WeAreH2O.Com Fresh Friday Mar 17 2006

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March 17th, 2006

St.Patrick's Day, Women Surf, Aloha?

Fresh Friday for March 17th 2006

St. Patrick’s Day is today!

I didn’t know what St. Patrick’s Day was other than an excuse to drink green beer. Thankfully, with help from the internet, I learned that... "St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures."

Was St.Patrick the original person to practice localism by banishing all snakes from the Island of Ireland (A rumor passed on from tradition) ?

As surfers we hate snakes. Snakes are those hidious animals that swarm around crowded spots and purposely cut other surfers off. I like this St. Patrick...we should ban all snakes in our surf breaks...

The Irish culture is centered around a rich tradition of oral legend and myth. We are Water is trying to emulate this creed so it sounds like a great excuse to drink a pint of Guinness!

Cheers!

The biography of St. Patrick on the History Channel

I received great feedback from Dermot's An Irish Summer Part Two article published last week. Just in time to get in a little St. Patty Day’s Celebration mode! (Irish surf too!)

Link to An Irish Summer on the Swell Memories Main Index

Pro Surf Ramblings

I recieved an e-mail asking why there was no coverage of the Women’s Contest that took place alongside the Men’s last week. I’m sorry, the excitement of Kelly Slater's 2006 debut win overshadowed the women’s event. The drama of history in the making with Slater’s unprecedented 8th World Championship had me looking the other way. Last Week's Fresh Friday Article

Women do surf and surf well.

I saw a few of the heats on the live webcast and women’s surfing has really stepped up the past few years.

(As a side-bar tangent, Olympic Women Ice Skating was watched more than the Men. In contrast, for surfing, the Men are watched more. Why is that?)

I’ll make up for it with ASPWorldTour.com photos and commentary! I will make sure in future Fresh Friday articles that I will cover the women’s events as well. Thanks for the E-mail and reminding me that women surf too! Surfing has been a male dominated sport for so long that it sometime's easy to overlook that Women surf too!

Photos and Tag-line by ASP World Tour Main Index

ASP World number 3 Melanie Redman-Carr (Below) won the Roxy Pro presented by Samsung title at Duranbah. Redman-Carr defeated 6 times ASP world champ Layne Beachley (Above) to pocket US$10 000 in prize money and jump to first place on the ASP WCT ratings.

The Roxy Pro finalists, winner Melanie Redman-Carr (West Australia) (pictured right) and Layne Beachley (Manly, NSW, Aus) (pictured left).

Pier Talk

I recieved an e-mail from a good friend who moved to Hawaii a few years back. It is a profound stream-of-consciousness writing!

El-Perfecto for this Pier Talk section of Fresh Friday!

Surfing has become like little league.

Even the pro circuit is a bit of a joke.

Don’t get me wrong, there are still loads of empty surf to be caught, especially when it’s bigger.

But if you watch the Triple Crown every year its clear that many pros get there by surfing mediocre surf around the world.

The top guys, different story.

Surfing is a young sport.

So we are currently seeing a generation of surfers who have been pushed into surfing via parents. Almost like little league or soccer.

When we grew up surfing in the seventies, parents didn’t want you to become a surfer.

We were on our own, getting grommet abuse, being at the beach on our own, getting into trouble, and learning to cope with older groups of surfers and sometimes heavy surf.

Needless to say drugs, bails on the beach, hanging with rock stars, and learning about sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll.

Now its soccer vans turned into surfing vans.

Traveling with chaperone and surfing with mom and dad, bitchin’ for them.

I will take the maverick days of surfing. We were so lucky to grow up in that era of radical change in the sport ('76-85 especially).

Now is the "Blue Crush/Wing Nut" Era.

Much like the popularity boom in the 60's after Gidget came out, Chicks, Longboards, and more Kooks than at any other time have taken to surfing...

The clothing engine that is responsible more than anything was in the 70's a true necessity.

Quick trunks, etc...Now it’s mainstream.

Da Hui is now a t-shirt outfit. Nothing hardcore about that. Credit due, they made the buck when they saw the chance...

So I'm 41 and sharing my old man experiences, but I’m actually not bitter.

I am getting plenty of good surf. Just have to look a little harder...the surfing boom will never stop (unless boards get too expensive)

But, Hey? ....I do like to see chicks surfing, the longboards a different story in good surf.

But I would definitely have one if I lived E-coast...my viewpoint is strictly social commentary.

p.s. I saw Laird towing into Phantoms using a helicopter as his tow vehicle. It was hilarious and awe inspiring all at once. He wants to drop through the top of the barrel.

So surfing will continue to grow in all the best ways...

Aloha
Brad

We Are Water Happenings

We Are Water…WeAreH2O.Com has been On-the-Air for a year now. I’m looking to improve the overall look and add some pizzazz in its next evolution. I’ve mostly concentrated on putting out articles to build readership and to encourage others to help participate. Its not easy to provide content by photography, literature, editing, and webmastering. So, I would like to thank all the people who have contributed to We Are Water so far!

Thanks for making it an enjoyable year!

John Hearin gave his Artificial Surfing Reef presentation to the City of Cocoa Beach on Thursday night. I couldn’t attend but hopefully we hear how it went!

Artificial Surfing Reef In Cocoa Beach

Checking in on the ole’ hit counter, last week’s Fresh Friday article had over a thousand readers! I’m assuming the coverage of Kelly Slater winning the first contest gave Fresh Friday a few extra eye balls! I’ll check next week’s hit counter to see if the Women's pro coverage does the same...

Fresh Friday out for March 17th, 2006

Gone Surfing…hopefully with no snakes...

Long Live St. Patrick’s Day!

Dave Reid
Sales@WeAreH2O.Com

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