Canoe You don’t need a fancy sailboat to get out on the water. Saint Mary’s Boat Club offers free canoe rentals on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 7pm through summer’s end. 1641 Fairfield Road Out Of Town Raft If it’s thrill you’re looking for, you can crash down Shubenacadie River on a tidal bore […]
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BREAKING NEWS: O’Neill cancels surf competition
Surfwear company O’Neill has cancelled its plans to hold its Cold Water Classic surf competition in Halifax. The company had earned the ire of the local surf community by failing to engage with the Surfing Association of Nova Scotia, Instead, the company went directly to the city of Halifax, and city council happily gave the […]
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Local surfers object to O’Neill Cold Water Classic
Halifax council last week voted unanimously to give $145,000 to O’Neill, a Santa Cruz, California-based surfwear company that sponsors a “Cold Water Classic” surfing competition, to be held this September in Cow Bay. (See here and here for more on this issue.) Council approved the expenditure even though the local surfing community is largely opposed […]
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O’Neill Cold Water Classic has some pretty classic problems
Earlier this week, I wrote a blog post criticizing city council’s decision to spend $145,000 in support of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic surf competition. Since then, I’ve learned more about the event, and more reasons why citizens should be even more concerned by the expenditure. Canadian Surfing Association has no legal standing First is […]
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Board talk
Lesley Choyce—writer, educator and surfer—moved up here from the United States in the late 1970s. He purchased a farmhouse near Lawrencetown Beach for $15,000. “The dream was to leave teaching at university in New York City behind and live in an old house on the coast so I could write my books and surf the […]
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Best Booster of Cold Water Surfing
Becoming one of the world’s most published surf photographers doesn’t happen without a massive passion for your subject, one that extends beyond the traditional. Yassine Ouhilal, known as Yassy to his friends, lives in Nova Scotia and has surfed since he was a teenager, but is originally from Montreal, where he studied film for years. […]
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My summer: Beth Amiro, enterprising surfer
Amiro co-owns One Life Surf School (onelifesurf.com), which started in order to instruct women on wave riding, but has branched into such fields as environmental workshops, leadership training and even surf instruction for guys. This Lawrencetown Beach resident is also an actor—she starred in Eva Madden’s award-winning Eastern Shore short—a certified stunt person and a […]
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Surfdonkey directors ride high
There is a moment in Surfdonkey Episode Nine when Lance Moore is asked how long it’s been since he was in the water. “About… 23 days,” he says. Not “about 25 days.” Not “about three weeks,” but “about 23 days.” This is a guy who clearly lives for being in the water, if he can […]