bike lover into a bona fide bike builder. It featured a flat packing jig with a cool design, but I had reservations about the frame sizing, as

Source: Build A Bamboo Bike In Under 5 Hours

Its Official: US International Trade Commission Predicts Negligible Economic Benefits From TPP | Techdirt

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China plans undersea lab, 3km down / Boing Boing

Eigentlich soll Palmöl im Kraftstoff das Klima schützen. Nach Ansicht von Umweltschützern ist das Gegenteil der Fall.

Source: Biokraftstoffe: Europa giert nach Palmöl – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Dwindling of Arctic’s oldest ice since 1990

Six more islands have large swaths of land, and villages, washed into sea as a result of ‘dramatic impact of climate change’ on the Solomon Islands

Source: Five Pacific islands lost to rising seas as climate change hits

Ferry Surfing

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Warning against dangers to “workers, communities, and our environment,” more than 450 environmental advocacy groups called on Congress to reject the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Source: ‘Free Trade’ Will Kill Climate Movement, Hundreds of Groups Warn Congress

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Skate legend Tommy Guerrero was one of the biggest names in skateboarding in the 1980’s. As one of the Bones Brigade, Powell Peralta’s famous skate team, Guerrero would go on to head up…

Source: Skateboards and Guitar Chords: Tommy Guerrero Reflects on a life of Skating and Music Making | blurredvisionary

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Source: Individually-shrinkwrapped potatoes are why we must destroy capitalism / Boing Boing

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A Walk in the Dead Woods

Star Trek: The Next Generation beachwear

Source: Star Trek: The Next Generation beachwear

Algal bloom ‘of biblical proportions’ has led to protests and health emergency as concerns raised over dumping of rotting salmon in ocean

Source: Toxic ‘red tide’ in Chile prompts investigation of salmon farming | World news | The Guardian

A Tiny Spock Leaning on a 1964 Buick Riviera Is the Best Hot Wheels Car Ever

Australia’s natural wonder is in mortal danger. Bleaching caused by climate change has killed almost a quarter of its coral this year and many scientists believe it could be too late for the rest. Using exclusive photographs and new data, a Guardian special report investigates how the reef has been devastated – and what can be done to save it

Source: The Great Barrier Reef: a catastrophe laid bare | Environment | The Guardian

World’s first grid-connected tidal array almost complete

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Royal Hawaiian Featherwork: N? Hulu Ali‘i | LACMA

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This week we’re honoured to have the legend of TWANG drop into the Henhouse, Mr. Duane Eddy himself! For those of you who don’t know him, Duane Eddy revolutionized the sound of the electric guitar and became the king of “twang” with his trusty Gretsch guitar in hand.

Source: Episode 11 – Duane Eddy (Part 1)

Lost in time

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To imagine the ocean of the future: picture a writhing mass of unkillable tentacles, forever

Source: To imagine the ocean of the future: picture a writhing mass of unkillable tentacles, forever

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The new, unelected government is reversing progressive measures by President Dilma Rousseff by taking over Indigenous land and attacking labor laws.

Source: Brazil Coup Govt Moves to Change Definition of Slavery | News | teleSUR English

Last week two activities were executed: The presentation of a booklet on penal environmental legislation, and the organization of an introductory course on environmental law.

Source: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Promotes Environmental Law in Galapagos – Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

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In California today, a grand jury indicted the Plains All-American Pipeline and one of the oil company’s employees on criminal charges over the massive 2015 oil spill in Santa Barbara County.

Source: Texas oil firm indicted in massive 2015 oil spill off coast of Santa Barbara, CA