SURFBOARD AND MEMORABILIA AUCTION TO SET NEW STANDARDS IN AUSTRALIA
The highest quality surf memorabilia ever brought to auction in Australia will be seen at the Global Surf Industries Noosa Festival of Surfing . . .
TSUNAMI ALERT AFTER SUMATRA QUAKE
A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island early today, the US Geological Survey said . . .
AUSSIE SCIENTISTS FIND NEW SEA BIRDS
Australian palaeontologists have found as many as four new species of sea birds in a huge cache of fossils on a . . .
UPDATE: CYCLONE IVAN KILLS 44, LEAVES 145,000 HOMELESS IN MADAGASCAR
The toll from Cyclone Ivan has risen to 44 dead and 145,000 homeless in Madagascar, the government said Monday . . .
GREAT WHITE SHARK COUNT RECORDS MORE THAN 2100 SIGHTINGS
Aussies are the most willing people in the world to seek out sharks and photograph them . . .
TONS OF DEAD FISH WASH UP ON TAIWAN BEACHES
Tons of fish, from carp to exotic tropical specimens, have washed up dead along 320 km of beach on . . .
MADAGASCAR CYCLONE KILLED 29: OFFICIAL
A cyclone which swept across Madagascar this week killed at least 29 people and left nearly 70,000 . . .
BILLABONG FIRST-HALF EARNINGS FALL ON CURRENCY GAIN
Billabong International Ltd., the world's largest surfwear maker, said first-half profit declined 2 percent . . .
FIDEL DON'T SURF
But some Cubans do, so I brought a nine-foot gift . . .
UPDATE: 2008 GLOBAL SURF INDUSTRIES NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING
Confirmed Tropicsurf Summit Agenda: Great Opportunity for Public; No Creek, but we are up and with a Paddle; Tandems Double Take; Noosa Premiere - Walking on Water with live music by Tom Curren . . .
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