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Feb 28

Special Report: Tsunami Party!

Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2010 in Boarding News, Surfing

TransWorld SURF's Chris Coté reports from the Gold Coast of Australia and as usual, turns to the bottle when things go south...
Feb 27

Tsunami Threat Halts Quik Pro Gold Coast

Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2010 in Boarding News, Surfing

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile early Saturday morning, resulting in a tsunami warning for the East Coast of Australia effective today...
Feb 27

2010 Down Under Diaries

Posted on Saturday, February 27, 2010 in Boarding News, Surfing

Not a bad view from the new TransWorld SURF office, eh? Chronicling the triumphs and tragedies of the 2010 ASP World Tour season opening event, the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast. Stay tuned here for up to the minute updates and insight into the madness!
Oct 8

Tsunami Warning Issued After Quake Near Vanuatu

Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2009 in Boarding News, Surfing

Here we go again...hopefully this won't have the same devastating results as the Samoan tsunami...
Oct 6

British Surfer Duck Dives Samoan Tsunami

Posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 in Boarding News, Surfing

The approaching tsunami in Samoa. Photo: AP A British survivor survived the tsunami which devastated the South Pacific by paddling towards the towering wave, he has claimed....
Oct 6

Samoa And Padang Update From Wavehunters Travel

Posted on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 in Boarding News, Surfing

Samoa: Yep, that's a boat in a tree. As of today all of our Mentawai Islands live-aboard vessels based out of Padang, Indonesia have checked in SAFELY...
Oct 5

Samoan Tsunami Video

Posted on Monday, October 5, 2009 in Boarding News, Surfing

Check out this video that illustrates the devastating Tsunami that rocked the Pacific Ocean; Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga in particular.
Oct 5

Tsunami Survivor

Posted on Monday, October 5, 2009 in Boarding News, Surfing

Samoan lineup. Photo: StraleyOne surfers sketchy first hand account of surviving the Tsunami that struck Samoa last week...
Sep 30

Tsunamis In Polynesia Flatten Villages; Kill Over 100

Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 in Boarding News, Surfing

Survivors of a deadly earthquake-triggered tsunami which hit the Samoan islands Tuesday have described how they watched the inrushing sea swallow up coastal towns and villages.
Sep 29

Tsunami Alert Ordered For Hawaiian Islands After Quake

Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 in Boarding News, Surfing

Tsunami Alert Ordered For Hawaiian Islands After Quake Near American Samoa

According to a report on the LA Times, a tsunami alert has been put into place for the Hawaiian Islands, and other Pacific Ocean islands including New Zealand, and New Guinea after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck near American Samoa today. Apparently the West Coast of America isn’t in any danger of a tsunami…

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