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You're Not Tripping, These Surfboards Are Made Of Mushrooms

3 weeks ago | surfer.com | Owen Burke

The race to create a viable, high-performance surfboard using mycelium in place of a polystyrene-based foam started well over a decade ago, depending upon whom you ask. And while the industrial development and scaling of mycelium production for single-use packaging and receptacles is generally agreed to be what spurred the concept of a “mushroom-based” surfboard, any number of aspiring innovators have made their go at a solution.
Koz Surfboards: “When Mycelium Meets the Ocean”

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Owen Burke

The race to create a viable, high-performance surfboard using mycelium in place of a polystyrene-based foam started well over a decade ago, depending upon whom you ask. And while the industrial development and scaling of mycelium production for single-use packaging and receptacles is generally agreed to be what spurred the concept of a “mushroom-based” surfboard, any number of aspiring innovators have made their go at a solution.
Intrepid 50 Evolution Walkthrough video

1 month ago | powerandmotoryacht.com | Owen Burke

Owen James Burke grew up on, in, and around Long Island Sound, where he worked on fishing boats and spent any free time he had aboard his Stur-Dee Dory. He has sought fish, waves and stories around the world and done several stints along the way in Taiwan, Fiji and New Zealand, among other places. He currently resides in New York City, fleeing at every chance he gets.
Proposed Bike Path Threatens Puerto Rico's Most Important Surf Zone

1 month ago | surfer.com | Owen Burke

NewsRincón, Puerto Rico is more than just—and just is relative here—one of the most perfectly situated surf towns in the western hemisphere for receiving the procession of north swells that the North Atlantic punts its way all winter long, shaping them into conveyor belts of righthanders with sections fit for one and all. Rincón is also, in large part, a marine reserve.
Azimut Seadeck 6 Walkthrough

1 month ago | powerandmotoryacht.com | Daniel Harding |Owen Burke

The sistership to our previous cover star, the Azimut Seadeck 6 is a formidable addition to the model line that the company calls their yachts of the future.
“It’s Getting Faster and Faster:” How Unexpected Sea Level Rise Effects Where You Surf

1 month ago | surfer.com | Owen Burke

NewsYear after year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) tracks global sea levels with an ever-increasing and -improving series of satellites. The agency has settled on a somewhat predictable average of 0.17 inches per year, but 2024 saw that number increase more than 35% to 0.23 inches, according to a recent press release. It may not sound like much, but “much” is relative when we are talking about year-over-year data on this big blue marble we all inhabit.
“It’s Getting Faster and Faster:” How Unexpected Sea Level Rise Effects Where You Surf

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Owen Burke

Year after year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) tracks global sea levels with an ever-increasing and -improving series of satellites. The agency has settled on a somewhat predictable average of 0.17 inches per year, but 2024 saw that number increase more than 35% to 0.23 inches, according to a recent press release. It may not sound like much, but “much” is relative when we are talking about year-over-year data on this big blue marble we all inhabit.
Podcast: Cruising Through Desert Canyons on an Axopar 37

1 month ago | powerandmotoryacht.com | Owen Burke

When you think of striped bass you probably think of trolling offshore in New England in the deep blue waters of the Atlantic. One charter operation on Lake Powell is flipping that on its head with their wildly successful fishing charters that chase bass through the red canyons of the desert. Be careful listening to this one, it will have you googling flights to Lake Powell, don't ask us how we know. Thanks for watching!Visit WebsiteListen or watch in the players below:...
Chesapeake Cowboys: The Extreme Sport of High-Speed Boat Docking

1 month ago | powerandmotoryacht.com | Owen Burke

Photos by Owen BurkeDockside on a Friday evening in September with a light but unmistakable northwesterly whispering the beginnings of fall in Chincoteague, Virginia, an elite handful of Chesapeake crab-skiff helmsman is assembled with their respective families and crews at The Pearl, a down-home seafood joint as emblematic of the region as any. Prefer to listen?
So Long, Paper Straws (and Good Riddance)

2 months ago | surfer.com | Owen Burke

The Commander in Chief is fed up with paper straws and doing something about it. On February 7, the President of the United States tweeted on X: “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws,” (sic), “which don’t work. BACK TO PLASTIC!” And on Monday, February 10, he made good on that promise.