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The Drifter DVD

Rob Moachado in The Drifter: Info and Reviews on the Way!

Endless Summer DVD

Two surfers travel the equator for a never-ending summer surf trip: Info and Reviews on the Way!

Step Into Liquid DVD

Step into Liquid: Info and Reviews on the Way!

Shark FAQ

Found in Safety, Shark Attacks, Surfing — Tags: , , , — Texas Surfer

These are questions that people are actually typing into Google, Yahoo!, and Bing, and ending up at TexasSurfers.com. Some of these are questions they search for using the search box you see at the top of this web page. I figured I'd share them with you and answer what I can.

First I’d like to point out that sharks aren’t “mean.” They’re just hungry and if you’re in the water they just might taste you. A shark might decide you don’t taste good, and only eat your leg or arm; sometimes a shark will be so hungry it doesn’t care how you taste, and it’ll throw you around and eat you up.

Can you survive a shark eating you?

Probably not, but it really depends on how much of you it eats, what parts, and how much blood you lose before you get to the hospital. If it eats 1/2 of you, you probably won’t make it. If it eats your head, you’re doomed. If you lose 1/2 your blood before you get to the hospital, you probably won’t even need to go to the hospital.

Are you more likely to be kicked to death by a donkey than bitten by a shark?

I don’t know, man. I looked for info on this, ended up at Snopes.com, and they don’t know either.

Are you more likely to survive a shark or lion attack?

I don’t know. But one time when I was little I put a tarantula and a scorpion in a jar, and the spider won.

Is there a shark repellant for surfers?

They best thing I’ve found is Shark Shield, but I haven’t tested it out. If they’ll send me a free setup to test it for you, I’ll let you know how it goes.

What colors attract sharks?

Bright colors. Shiny things. So the wetsuit I have that has yellow and blue and red all over it is not a good thing to wear in the water, and jewelry isn’t a good thing to wear in the ocean either.

You also shouldn’t skinny dip in the ocean… the one time I got bumped by a shark, I had just slipped on my shorts under the water.

What do you do if a shark is near you?

Get back to shore quickly but without splashing and screaming. Splashing and screaming could excite the shark and cause it to attack you. But I’ll admit that the one time I was bumped by a shark, I got out as fast as I could and I did quite a bit of splashing.

Are there a lot of sharks in Galveston surf?

I’ve been told sharks like to hang out between the second and third sand bars. This sucks because the best waves are right in front of the second bar. I’ve never had any trouble with sharks in Galveston though, and I used to surf it nearly every day. This includes San Luis Pass, which people tell me is infested with sharks and has crazy rip tides. Never had any trouble there, it was just a great place to surf.

Do sharks attack people alone or in groups?

Sharks mostly attack people when people are alone, but they’ll attack people in a group also. It’s best to surf in a group. You probably won’t get attacked, but if you do, you have people to help you. And it’s more fun in a group anyway.

Do sharks come out in the rain?

Rain stirs up the water, and fish are known to bite more during or just after a rain. It seems likely that sharks are more prone to “attack”, or feed, during and just after a rain.

How fast do sea lions escape shark attack?

Hmm. I’d say sometimes it isn’t fast enough.

If a shark is involved in a fight and loses a limb will that limb grow back?

No.

Can you surf during menstruation?

I wouldn’t recommend it. Blood and even urine attract sharks.

Sharks attack surfers because they think they are:

Turtles. You look like a turtle from under the water when you’re on your surfboard and your legs and arms are hanging off the sides.

Staying calm around a shark…

I don’t think I could stay very calm around a shark, so I don’t have any mind tricks to share.

Will a shark leave if you hit them in their sensitive spots?

It might, and that’s what you should do. But the spot you should hit is their nose. I’m thinking it’ll be easy to see their nose in order to hit it because it’s right above the teeth they’re trying to eat you with.

Texas Shark

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Quick and Easy Money for Surfers and Surf Shops

Found in Wetsuits — Tags: — Texas Surfer

Today, post something surf-related for sale on the Beach Life For Sale Board, and I’ll put a picture of your item on every page of Texas Surfers, alerting everyone to checkout your listing.

At no cost, every day hundreds of surfers will see your ad. It’s easy, fast, and free.

Sell USED and new surfboards, wet suits, leashes, track pads, whatever you have, and make some easy cash.

sell surf products online for free Quick and Easy Money for Surfers and Surf Shops

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Your Mission: Surf on President’s Day

Found in Safety, Surf Movie, Surfing — Tags: , — Texas Surfer

It’s what the President wants. It’s what those guys are fighting for. Not everyone gets to surf in peace.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Found in Surf Comedy, Surfing — Tags: , — Texas Surfer

Consider emailing this picture to your girl.

Consider emailing this picture to your girl. But you should still take her out to dinner tonight, when it’s too dark to surf.
valentines day surf1 Happy Valentines Day

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Galveston Surf

Billy Blues takes the best surfing pictures for Galveston, for sure. Look at this wave from this morning, it peels so nicely.

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Galveston, Texas Surfing - Peeling Wave

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Sick Surf Art by Gabe Prusmack

Found in Surf News, Surfing — Tags: , , — Texas Surfer

So I found this incredible set of surf art you won’t want to stop looking at and I had to show it to you. This guy is a surfer and artist in Galveston, Texas, named Gabe Prusmack. He paints these amazing pieces of art pretty much everywhere. If you need a killer design in your home or condo, give this guy a call. If you want an incredible work of art on your next surfboard, Gabe is the guy for the job. It was hard to choose which pictures to show you here, and I was only able to narrow it down to about 20.

Call Gabe at 409-939-8050 or checkout his myspace.

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Texas Surf is Up!

It looks fun because it is fun.
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Debris from Hurricane Ike

Found in Hurricanes — Tags: — Texas Surfer

I just found these two pictures that I took in Corpus Christi right after Hurricane Ike came through. When I took them I was thinking, “I wish I had a blog to put these on and show people.” It looks like a chair and a table, although the table must have been something completely different. But only a few days after this picture was taken, that “table” was being used as a table. Sometimes people would be using it to put their drinks on, and sometimes fishermen would be using it to set their lures and stuff on.

It was interesting to walk along the beach and find things, like the leg of a doll, or a shoe. I’d stand there and think about where they came from, who wore that shoe, where was the other one, if the kid remembered that doll, if it had a name.

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Surf Report Wave Height and What it Means

Found in Surfing — Tags: — Texas Surfer

If you read surf reports (if not, try one out: Corpus Christi surf report) you might wonder what the heights mean. What’s a head high wave? Exactly how tall is that? And is that the height from the bottom of the ocean? What’s ankle high? Why would they even report an ankle high wave? If you’re wondering, you’ve come to the right place.

How Waves are Measured

Wave height on surf reports is measured simply by looking at the water and guesstimating the height of the wave as compared to the average person. The height is also guesstimated from the top of the water. For example, if you were to walk out in the water and it was waist high, and then the waves were so high that if you stood on the water (like, if you were standing on a surfboard) they would reach the top of your head, that would be head high.

Head High Waves

Most people would call those 8 ft waves. This is because if the water is up to your waist when you walk out in the water, that’s about 3 feet of water, give or take a foot. For the waves to reach your head while you stood on the water, they’d have to be about 5 feet high on top of the first 3 feet. That’s 8 feet, but to surfers, those are 5 foot waves. They would simply be called “head high waves.” Or: “Hey man, how’s the surf today?” “It’s head high! Get on it!”

Waist High Waves

Waist high waves are waves that would reach your waist if you were standing on the water. People who don’t surf would probably call them 6 foot waves.

Chest High Waves

Chest high means the waves would come up to your chest if you stood on top of the water.

Knee High Waves

Then there are knee high waves, which, of course, are waves that would come up to your knees if you were standing on the water. These could be decent for long boarding.

Ankle High Waves

Ankle high waves aren’t really good for anything but boogie boarding (which is fun!). On a day when the waves are ankle high, the surf report might say something like: Barelling ankle high surf, great waves for GI Joe!

Other Wave Heights

A lot of the time you’ll find that the surf report says a combination of these, such as:

  • Knee to waist high
  • Waist to chest high
  • Chest to head high
  • Head high and over

People come in all shapes and sizes, so these measurements are just really good guesses. The surf report is meant to give you a good idea of what to expect at the beach.

What to Expect from a Surf Report

Aside from telling you how high the waves are, the surf report should also tell you:

  • How strong the current is and what direction it’s going
  • How powerful the waves are
  • The water temperature
  • Anything important going on at sea, such as a hurricane on the way
  • What to expect for waves for the rest of the day and the rest of the week and weekend
  • Any news of jellyfish, sharks, or anything else related to your local surf spots
  • A good surf report will even keep you informed of upcoming surf competitions
  • The best surf reports are written before 8am. There really aren’t enough of these around.

Writing the Surf Report

So who walks out there on top of the water to find out how high the waves are? No one! The surf report is usually written by the surf shop owner, who drives down the beach before work, sipping his coffee. Or by the same guy after a 6:30am surf session known as dawn patrol. The surf report is usually just eye-balled. And sometimes they’re not what you would agree with. I’ve gone out to the beach on days when the surf report said the surf wasn’t very good, and ended up having a blast on my board.

If you’re not sure the surf report is correct or if you don’t have access to one, it never hurts to get wet and find out for yourself. If in doubt, paddle out!

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Introducing Texas Gulf Coast Surfing Magazine

Found in Surf News — Tags: , , — Texas Surfer

TEXAS SEES THE RETURN OF A PRINTED PUBLICATION DEDICATED TO SURFING THE TEXAS COAST.

From High Island to SPI, surfers and enthusiasts can now enjoy complete coverage of the Texas surf scene.

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. – Feb.1 2010 – Sirfur Productions announces the release of “Texas Gulf Coast Surfing Magazine”, a quarterly publication with a sole focus on the Texas surf scene.

With Texas Gulf Coast Surfing Magazine, Texan surfers no longer have to hope and pray for a brief glimpse of Texan waves in any of the major surfing publications. Now Texans have the opportunity to see their coast in full color, possibly seeing themselves in action.

Each issue of Texas Gulf Coast Surfing Magazine is between 44-60 pages, full of beautiful photos of Texan waves in all its under-appreciated glory. In-depth articles about Texan surfers, surf spots, and the Texas contest scene stuff the covers, and the magazine promises to have “more content” and “less advertisement. The magazine, printed on heavy-duty, gloss paper, surpasses the quality of most major surf publications.

Texas Gulf Coast Surfing Magazine is available at newsstands and surf shops. The cover price is $5.00 Subscriptions are available for $12.00 per year (plus tax) at www.texasgulfcoastsurfing.com

Company president Joe Vulgamore states: “Texan surfers are a special breed, with special stoke. While our waves are less than world class, we still get good surf and our surfers deserve the recognition. Our coastal economies could also use a boost from tourism and vacationers. Perhaps our magazine can help.”

About Sirfur Productions

Sirfur Productions is a multi-media company focused on the Texas surf scene. Founded by Joe Vulgamore in June 2008, Sirfur Productions also delivers surf entertainment in the form of Texas Surf TV (www.texassurftv.com), which has five channels of “On Demand” surf videos, swell and buoy information, and the popular series “Off the Lip”.

For more information on the product, or to order online, visit http://www.texasgulfcoastsurfing.com or call 361-653-2580.

Media contact:
Joe Vulgamore
sirfurproductions@gmail.com
Phone: 361-653-2580

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