Expedition White Shark: Tracking the Beast of the Deep
Surf News, 20 January, 2012 : - - Expedition White Shark is the world's very first app that tracks sharks that have custom satellite tags attached to their dorsal fins. As a shark reaches the surface it is geo-located by satellites. The app also shows attacks that have been attributed to the Great White shark.
The chances of being attacked by a shark are super slim. Still, an app that gives a heads up of recent shark activity at the beaches is helpful, even if it does feed shark-attack paranoia. The app includes photos and videos of sharks and a game. 

 

Shit Surfers Say - Created by: Joey Maiocco, Scott Nichols, Adam Walker, Tony Vercelli.
Starring: Adam Walker | @ADMWLKR
This totally goes off the hook dude! this guy rips so sick...like a...a pelican

This is a GIANT wave at Peahi that Dave Wassell paddled into on Jan4th 2012. One of the largest paddle waves out there.
The trend of 'Pride in the Paddle in' is a good one and is pushing the envelop of human potential. Thnks for the excellent work from TurkeyMelt!

Danny Fuller will be the star of the Allure Homme Sport, a perfume for men developed by the haute couture fashion house Chanel. The men's essence will be launched in February 2012. Chanel had already entered the world of waves when they presented their own line of surfboards costing $4000 each.

Volcom Pipe Pro

ASP 5-Star Men's event
Pipeline, North Shore Oahu
23 January - 4 February 2012

Volcom Pipe Pro signals start of the new 2012 North American ASP season
Surf News, 20 January, 2012 : - - Honolulu -- Solid winter surf is shaping up for the start of the holding period of the Volcom Pipe Pro next Monday, January 23, at Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii. A $130,000 5-star Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) event that will feature 112 surfers from around the globe, the Volcom Pipe Pro will be held on the three biggest and best days of surf between Jan. 23 and Feb. 4.

This day at Teahupoo- Aug 27th 2011 during the Billabong Pro waiting period is what many are calling the biggest and gnarliest Teahupoo ever ridden. Chris Bryan was fortunate enough to be there working for Billabong on a day that will go down in the history of big wave surfing. The French Navy labeled this day a double code red prohibiting and threatening to arrest anyone that entered the water.
Kelly Slater described the day by saying "witnessing this was a draining feeling being terrified for other people's lives all day long, it's life or death. Letting go of that rope one time can change your life and not many people will ever experience that in their life."

Mick Fanning will join the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Kirra Surfriders Club (KSC), on the 28th January, in the Cultural Centre of the Kirra Hill, in Australia. Mick and his brothers Ed and Sean joined Kirra, in the early 90's, when the Fanning family moved to Coolangatta, from Ballina.

Clubs like the ones in Australia are a huge reason why there are more 'Aussies' in the top ranks than any other nation. If Hawaii wants to have more competitive domination in the next decade, we must step up and set up the same system.