Riding Through the Winter. Extremely Tiny Chameleons Discovered In Madagascar. What is causing the waves in California to glow? It looks like something from the movie "Avatar": ocean waters that light up like neon glow sticks when they splash. Beaches across southern California have recently been alight with eerie, glowing waves. What could be causing such an otherworldly phenomenon? A recent report by Discovery News has provided an answer. According to marine biologist Jorge Ribas, the glowing is caused by a massive red tide, or algae bloom, of bioluminescent phytoplankton called Lingulodinium polyedrum. The microorganisms emit light in response to stress, such as when a wave crashes into the shore, a surfboard slashes through the surf, or a kayaker's paddle splashes the water. The result is a wickedly cool glowing ocean. The phenomenon has been observed on a semi-regular basis since at least 1901 along the beaches around San Diego, Calif.
For surfers who don't mind catching a wave in water teeming with a sludge of microorganisms, the glowing ocean offers the chance of a lifetime. Signal Snowboards creates a hybrid surf-snowboard. California-based Signal Snowboards recently fulfilled the dreams of board sports enthusiasts everywhere in its "Every Third Thursday" Web series by building a hybrid board capable of surfing both waves and powder stashes. If you think that the board can't possibly shred on both water and snow proficiently, Signal took it to the beach and mountains to prove it.
View all Since surfing predates snowboarding by thousands of years, snowboarders have long been taking inspiration from their beach-bound brethren, attempting to replicate the feeling of surfing on snow. The invention recognized as the first snowboard was called the "Snurfer" and, more recently, binding-less snowboards referred to as noboards have been used to mimic the free-form nature of riding the sea with nothing more than bare feet, a little wax and a long piece of foam.
"What if you could create this cool feeling where you felt like you were surfing," Signal founder Dave Lee explained to us. Source: Signal Snowboards. The pocket-sized, wood-fire burning, (eco friendly?) 180 camping stove. The 180 Stove is a simple, portable backpacking stove that relies on wood as its sole fuel. Unlike gas canisters and liquid propane, wood is a natural fuel that's available in all types of wilderness areas, making it a renewable, clean source of fuel for backwoods cooking.
And since there are no canisters to buy, carry and dispose of, you save weight and space in your pack. View all The 180 Stove's weight of 10.4 oz (295 g) is heavier than tiny, ultralight backpacking stoves, but since you don't have to carry a canister or any fuel (save maybe for dry tinder), you save on the asterisk weight. The stove is also super portable thanks to its compactable design. The three sides and three slats break down into a flat package that measures 3.25 x 7.0 x 0.63 inches (8.3 x 17.8 x 1.6 cm).
It's so small, you can slide it into a jacket or pants pocket and it assembles in seconds without any need for tools. The wood fire you create is the sole source of heat in the 180 Stove. Source: 180 Tack. SurfSkate | It's always going off!!