Hear the sublime isolated vocals for the Beach Boys Wouldnt it Be Nice / Boing Boing
Vergesst Tutus und Operetten – Longboard Dancer tanzen fahrend. Und die kleinste Bühne der Welt tragen sie immer mit sich: ihr Board.
Source: Tanz das Brett! | Arte Tracks
Robert Drasnin Voodoo III LP, CD, Digital officially released Towards the end of Robert Drasnin‘s life – he set out to work on the third, and final, volume of Voodoo which he left unfinishe…
Source: Robert Drasnin Voodoo III LP, CD, Digital Officially Released! –
Own a decommissioned lighthouse with bids starting at $10K / Boing Boing
Court orders venture capital billionaire to restore access to public beach / Boing Boing
Cadillac Wheels wurde mit der Erfindung des binnen weniger Jahre zum Marktführer. Aber nichts ist für die Ewigkeit. VENI.VIDI. VICI.PERII.
Source: Cadillac Wheels – Wie das Rad neu erfunden wurde.
The Fallacy of Endless Economic Growth – Pacific Standard
While restoring one of the exploration huts in Antarctica, Conservators of the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust discovered a box that turned out to be a remarkable treasure. It contained 22 never-before-seen cellulose nitrate negatives
Source: 100-Year-Old Box of Negatives Discovered Frozen In Block of Antarctica’s Ice – Abandoned Spaces
We all know that spending time outdoors is good for you on both a physical and mental level, but the benefits of spending time specifically at the beach have just been revealed. That incredible feeling of peace and calmness that you experience at the beach is now being referred to as “blue space.” That’s what […]
Source: According to scientists, visiting the beach can change your brain in an incredible way
Shoreline variability of an urban beach fronted by a beachrock reef from video imagery
This is Mohammad Mohiedine Anis 70, who has parked his classic collection of American cars in the al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo while civil war raged all around.
Source: Meet Aleppo’s classic car collector who refused to leave | Daily Mail Online
John Severson, Surfer Who Illustrated Allure of Waves, Dies at 83
Journey-based charts from the past can help us track the progression of transportation technology.
Source: Atlas Obscura
Tiki is making a comeback. Since the mid-90s, tiki subculture has morphed from sub rosa to vibrant in California.
Source: Kooky for Tiki? Check out this guy’s amazing Huntington Beach backyard – Orange County Register
Last fall The Ocean Cleanup found 1,000 large pieces of plastic in two hours in the Pacific Ocean during their first aerial reconnaissance mission. The Dutch foundation announced today they’ve…
Source: The Ocean Cleanup raises $21.7 million to begin cleaning Pacific Ocean
Takers. Of the free resources. Such as clean air. Takers of money, too. Same guys. Duh.
Source: Money to burn: As the wealthy get wealthier, carbon emissions grow in US states
California towns are winning David. v. Goliath battles with oil companies.
Source: Small California Towns Are Facing Off Against Oil Companies — And Winning | naked capitalism
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Watch skateboard stunts on rooftops of New York
Source: Watch skateboard stunts on rooftops of New York / Boing Boing
Cutting Room: Cover Peripherals | The Surfers Journal
In President Trump’s America, Quentin Tarantino might not have been.
Source: What Does the NEA Fund? – 7 Famous Movies Funded by the NEA
Will Amazon Destroy More US Jobs Than China? | naked capitalism
Now we’ll know what the government thought about climate change when it still believed in it.
Source: You Can Now Access The EPA Website As It Existed Before Trump | Co.Exist | ideas + impact
Follow the money: Will Trump repay Putin by ending Russian sanctions and killing the Paris climate deal?
Source: Did Putin help elect Trump to restore $500 billion Exxon oil deal killed by sanctions
Is buying something with the click of a mouse worse for the planet than picking it up off the shelf and taking it home yourself? And if it is – would it change the way you shopped?
Source: Online vs offline shopping: which is better for the environment? | DW Environment
I was delighted to see giant basking sharks on a recent trip to Scotland, but such moments of wonder are rare. Creating fishing reserves would allow our oceans to recover – and preserve this incredible feeling
Source: The primal thrill of sharks: the emotional case for rewilding the sea | The Guardian
At current rates of deforestation, rainforests will vanish altogether in a century. Stopping climate change will remain an elusive goal unless poor nations are helped to preserve them
Source: We are destroying rainforests so quickly they may be gone in 100 years | The Guardian
Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
Thousands rally across the country to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline as two city councils have voted to divest billions from the project
Source: Billions Divested from Banks Backing Dakota Access Pipeline
Underground city made from old opal mines has 3,500 residents
Oil may be a big reason behind the Trump Administration’s aggressive stance towards China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.
RCA Types PB-31, PB-140, PB-144, 44-A, 44-B
The Natural Resources Defense Council works to safeguard the earth – its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
Source: California Aims to Plug In Almost Everything That Moves | NRDC
Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah will protect some of America’s most striking landscape—and its earliest history.
Source: This Ancient Place Just Secured Membership in America’s Culture Club | NRDC
Berlin discusses possible reparation payments over massacre of tens of thousands of people in early years of 20th century
Source: Germany moves to atone for forgotten genocide in Namibia | World news | The Guardian
The Sound Recordings catalog comprises over 17,400 digital audio files, beginning with Lomax’s first recordings onto (newly invented) tape in 1946 and tracing his career into the 1990s.
Source: Research Center
Earth-force meets money-force at Standing Rock. I’m so relieved I’m here. It scares me to think that I might have missed this.We get up at dawn. Four hundred people walk slowly in a light snow to the river by the camp. A teacher is talking. His headdress is a crisscrossing of long, narrow feathers. He is of the Havasupai, the people who live by the blue-green waterfalls at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. He calls out across the river. “Water is life! Take me! My heart beats with you!”
Source: Standing Rock: A Moment of Clarity for Progressive Activists
According to a study from Plymouth University, plastic pollution affects at least 700 marine species, while some estimates suggest that at least 100 million marine mammals are killed each year from plastic pollution. Here are some of the marine species most deeply impacted by plastic pollution.
Source: These 5 Marine Animals Are Dying Because of Our Plastic Trash … Here’s How We Can Help
A steady increase in sea levels is pushing saltwater into U.S. wetlands, killing trees from Florida as far north as New Jersey. But with sea level projected to rise by as much as six feet this century, the destruction of coastal forests is expected to become a worsening problem worldwide.
We’re inspired every time we have a great cocktail, and we definitely started to feel inspired when we visited Highland Park Bowl the other night and enjoyed a few of their cocktails. The dri…
Quelle: El Capitan Hook
They are thought to be solitary, but new research shows one shark species to be intensely social
Source: Sand tiger sharks: far friendlier than you think | Environment | The Guardian
Source: Mandala Oblongata | A Kaleidoscopic Adventure on the Loaded Boards Tan Tien
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Aboubakry Seck is as smooth as they come, Here we take a little adventure around Paris, France with him to some of his local spots. Abou is riding the 74a optimos enjoying the increased roll speed pro
Source: Optimized ride | Remember Collective – Skate[Slate] TV
The Maori people stand with Standing Rock Sioux by sending them hakas through Facebook.
Update Oct 28th 1:20am CDT New video below shows police attacking Oceti Sakowin Treaty Camp with pepper spray, less-lethal rounds used at close range, batons, LRAD, and tazers. Morton County, ND – Over two hundred multi-state law enforcement and National Guard personnel attacked water protectors gathered on unceded 1851 Oceti Sakowin treaty land just north […]
Quelle: Police & Military Attack Oceti Sakowin Treaty Camp – Unicorn Riot
“The overlap of fracking chemicals and the chemicals used in conventional drilling is troubling. The water board should have thoroughly studied and assessed this practice before allowing it.”
Quelle: Why Are California Farmers Irrigating Crops With Oil Wastewater?
This San Diego community is allowing people to swap their firearms for longboards. But will it be enough to stem gun violence in the US?
Quelle: Trading in guns for skateboards, no questions asked
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