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Surf's Up: Hitting the Waves of Great Surfing Destinations

HomeAway.co.uk | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: South Africa, Holidays, Australia, Morocco, Surfing, Hawaii, Bali, Maui, Cornwall, UK Lifestyle News
HomeAway.co.uk

There is something magical about riding a wave. It's that feeling of walking on air, adrenaline pumping, and yet somehow completely peaceful. Once you've done it once you understand why it's so addictive. So if you want a little taste of surf heaven, pack your wetsuit and your board and get ready to hit the waves of some of the greatest surfing spots around the world.

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Why Remaking Point Break Is A Mistake

Ben Falk | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Kathryn Bigelow, Lori Petty, Extreme Sports, Robocop Remake, Keanu Reeves, Surfing, Dirty Dancing, Hot Fuzz, Red Dawn Remake, Reboot, Point Break Remake, Cgi, Point Break, Romancing the Stone, Robocop, Remakes, Oscars, Patrick Swayze, UK Film, UK Entertainment News
Ben Falk

You remake Girl With The Dragon Tattoo because millions of people can't be arsed to read subtitles. You do a hundred versions of Macbeth because the writing is so complex and universal that each one can yield myriad subtext or reflections on our own modern-day existence. Point Break is Point Break. There's nothing to interpret.

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Why the Media is Murdering South Africa's Image......

Amanda Willard | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK
Read More: South Africa, UK Travel, Beaches, Surfing, Carl Pistorius, Africa, UK Media, Oscar Pistorius, UK Press, Pretoria, Reeva Steenkamp, UK News
Amanda Willard

In the midst of this media frenzy of blame centred on the 'paranoid' South African society and its unhealthy love of guns, the simple fact is that for many people in South Africa this isn't their reality.

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Alternative Ireland

Andrew Matthews | Posted 28.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Dublin, Castle, Holidays, Holiday Rentals, Surfing, Beaches, Ireland, Blarney Stone, Travel, Alternative, Cork, UK Lifestyle News
Andrew Matthews

In the tense final moments of 'Travel One-Upmanship' it's handy to have some opposites up your sleeve. So when it's gone beyond the country, it's veering towards a championship point but it's still all left to play for in the details, just steer the topic towards something that completely contradicts what your rival did.

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Board in Devon

Deborah C Dooley | Posted 06.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Writing, Surfing, Devon, UK Surfing, Travel, Watersports, Surfing in Britain, UK Travel, UK Lifestyle News
Deborah C Dooley

There can be few things more pleasant in this life than reclining on a beautiful beach, and surveying white crested waves dotted with those black shiny suited acrobats of the sea. Not dolphins. Surfers

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LOOK: Surfer Rides 100ft Wave

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK
Read More: World Record, Ocean Explorer, UK News, Nazare, Surfing, Surf, Gareth Mcnamara, News, Portugal, Ocean, UK News

Surfing legend Garrett McNamara may have smashed his own world record after riding the crest of a giant 100ft wave off the coast of Portugal. The ...

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Planet Appetite: El Salvador, Central America - Small But Perfectly Formed

Rupert Parker | Posted 30.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Lifestyle, Central America, Surfing, Travel, Mayans, Travel Blogs, UK Lifestyle, El Salvador, Joya De Ceren, Sea Turtles, San Salvador, Volcanoes National Park, Turtles, Earthquake, Salvador, UK Lifestyle News
Rupert Parker

In El Salvador they say the country is so tiny that nothing is more than 40 minutes away. Whether it's volcano, beach or capital city, all are close - it's just the traffic around San Salvador that might hold you up

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Huffington Post Picture Desk Live: 1st October 2012

Posted 30.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Photography, Pictures of the Day Blog, Turner Prize, Funny Pictures, Striking Pictures, Afghanistan, Surfing, Live Picture Blog, Pictures of the Day, Pussy Riot, Facebook, Dmitry Medvedev, Mark Zuckerberg, China, Justin Bieber, UK News

Scroll down for some of the best news, entertainment, culture and sports pictures from around the world, brought to you by The Huffington Post's Pictu...

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PICTURES: Hawaii Five-Woah! Incredible Pictures Capture Waves’ Array Of Colours

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 04.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Photography, Surfers, Nature Photography, Hawaii, Mother-Nature, Surfing, UK News

Mother Nature is clearly good with water colours. These amazing pictures taken on a beach in Hawaii capture the exact moment the wave breaks, revea...

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WATCH: Guinness Recognise Surfer For Riding 78-Foot Wave

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 11.05.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: Guinness Record Wave, Guinness Garrett McNamara, Video, UK Surfing, Garrett McNamara 78-Foot Wave, Garrett McNamara Portugal Coast, UK Sport, 78-Foot Wave Record, Garrett McNamara Portuguese Coast, Garrett McNamara, UK Sport News

Rare is it that Patrick Swayze is topped, but his radical surfer Bodhi, of Point Break fame, has been beaten to the honour of riding the "gnarliest" w...

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Pictures Of The Day: The Beautiful Game, Baby Lizards, And Savage Karate Chops

Huffington Post UK | Liam McLaughlin | Posted 15.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Lizards, Swimming, India, Ben Youngs, Rangers, South Korea, Glasgow, Football, Barcelona, Surfing, Meryl Streep, Alexis Sanchez, Pictures of the Day, Alice Cooper, UK News

Though the chilly weather has put most people off sports for now, that didn't stop Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez burying the ball behind Bayer Leverkusen...

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WATCH: Teenager Surfs With Dolphins

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Dolphins, Surfing, Surfer, Surfing Video, Surfing With Dolphins, Teenage Surfer, UK Viral Videos, Florida, Dolphin Video, Dolphin, Video, UK Comedy News

Floridian Keith Overton was recording his son, Mitchell, wake board off the back of a boat recently. Not that big a deal, you might think... except th...

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WATCH: Surfer Survives Shark Attack After Paddling To Shore Covered In Blood

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Surfers, Swimming, Shark Surf, UK News, Australia, Sea, Surfing, Nature, Shark Attack, News, Sharks, UK News

A surfer managed to paddle back to shore covered in blood after a shark attack at North Avoca Beach, New South Wales, Australia. The 28-year-old su...

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Still Got It! Elle Macpherson Goes Surfing In Skimpy Wetsuit

www.mydaily.co.uk | Posted 28.02.2012 | UK Style
Read More: Australia, Surfing, Supermodel, Christmas, The Body, Fashion, Celebrity Style, Byron Bay, Wetsuit, Pictures, Elle Macpherson, UK Style News

Here's a little something to make you fiercely regret all the calories you've consumed over the festive period. Elle Macpherson indulged in a spot of ...

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Australian Surfer Survives Shark Attack, Surfboard Not So Lucky (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alastair Plumb | Posted 12.12.2011 | UK Comedy
Read More: Video, Australia, Shark Attacks, Surfing, Surf, Surfboard, Surfer, Shark, Shark Attack, UK Viral Videos, UK Weird News, UK Comedy News

Meet Stephen King and his surfboard. No, it's not that Stephen King - he's not that hot at surfing, it turns out - but the Australian Stephen King, a...

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Pictures: Britain's First Big Wave Surfer With His Homemade Wooden Surfboard

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 03.12.2011 | UK
Read More: UK Sport, British Surfing Association, Big Wave Surfing, UK News, Cornwall, Surfing, UK News

Rare footage of Britain's first big wave surfer has been uncovered an 80-year-old film, which had been stashed in attic. It is the earliest known ...

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Neon Night Surfing At Bondi Beach

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 31.01.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Leds, Video, Gadgets, UK Technology News, Surfing, Bondi Beach, UK Tech, Sport, Lights, Neon, Neon Surfing, UK Tech News

Nevermind the sharks, or the fact that these Australians are celebrating summer while we freeze our bits off here in the UK, this is an excellent appl...

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Hollywood's Obsession With Remakes

Emma Jones | Posted 25.11.2011 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Keanu Reeves, Pointbreak Remake, Surfing, Remakes, Colin Farrell, Emma Jones, UK Film, Hollywood, Cinema, Point Break, UK Entertainment News
Emma Jones

We all know Hollywood is obsessed with the fresh ( just look at the sell by date of actresses.) But even they get 40 odd years. A film's lucky to have a span of 25 before a baby-faced, baseball-capped, Starbucks-carrying studio executive is screaming "remake!"

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Agatha Christie Surfing Pioneer

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 28.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Devon, Agatha Christie, Surfing, UK News

There's no doubt Agatha Christie had a love for telling a gripping murder mystery. But now it appears her talents extended from the typewriter to the ...

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