‘Taking Sexy Back’ on Surfline Now…

Surfline recently posted an article by Lauren Hill, ocean activist and professional surfer, about the sexualization of women’s surfing. A few frothy videos of some serious shredding, combined with beautiful shots by the talented photographer, Ming Nomchong, come together to provide some inspiration for all of us ocean-loving ladies.

Sea Kin

Surfine.com is a staple mainstream American surf culture media outlet.

Perhaps for this reason, I haven’t spent a lot of time in that URL space, mostly because, in the past, they haven’t given much consideration to women’s surfing outside of the competitive realm. To be fair, they did have a segregated women’s section for awhile, but it didn’t last.

I was pleasantly surprised to know that there are women who work at Surfline.com — one of the editors recently reached out to me to write about the sexualization of women’s surfing for their ‘Gypsy Files’ series on women’s surfing.

I was shocked that they asked, and even more pleasantly surprised that they published what I wrote! ha.

I hope it’s a sign of things to come for Surfline. I actually feel proud of them of taking a chance and publishing a pretty different perspective from 99% of the rest of…

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To Live and Surf: Nicaragua

Filmmaker, Tim Davies, describes this video as,

“A short film I made on a trip to Nicaragua, I was fortunate enough to make friends with the local surfers who were kind enough to tell me their story about where they live.”

Cutest.

Princess of whales

Princess of whales: How a naked female scientist tries to tame belugas in the freezing Arctic

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Created 11:47 PM on 15th June 2011

Braving sub-zero temperatures, she has thrown caution — and her clothes — to the wind to tame two beluga whales in a unique and controversial experiment.

Natalia Avseenko, 36, was persuaded to strip naked as marine experts believe belugas do not like to be touched by artificial materials such as diving suits.

The skilled Russian diver took the plunge as the water temperature hit minus 1.5 degrees Centigrade.

The beauty of nature: Like a scene from a classic pre-Raphaelite painting, naked Natalia Avseenko swims with beluga whales in the Arctic

Belugas are famed for the way in which their faces are able to convey human-like expressions. Certainly Matrena and Nilma seemed to enjoy frolicking with Natalia.

The taming of the whales happened in the Murmansk Oblast region in the far north-west of Russia at the shore of the White Sea near the Arctic Circle branch of the Utrish Dophinarium.

An area of the sea is enclosed  to stop whales and dolphins getting out and instructors tame the mammals before they are transported to dolphinariums around the world — a practice many animal conservationists consider cruel.

Belugas have a small hump on their heads used for echo-location and it was thought that there would be more chance of striking up a rapport with them without clothes as a barrier.

Breathtaking: the scientist uses yoga techniques to hold her breath for up to ten minutes at a time ask she frolics with the whales, Nilma and Matrena

Come on in, the water’s lovely: The whales wait for Natalia to take the plunge, but the sub-zero waters are enough to kill most people within five minutes

The average human could die if left in sub-zero temperature sea water for just five minutes.

However, Natalia is a yoga expert and used meditation techniques to hold her breath and stay under water for an incredible ten minutes and 40 seconds.

There are around 100,000 belugas in the wild.

The first to be held in captivity was shown at Barnum’s Museum in New York in 1861, and there are belugas in aquariums and sea life parks across Europe, North America and Asia.

Their large range of ‘facial expressions’ comes from them having a more flexible bone structure than other whales.
Certainly these two had a big smile for the naked Natalia.

Rare space: Natalia’s encounters with the whales take place in an area of sea which is enclosed to stop whales and dolphins getting out

Here’s looking at you: Belugas have a wider range of ‘facial expressions’ due to a more flexible bone structure, and it has made them a hit in aquariums around the world

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004042/Naked-female-scientist-tries-tame-beluga-whales-arctic.html#ixzz2WrMb9qqZ
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Save Trestles – Stop The Toll Road

27 Ways to Clean with Baking Soda \\ The New Homemaker

We know that most all store-bought products we use to clean house (dish soap, clorox wipes, windex, detergent, etc.) are detrimental to our lovely ocean and its creatures, as well as Earth in its entirety. We hate to see toxic sludge floating at the surface when we are out surfing, but what can we do to change it? Here are some great recipes using Baking Soda as a basic household cleaner for most every chore out there. Money saving, time saving, health preserving, and Earth friendly– take a look at this blog.

New (Old) Ways for Non-Toxic Cleaning for You and Your Home

The Sea Hunt

Jackie and Jamrock’s fishing journey continues as they go hunting in their Nicaragua backyard.

“If I was a boat builder…”

Here are  some of our favorite people playing beautiful music in one of our favorite places. “Bless the Shapes!”

Wanted:

sellers please contact jackie at jackiegeorge211@gmail.com.

Ride Old Boards

Here is a cute little video that coincides with Britteye and Jackie’s last session at Sano on old boards. Jackie rode her G&S Skip Frye 7’10” single fin and Britteye was on her boyfriend’s old (and very first) 9’2” log with a frankenstein nose. Just a few minor fiberglass splinters, but the water was warm, there were only a few people out, and it was exactly what they needed.