Rise Above Plastics with Your iPhone and Surfrider

Still rising above plastics?  Good.  Here’s a new way to help (if you have an iPhone).  There’s a new app called The Extraordinaries where organizations and non-profits are able to get the public to contribute to various causes and campaigns.  For The Surfrider Foundation the Extraordinaries is being harnessed to aid in their Rise Above…

More On The Surf Network

Last month we told you about The Surf Network, which is like an iTunes for Surf Movies. With the swell around here being in DUD mode right now, I am itchin’ for my fix.  Usually I turn to movies to help out in this situation.  I finally decided to give The Surf Network a try. …

Shralp Tide iPhone App

Sometimes all you really need to know for surfing is the tide charts, especially if you are an every day surfer. Unlike the surf report, tide charts are incredibly accurate and reliable. And if you know your surf break well enough, you know the ideal time in the tide fluctuation for maximum surf output. If…

Oakley Surf Report iPhone App

For a good while there was no Surf Report application for the iPhone.  Then suddenly there were two, one from Oakley and one from WaveWatch (who is interenstly enough, sponsored by Oakley).  Of course, I opted for the free one – Oakley’s Surf Report (powered by Surfline).  My general feeling is that it’s more trouble…

WordPress for Your iPhone

If you use WordPress for all your blogging needs, and if you use the iPhone for all your phone/audio/video/mapping/calendering/pictures… needs, you may now marry the two technologies into one blissful unit.  Blog directly from your phone (including pictures both from your picture library and camera roll)! First, make sure both your WordPress and iPhone are…

Teach a Man to Fish

Many, many days ago I was at Del Taco eating burritos (as per usual). For entertainment during mastication, I was watching The Rest of Everest podcast on my iPhone.During a bite of my delicious half-pound bean and cheese burrito with red sauce, my Del Taco receipt caught my eye. It was flipped over, and the…