Man Arrested at Lake Tahoe, NV Beach for Pointing, Waving Gun at Beachgoers It’s all fun and games until someone gets arrested at the beach for waving a gun at you. The Tahoe Daily Tribune reports that suspect Dave Miller was approaching patrons at Zephyr Cove Beach on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, pointing a handgun at them while repeatedly calling himself “Machine Gun Crazy Dave.” […] SnowBrains | June 5, 2020 1 Comment
Dead Humpback Whale Washes Ashore at San Francisco’s Baker Beach People at San Francisco’s Baker Beach were confronted with a stomach-turning sight on Tuesday when a dead humpback whale washed up on the shore. Beachgoers are being warned to stay away from the whale’s corpse, ABC 7 News reports. RELATED: While Humans Quarantine, Animals Come Out To Play On Tuesday, scientists with the Marine Mammal Center performed a partial necropsy on […] SnowBrains | April 25, 2020 0 Comments
Surfing In or Around World-Famous Trestles Now Illegal | Huntington Beach One of a Few Open Beaches in CA Surfing in or around world-famous Trestles has been closed. Surfing there is now officially illegal. A crime. Related: VIDEO: Surfers Use Boat to Poach Closed Legendary CA Surf Spot and Boat Gets Caught by Waves On Tuesday, authorities blocked off pathways to surfers and other beachgoers. This follows a string of beach closures in San Diego County, Oceanside, and Los […] Surf SwellBrains | April 10, 2020 0 Comments
75-Footer Recorded Off the California Coast: One of the Largest Waves EVER Recorded Last week’s bomb cyclone that pummeled the West Coast brought with it some of the largest ever recorded waves off of the coast of California, including one that was up to 75-feet tall. The University of California, San Diego’s Coastal Data Information Program recorded a massive 75-foot wave roughly 20 miles off the coast of Cape Mendocino in Northern California. It […] Surf SwellBrains | December 11, 2019 7 Comments
Friday Fun: Huge Russian Hovercraft Lands on Crowded Beach SnowBrains | November 15, 2019 17 Likes 2 Tweets 5 Comments
How To Avoid A Shark Attack When Surfing Let’s face it — sharks are scary animals. Sure, they are often misunderstood and get a bad rap since they are incredibly vital to the ecosystem and oceanic food chain and may not mean to attack surfers in particular. Sometimes we just look like food, dressed in our wet suits on our boards appearing as sea lions. But regardless, that […] Surf Martin Kuprianowicz | September 2, 2019 2 Comments
Surfing Oregon – Why, When, Where? A cold, wild coast that can regularly generate numbers like 24-foot swells at 8-second intervals with 100mph wind gusts and a sea temperature of 46 degrees, Oregon is neither for the faint of heart nor the physically frail. But it does have some damn good surfing, and for all levels despite its notoriety. Pronounced “organ,” by locals, the coastal state […] Surf Martin Kuprianowicz | August 30, 2019 0 Comments
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