DOWN THE LINE Surf Talk Radio

May 27, 2012 — – Down The Line Surf Talk Radio with Bassy n Baldy on XTRA SPORTS 1360AM in San Diego; on iTunes podcast (Google it).

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Segment Sponsor Quiksilver Waterman Collection is presenting next years’ Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection which takes place May 11, 2013 in the brand new state-of-the-art building at the OC Fairgrounds called The HANGAR. Quiksilver Waterman Collection and their brand ambassadors on twitter Mark Healey @healeysurf , Shayne McIntyre @ShayneMcIntyre, Jamie Mitchell, Peter Mel @peter_mel, Mel Pu’u: Robby Naish;

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Segment Sponsor Quiksilver Waterman Collection is presenting next years’ Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection which takes place May 11, 2013 in the brand new state-of-the-art building at the OC Fairgrounds called The HANGAR. Quiksilver Waterman Collection and their brand ambassadors on twitter Mark Healey @healeysurf , Shayne McIntyre @ShayneMcIntyre, Jamie Mitchell, Peter Mel @peter_mel, Mel Pu’u: Robby Naish;

REEF CHECK – Greg Hodgson Reef Check Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to conservation of two ecosystems: tropical coral reefs and California rocky reefs.
How long has it been going on?
How do you make it sexy, in other words, the people that dive on reefs get it, surfers get it, how do you reach the kid in Oklahoma or the president of an ad agency or the chamber of commerce in Bali?
We have Surfrider Foundation, Save The Waves, Heal the Bay, Surfers Against Sewage, Greenpeace, Green Surf, Oceana, Surfers For Cetaceans, the list goes on and on… are there too many causes?

Robert McClatchy the Reluctant Capitalist, BoD ? Huh?

Reef Check carries out its work through three major programs:

1) EcoDiver Program – an education and certification program for kids to adults who want to learn more about the ocean and take part in protecting reef ecosystems.
2) Coral Reef Management Program – a coral reef monitoring and management system that focuses on establishing Marine Protected Areas to conserve coral reefs while encouraging sustainable use of surrounding reefs by local residents.
3) Reef Check California – a volunteer monitoring program for California rocky reefs designed to provide data for managers and to build a conservation constituency among California divers.

Year of the REEF singing contest: REEF IDOL

We are the earth, the earth is us
our planet’s future is in our trust
The mountains, the sky, the ocean blue
This beauty entrusted to me and you
Fishes and coral that live in the sea
Help sustain the lives of you and me
They’re fragile we all need to understand
Their future’s the future of woman and man

CHORUS: The year of the reef is every year.
Reefs sustain the life we hold so dear
The beauty of the reef everyone should see
The future of reefs depends…………..on you and me.

Great White Sharks: Are there too many? How do we know? Children’s Pool in La Jolla?

Segment 3: Brought to you by THE BOARDROOM INTERNATIONAL SURF BOARD SHOW Oct 6 & 7 2012 DM fairgrounds honoring 4X World Champion MR
TOP 5 Stories :
1) The winning bid for 11-time World Champion surfer Kelly Slater’s surfboard was a whopping $4,000, which was matched as promised by another $4,000 from the champions own pocket for an $8,000 donation going to the ROLE Foundation, a Bali-based environmental organization that is actively engaged in the fight to clean up Bali.

ROLE’s founder and CEO Michael O’Leary was extremely gratified when he heard the news, saying, “I would like to thank Kelly Slater from the bottom of my heart for raising these much needed funds. This $8,000 will go toward managing our seven projects that include education programs such as the Children’s Interactive Environmental Education Tour, which is directed at bringing our environmental message to the families and the communities of Bali through the kids, and on to the Solid and Liquid Waste Infrastructure Construction Project at Uluwatu.”

“Kelly also has brought a great measure of global awareness to Bali’s dire pollution problems, and hopefully this awareness will help gain further commitments towards attaining a healthy island and coastal environmental eco-systems for Bali’s land, waterways, reefs and seas. Cheers to the Champ, Kelly Slater, and to Quiksilver for helping the Role Foundation, ‘Fight the Good Fight’, here in Bali,” added O’Leary.

2) Can will and should Occy re-qualify SURFERMAG.com: http://www.surfermag.com/features/occy%E2%80%99s-third-wind/

“What Occy can do, however, is destroy a meaty face on his backside more efficiently than anyone else in the world. This was true 10 years ago, and its still true today.”– SURFERmag.com
That’s not true. Is IT?? Who has a more efficient and meaty backside hack than OCCY?

OCCY: “I mean it might be due to the equipment, which has gotten a lot better—thinner, faster, better boards. But, I probably am surfing the best I ever have,” says Occy. “It’s hard to tell but it kind of feels like it. I would probably have to look at footage, but it feels like it. Especially at Margaret’s and at home on the Gold Coast when it’s early in the morning and nobody’s watching. But who’s going to believe it because nobody’s watching!”

3) explore.org LAUNCHES REEL LIFE with MIKE PRICKETT: A Web Video Series & Community Blog Documenting the Incredible Work & Uncertain Road for Acclaimed Underwater Cinematographer Partially Paralyzed in Diving Accident
On March 14, 2012, while filming underwater on location off the coast of an atoll in French Polynesia, Mike saw a diver below him in distress. Acting instinctively, Mike helped the diver make an emergency ascent but in the process was partially paralyzed from a severe case of the bends. While the man he saved was ultimately able to walk away from the incident, Mike was told he may never walk again. His doctors say it will take six months to find out how well he will recover.
explore.org, the philanthropic media organization and multi-media arm of the Annenberg Foundation, has launched a special web video series, photo gallery and community web site today that chronicles the extraordinary life, work, and current struggle with paraplegia of world renowned ocean cinematographer, Mike Prickett (Hawaii).

4) Volcom Fiji Pro – event starts June 3 - Solspot.com Forecast looks like June 2nd a solid 6-8 swell hits – dropping slightly of the first day of the waiting period, but plenty of waves…

5) For what it is worth… Hearing thru the grapevine that Kelly Slater is the newest addition to the GoPRO team.

May 20, 2012 — – Down The Line Surf Talk Radio with Bassy n Baldy on XTRA SPORTS 1360AM in San Diego; on iTunes podcast (Google it).

Contact us @ssurfboardexpo @jeffbaldy surftalksandiego@Gmail.com call the show 858.570.1360

SHOW NOTES:

Segment Sponsor Quiksilver Waterman Collection is presenting next years’ Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection which takes place May 11, 2013 in the brand new state-of-the-art building at the OC Fairgrounds called The HANGAR. Quiksilver Waterman Collection and their brand ambassadors on twitter Mark Healey @healeysurf , Shayne McIntyre @ShayneMcIntyre, Jamie Mitchell, Peter Mel @peter_mel, Mel Pu’u: Robby Naish;

Email#1: Hey there at Surf Talk Radio,

I’m planning a Bar Mitzvah party May 26 for my “nephew” Adam. His mom, Marcy, who passed 10 years ago form non hodgkin’s lymphoma was my best friend. Our mom’s, Faye and “Aunt” Cindy, have been friend since the 2nd grade. Now I am the proud “Uncle” to ensure that Adam has the opportunity to honor his mother and Tradition.

As surfing is one of ADAM’s favorite things to do (Hence the theme of his Bar Mitzvah http://youtu.be/ez2QCm5f4LQ , I was trying to reach out you at Surf Talk Radio. To see if you could sent him a letter of Congratulations, a signed photo or maybe mail him Surfing related Swag I can include in a BIG surprise Bar Mitzvah Gift?

Email#2:Scott Litherland
Hey there Bassy. Baldy is killer, but just wondering… where is Marty? Baldy and Marty totally sound alike. Separated at birth?

Thanks, Scott

Email #3Hey Bassy and Baldy,

Jim Cook here from NY… just wanted to add a name to the Coolest Surfer Ever list..

how about Greg Noll, the guy was all-time at Waimea, started his own business, master craftsman board builder, and now lives in Northern Cali fishing and building boards with his son.

take care guys. Jim Cook

Segment #2: Royce Cansler Sport of Kings Foundation -

The word legend gets overused a bit, but a true legend in the surfboard industry passed away May 12, Terry Martin, shaper for Hobie surfboards.
Tell us a little about Terry Martin… who the man was, why he was and is so special.
Tonight, a special evening “From Wood to Foam the Terry Martin Project”
Sport of Kings Foundation – a great cause.

Top 5 Stories:
1) John John Florence wins Billabong Pro Rio vs. Parko in final
Good waves – punchy beach break with tubes and ramps and crackable sections
Parko moves to #1 in the world
Josh Kerr has back to back to back semi finals showing moves him to number #3 in the world
John John was riding a new model board made by his longtime shaper and family friend Jon Pyzel. “Congrats to John John on his victory. It highlights the importance of having the right equipment under your feet. We have been working together on this new design together and are both really stoked on the result,” said shaper Jon Pyzel.

2) The Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection has posted up the first of many auction ‘Sneak Peek’ videos. Installment number one highlights an exceptionally unique and rare big wave gun that is dripping with provenance, legend and lore. The aptly named Ah-woooo board was shaped by Mickey Munoz with Jeff Johnson for an iconic California waterman, the late Flippy Hoffman.

3) The Boardroom International Surfboard Show has opened up registration for booth space. Oct 6 & 7 DM Fairgrounds

4) Hurricane Season, hasn’t even officially started yet, but we have TS Alberto off of the Carolinas, and Hurricane Aletta formed off mainland Mexico; so this could be one fo the summers where Hurricane season kicks up some surf. Rumors that we may be returning to El Nino conditions.

5) sd surf film festival winners
SDSFF BEST FILM
lost and Found
SDSFF BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY presented by GoPro:
THIRTY THOUSAND (Richard James and Andrew James)
SDSFF MOST INSPIRATIONAL presented by *enjoy handplanes:
SOMEWHERE NEAR TAPACHULA (Stefan Hunt)
SDSFF HONORABLE MENTION:
GAUCHOS DEL MAR (Julian Azulay and Joaquin Azulay)
SDSFF BEST SHORT FILM presented by misfit pictures:
ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF WAYNE LYNCH (Cyrus Sutton)
SDSFF HONORABLE MENTION
FATHOMS LEFT TO FALL (Chris McClean)
SDSFF HONORABLE MENTION
SALMON THEORY (Dylan Ladds and Ryan Scura)

May 12, 2012 — – Down The Line Surf Talk Radio with Bassy n Baldy on XTRA SPORTS 1360AM in San Diego; on iTunes podcast (Google it).

Contact us @sacredcraftexpo @jeffbaldy surftalksandiego@Gmail.com call the show 858.570.1360

We are broadcasting Saturday night 7-9pm May 12 from the San Diego Surf Film Festival at Birds Surf Shed again — from 7-9pm Saturday May 12, that show will be broadcast on Sunday May 13. Come out say hello, but more importantly watch the great surf films on offer at the San Diego Surf Film Festival.

The inaugural San Diego Surf Film Festival welcomes one and all to celebrate the passion that we all share for just being in the ocean. Since Bruce Brown sent shockwaves throughout the world with “Endless Summer” the surf film has become a staple in our lives. Surfing and surf cinema alike have been developed by individuals with a deep passion for trying to capture and preserve the very special feeling of just being a surfer.

Come on down to the film fest at Birds Surf Shed 10191 W Morena Blvd. All Sunday May 13 Films will be showing for more info & tickets — go to the website.

•Set 4, 7:00-8:30pm: THIRTY THOUSAND W/ MARGAUX, TAKE 5
•Set 5, 9:00-10:30pm: GOING VERTICAL W/ THE ESCAPE, ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF WAYNE LYNCH
•10:30pm-2:00am: After Party @ Shaper Studios (Must show ticket or Nautilus Pass)

SUNDAY MAY 13TH

•11:00am-1:00pm: Shaping Demo/ Live Art/ Filmmakers Panel
•Set 6, 1:00-2:15pm: SOMEWHERE NEAR TAPACHULA W/ WE ARE ALL RADIOACTIVE
•Set 7, 2:30-3:45pm: GAUCHOS DEL MAR W/ WASTE TO WAVES, CLAIM IT!
•Set 8, 4:00-5:15pm: PROMISED LAND W/ SANDED
•Set 9, 5:30-6:45pm: THE WOMAN & THE WAVES W/ SO IT GOES, BY THE WAY
•Set 10, 7:00-8:30pm: BOARDROOM W/ THE BEER CAN SURFBOARDÍS LAST RIDE, RYAN BURCH 5.2 ASSYMETRICAL
•Set 11, 9:00-10:30pm: LITTLE BLACK WHEELS W/ SKIP BRUNETTE, DOWN WITH THE SHIP
•10:30-11:00PM: Awards Announced

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Segment Sponsor Quiksilver Waterman Collection is presenting next years’ Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection which takes place May 11, 2013 in the brand new state-of-the-art building at the OC Fairgrounds called The HANGAR. Quiksilver Waterman Collection and their brand ambassadors on twitter Mark Healey @healeysurf , Shayne McIntyre @ShayneMcIntyre, Jamie Mitchell, Peter Mel @peter_mel, Mel Pu’u: Robby Naish;

Top 5 Stories:

1) Junior Seau surfer, football icon, local legend, lifetime Oceanside resident RIP JUNIOR #tenacious55 – Junior was the man! He also came to our surfboard show at the DM Fairgrounds the year we honored Dick Brewer. Junior came with another legend Donald Takayama.
I’m a fan of personal responsibility. Football is a vicious, physical, violent game that causes injury. Everyone who plays the sport form PopWarner pee wee league all theway to the top, everyone knows this. If you have a problem with that or the possible lingering side-effects of participating in a vicious, physical, violent game, then do not play. Do not cash the checks. Is Pro Football going away. No. Free market. Pro Football will always be with us. Gladiators in a pit with spectators watching them get hurt or killed. This form of interaction has been a part of culture since before the Roman Empire. Not saying it is right or wrong, just saying it is human nature to watch this stuff. We haven’t evolved enough yet. Look at pro boxing, grossly mis-managed. So MMA took over. Violence, different form. More violent. Let’s say the NFL dies off due to over-regulation by its Commissioner or congress, a new form of football will take it’s place, Why? Because there is a market for it. It’ll be more violent and it’ll be black market offering. It will eventually make enough money that the powers of our society cannot ignore it. The same way cage fighting turned into a legitimate sport — MMA. There is money in it.

2) Surf Forecast: The water temps are warming up close to 65 degrees, south swell in the water the surf forecast for the coming week is solid south swell Monday thru Wednesday.
Sunday starts small supposed to increase through out the day form the SSWest 185 too steep; to 200 degree, SD can pull in a 200 degree south swell. NWest wind-swell all gone, only SSW swell on Sunday.
Expect surf at the S facing breaks (La Jolla North County & Trestles to push into the head high range by the afternoon and on into the evening. Look for more closed out lefts and increasing current at the S facing beaches that don’t have some sort of feature i.e pier, jetty, headland, or reef to break up the swell.
Monday – (The new SSW swell peaks while more southern hemi energy holds in the background along with some steep short-period NW windswell).

Average S facing spots will be in the inconsistent chest-shoulder high range with some rare head high sets on the best part of the tide swing. The standout S facing breaks in OC and parts of SD, will be more consistently in the chest-head high range with overhead sets showing on the good tides. A few of the breaks that really like to focus the S swell have potential to be a little bigger, but don’t expect a ton more size except on very inconsistent sets. Winds/Weather: Overcast skies and light S-SSE winds will be on tap for the morning…with bit of N wind around Point Conception. Look for a slight eddy to form up through the morning adding some texture to the more exposed S facing spots (stupid wind). The wind switches onshore midmorning-lunchtime and will eventually push in out of the NW around 10-15 knots by the afternoon, chunking up the spots that escaped the bump in the morning. Swell begins to slowly fade Tuesday into Wed. With smaller reinforcing SW energy keeping us in knee high waves throughout the week.

3) Billabong Pro Rio – I watched a little bit of it, but basically I’m not too interested in early round heats in small beach break. As a fan, I want to see the best surfing in really good waves. Same way with golf, do I watch Thursday 1st round coverage of the greater Milwaukee open? No, I do not. Do I watch Thursday coverage of the Masters, yes I do. The greatest in the greatest arenas. That’s what interests us. Will I watch the quarter finals thru the finals? Maybe. If the waves are good, and I happen to be in front of my computer. Perhaps.

3) Terry Martin RIP http://www.terrymartinproject.com/ Over 80K hand shaped boards.

4) Santa Cruz Surfer Dies surfing at Chipehua at Salina Cruz – The world is down another husband and father, another surfer and son, friend to many.
Robert J. Soman, “John”, passed away while surfing a remote point in Mexico on May 2, 2012. He left us doing what he loved the most, at a spot he talked about most every day of the year.For those who had the privilege of knowing John, we are planning our paddle out on 5/19 so that we do not conflict with Mother’s Day. The paddle out is planned for 11:00 AM 5/19 at 4-Mile Beach just north of Santa Cruz.

5) “Surf” composer and SDSU professor of music Joseph Waters was commissioned by Orchestra Nova to create a piece about Southern California. Inspired by the central role that surfing plays in the Southern Californian lifestyle, he composed a double concerto, which he describes as his “wild ride for orchestra and two soloists”, in a recent interview with U-T San Diego. “Surf” features soloists Lindsay Deutsch (violin) and Todd Rewoldt (saxophone), who will perform with Orchestra Nova this Friday, Saturday and Monday.

Waters tells the U-T San Diego: “Like much of my recent work, ‘Surf’ has one foot in classical and the other in rock. Doing a rock piece for orchestra can be an extremely cheesy affair—destroying the rawness of rock & the nuance of classical and leaving one with a saccharine hangover. But my underlying intention was to create a work that draws from folk influences and infuses them with additional layers, in the tradition of Mahler. It took a lot of work but I am proud of this piece—and to get it right I recomposed it over 230 times, until it finally passed muster with the conductor.” (Read more about what inspired Waters to compose “Surf”.)

KPBS Midday Edition speaks with Waters and Jung-Ho Pak, artistic director and conductor of Orchestra Nova, about the green concert series and composing a musical ode to SoCal’s surfing culture.

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/may/09/orchestra-nova-goes-green-new-surf-inspired-work/

6) The Boardroom International Surfboard Show – Oct 6 & 7 Del Mar Fairgrounds

MR
Hi Performance Center
Best of Show
Art I Zen
Vintage Swap Meet
Primo Lounge
Quivers Lounge
Billabong Art of Shape 805 Edition
Live music
Skate Zone

May 06, 2012 — – Down The Line Surf Talk Radio with Bassy n Baldy on XTRA SPORTS 1360AM in San Diego; on iTunes podcast (Google it).

Contact us @sacredcraftexpo @jeffbaldy surftalksandiego@Gmail.com call the show 858.570.1360

We are broadcasting next Saturday night from the San Diego Surf Film Festival at Birds Surf Shed from 7-9pm Saturday may 12, that show will be broadcast next Sunday. Come out say hello, but more importantly watch the great surf films on offer at the San Diego Surf Film Festival.

SHOW NOTES: Talking w Michael Kew travel scribe and photographer:
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Segment Sponsor Quiksilver Waterman Collection is presenting next years’ Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction presented by Quiksilver Waterman Collection which takes place May 11, 2013 in the brand new state-of-the-art building at the OC Fairgrounds called The HANGAR. Quiksilver Waterman Collection and their brand ambassadors on twitter Mark Healey @healeysurf , Shayne McIntyre @ShayneMcIntyre, Jamie Mitchell, Peter Mel @peter_mel, Mel Pu’u: Robby Naish;

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Segment two brought to you by – The Boardroom International Surfboard Show DM OCt 6 7 2012

CROSSINGS by Michael Kew, Michael is a graduate of Humboldt State University and a long time surf travel scribe:
Your book is a travelogue that includes your experiences on the road traveling the world in search of waves and finding new cultures.
Is that a fair summation? Or would you characterize Crossings in a different way?
I read online that you receive an “F” in Journalism, explain?
Where haven’t you been?
How many surf trips have you been on?
You’ve experienced your fair share of perfect waves? How many times have you been skunked how many times have you scored? What is the ratio?
The closest near death experience abroad?
Should the media adopt a ‘don’t name it’ policy; just stop naming spots? No matter what. Or is that bit archaic?
Do you have a position on pay-per-use surf camps?
What do you make of the Salina Cruz Association of Surfers and Lifesavers that are strongly suggesting that if you visit Salina Cruz waves, you must hire them as a guide?
Would you rather take an assignment from a US surf mag or an Australian surf mags?

EXCERPT FROM CROSSINGS by Michael Kew:

WOULD THEY DO IT IN PARIS?

It’s the second T-shirt I’ve seen today that poses this question, a lingering sting of animosity toward France’s three decades of nuclear testing in L’Archipel. France ignored a 1973 World Court request to stop the practice, sparking protest worldwide, including New Zealand’s delegation of a naval ship to the main atoll, and Peru’s severance of their French diplomatic relations.

Relentless global opposition to nuclear testing saw the French drilling bomb shafts beneath the lagoon in 1975. Rather than blasting motus in plain view, replete with ominous, “harmless” fallout, the endeavor cloaked the tests submarine.

[Above: Fletcher Chouinard on a virgin right-hander. Photo: Michael Kew]

In 1995 French president Jacques Chirac announced a fresh line of tests, igniting global protest. New Zealand and Chile yanked their ambassadors from Paris and heavy rioting ensued in Papeete, yet the French cast a blind eye to the opposition, lounging comfortably in Europe, light-years distant. France discontinued testing in 1996.

French authorities claim the tests pose no ecological threat, though in 1998, plutonium leakage was discovered in one lagoon, and France’s director of its Atomic Energy Commission admitted to the existence of cracks in the coral cones of two atolls. Still, French officials insist there is no cause for concern.

“If nuclear testing so safe,” a villager says to me, “why didn’t they do in their water?”

Motoring out of the pass late that afternoon, bound for the next atoll, another sort of explosion is viewed port side. Flawless 10-foot lefts detonating over shallow coral, fiery and backlit, seething mechanically, beckoning sadistically.

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Segment 3

TOP 5 stories:
1) Gabe Medina wins NIKE Lowers Pro-
I hate to say it, because I’m a homer for the USA; but Gabriel Medina looked far better than most, in my opinion. 18 years old.
Kolohe? Apparently after losing his first heat, he had a meltdown and destroyed his board. Good, bad, indifferent?

2) The Boardroom International Surfboard Show takes over San Diego and the Del Mar Fairgrounds on Oct 6 & & of 2012 honoring MR in the icons of Foam shape-off.

3) Nathan Fletcher wins the Billabong XXL Ride of the Year, Best Tube and Overall Performance awards.
- Biggest Wave went to Garrett McNamara wave in Portugal that the judges put at 78′, 12-feet smaller than the 90-feet claim made by the winner.And just one foot larger than the previous world record of 77-feet held by Mike Parsons at Cortes Bank.
- Dave Wassel wins Monster Paddle at Jaws – which I think is the hardest award to win, takes the most Cojones.
4) The world’s best surfers are descending on Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro for the next stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour season, the Billabong Rio Pro, to be held from May 9 – 20, 2012.
5) We are braodasting next Saturday night from the San Diego Surf Film Festival at Birds Surf Shed from 7-9pm Saturday may 12, that show will be broadcast next Sunday. Come out say hello, but more importantly watch the great surf films on offer at the San Diego Surf Film Festival.