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Newquay is the capital of England's surfing scene with 11 beaches stretching over seven miles of golden sand, so it is not surprising that this one-time fishing village has transformed itself into the surfer's paradise.
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 Surfers Enter Solana Beach Waters Despite Deadly Shark Attack
MSNBC
 'SOLANA BEACH, Calif. - Some surfers entered the waters at Solana Beach Saturday despite closures prompted by a deadly shark attack, NBC 7/39 reported. Solana Beach Fire Department Public Safety Director David Ott said air searchers were out flying over the water Saturday, looking for dark shadows underwater that might be the shark. Beaches were also being patrolled to be sure beachgoers stay out of the water.
Lifeguards and city officials issued a 72-hour water-safety advisory for beaches from Torrey Pines to South Carlsbad State Beach following a fatal shark attack that killed a 66-year-old man. The advisory is set to expire Monday...'
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River surfers take ride on 'Champlain wave'
Canada Dot Com
'The first time Chris Mosher tried to surf on the Ottawa River, he had to quit early.
Not because of fear or inability - he has six years of experience surfing the Pacific Ocean off Vancouver Island - but because of that pesky, seemingly endless thing called Canadian winter.
"I was just about to get in the water, and I guess a big sheet of ice had broken upstream, and chunks of ice starting flowing through the wave," says Mr. Mosher, who was nevertheless back at Bate Island Thursday for another try.
It's the Catch-22 of surfing in Ottawa: although land-lubbers enjoyed 20-degree weather on Thursday, the water temperature hovered dangerously close to freezing. And ice chunks lined the river at the Champlain Bridge, where three standing waves are the raison d'être for avid surfers in Ottawa...'
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Waterman blazed trail to waves of North Shore
Honolulu Star Bulletin
 'Big-wave surfing pioneer Woodbridge "Woody" P. Brown, who is also credited with building the first modern catamaran to take tourists on rides off Waikiki Beach, died last week.
He was 96 and surfed regularly until he was 90, his family said.
"He was one of the first five or six people in the planet to surf Hawaii's big waves," said David Brown, who produced a documentary on Woody Brown's life.
In the documentary, Woody Brown talked about surfing Oahu's North Shore: "I always wanted to challenge death. I loved to get just as close to death as I possibly could and then dodge it. That was my thrill in life...'
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