Links for 8/5/11

UN confirms massive oil pollution in Niger Delta

Dusted Reviews: V/A – To What Strange Place: The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora 1916-1929

Pacific Islands Band Together on a Shark Sanctuary

What are rogue waves? | Earth | EarthSky

wood surf board plans for instant download. Get a real board!

Skate Study House – God Father Lounge Chair

STORIES FROM THE GULF: Living with the Oil Disaster? – YouTube

Tour de Tiki 2011 – Let’s get this party started!

Links for 8/4/11

Jan & Dean’s original 15-album Liberty catalog digitally available

Studio Quercus features tiki art and culture – Oakland North

Gordie Duane obituary: Surfboard maker dies at 80

Longboard Complete Skateboards by Barfoot » Surf Legends Series

MIT Study Shows Giant Oceangoing Rafts Spurred Growth of Pre-European Americas

August 2, 2011 our beaches are stinky and just terrible :(

Burning Settlers Cabin» Blog Archive » Huki-huki-huki-huki-huki-hukilau

California Surf History? – YouTube

Michihiro Matsuda’s Experimental Ukulele

Ryan-Polynesian Archaeology

The History Of Skateboarding In Less Than 1700 Words

Stainless Steel Reusable Straws

When Tiki Meets Surfboard

Some of these look good to me, of course they’re impracticle as surfboards, more like ritual paddles, spears and guaras.

*HUA Sculptured Surfboards
WHAT ARE THEY?

HUA (Polynesian Soul) SCULPTURES are the work of Aaron Kereopa – a young Maori surfer and artist.
Aaron designs and then carves these characters into stripped back, old – dis-used surfboards. Each of them represents a part of a Maori warrior tree.
Aaron’s works are now only available by commission.

Surfa.com.au – the Art, the Sport and the Lifestyle of Surfing

Maybe Duke Kahanamoku Was NOT the First To Surf Australian Waves

Legendary Surfers: Duke Not The First in Oz: “Duke Kahanamoku, the ‘Father of Modern Surfing’ is generally considered to have been the first stand-up surfer in Australia. New research indicates Duke was probably NOT the first:

[ Excerpt from ‘The Duke dethroned as our surfing history is rewritten,’ Matthew Benns, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, December 30, 2007 ]

… Historian Mark Maddox argues Kahanamoku chose to give his famous 1914 surfing exhibition at Freshwater Beach because at nearby Manly too many surfers were dropping in on his waves.”