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Who has respect for the oceans?

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sampsihoyos
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I know we all live in cold, ski accessible climates but I'm sure some of you NS get the chance to fly south for the winter to mexico, florida or wherever. I hope you are lucky enough to put on a mask stick your head under water and see the spectacular sea life and the whole other universe of things that live down there. I love skiing colorado but only a pow day tops a day of diving in clear water. My parents make films about how we need to treat the oceans better and my dad drives a solar powered electric car (we have gas cars for going skiing). I'm just wondering if there are any NS who really care about the oceans so much as we do? I'm sure you've heard that world fish stocks have been depleted like mad, 90% of bluefin tuna are gone, 70% of our salmon is farmed, and the coral reefs are the canary in the coal mine with the ph of the ocean going up 1%. You could dive in LA and catch a 10 pound lobster just 50 years ago, now you don't go in the water. There are vast swirling islands of trash in every ocean. Overall we disrespect the oceans like theres no tomorrow. Am I the only person on NS who knows about this?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110200913.html
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/Ocean+Acidification
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0515_030515_fishdecline.html
Dec 18 2011 2:14PM
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2_fadez
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I respect it.
Dec 18 2011 2:16PM
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sampsihoyos
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Thank you. There's 1
Dec 18 2011 2:19PM
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J.M
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This.  I live 40 minutes from the ocean and the mountain :D

Dec 18 2011 2:21PM
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chicken
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i moved to the coast 3 years ago and will never leave. the ocean is awesome and we must protect it.
Dec 18 2011 2:30PM
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gnarnia.
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i thoroughly enjoy this thread.
Dec 18 2011 2:55PM
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JIBpsy^^
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oh hell yea dude. the only thing i dont like about the ocean is the jelly fish. seems like everytime i go diving we end up in a swarm of those tiny harmless jellies.  They dont hurt but they freak the fuck out of me.
Dec 18 2011 2:58PM
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crayola
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Dec 18 2011 3:20PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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the NS surfers thread does
Dec 18 2011 3:20PM
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gnarnia.
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clark little.

one of my favorite photographers.
Dec 18 2011 3:24PM
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SPskier543
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so cool

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Dec 18 2011 3:32PM
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B.Aussie
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The ocean is amazing.
Dec 18 2011 4:04PM
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californiagrown
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the ocean just waqnts to drown me. why else would it not let me breathe? so fuck the ocean!
Dec 18 2011 4:05PM
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Parks.
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if you dont respect what the ocean is capable of...your off your fuckin rocker




Dec 18 2011 4:17PM
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samwise
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No words for the ocean. Just stare at it.
Dec 18 2011 4:26PM
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fragglemuffin
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Love it...Diving/snorkeling on reefs is insanely fun/awesome/mind-blowing
Dec 18 2011 4:34PM
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EastCoast315
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Totally. I saw the ocean for the first time a few months ago, I cried because it was so profoundly massive. Super inspirational if you write/make art, it really got me going in my notebook.
Dec 18 2011 4:46PM
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ForeverYung
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holy fuck.
and i love the ocean
Dec 18 2011 4:51PM
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howlongcanausern
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Come on, man, I fuckin’ straight up feel sorry for anybody that can look at the moon the trees, and the seven seas, and not see fuckin’ miracles. It’s not about religion either. Nature itself is a miracle. Stand toe to toe with the ocean at night and tell me that shit ain’t amazing.

-Violent J
Dec 18 2011 5:16PM
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gnarnia.
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thats fake by the way.
Dec 18 2011 6:01PM
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Parks.
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Dec 20 2011 9:53PM
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Darth_Veeder
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Yep. You are the only person on all of NS who knows this. No one, of all the members, shares this knowledge with you. Congrats.
Dec 20 2011 10:17PM
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jreilly
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hahahahahah its the opening to one of the greatest surf movies ever
Dec 20 2011 10:35PM
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EricaMN.
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after burning ten bowls and proceeding to kayak in 4 foot swells, nothing can EVAR achieve a higher level of respect
Dec 20 2011 11:15PM
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FM3
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I put in like a half hour writing a response to the 90% of bluefin are extinct bullshit. I accidentally closed the tab and now I'm way too pissed off to rewrite it. Basically, that "fact" is just enviro bullshit. I have plenty of facts and real world experiences to back that up, which I incorporated into my previous post. The short of it is, having spent years and years bluefin fishing, and having spent time fishing with plenty of people who have relied on tuna to feed their families all their lives, the bluefin tuna is not anywhere near extinction. If there are any intelligent responses to this post, I'll be glad to go into more detail, but for now I'm going to go sulk about the masterpiece that I just deleted.....

Go to Prince Edward Island, Canada any time from June to November and this is what you'll be able to do. This is a good friend of mine.

Embed maybe?

Dec 20 2011 11:17PM
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Crowley.
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Fuck you dolphin, fuck you whale.
Dec 20 2011 11:19PM
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Crowley.
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But seriously, I respect the shit out of the ocean nothing better than sitting on the beach drinking beer and smoking weed just looking at the ocean.
Dec 20 2011 11:22PM
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californiagrown
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i think gerar butler has respect for the ocean...now haha


Actor Gerard Butler was hospitalized after being pummeled by big waves while filming a new surfing movie over the weekend, according to ESPN.com.

Butler was held under water after being caught inside at Mavericks, the notorious big wave surf spot in Northern California that's been the scene of several deaths.

The 42-year old star of 300 was shooting a new film called Of Men and Mavericks when he was pounded by a set of 12-16 foot waves. Butler was held underwater for several waves and dragged through rocks until rescued by a safety worker on a jetski.

"He was down at least 20, maybe 40 seconds. It's traumatic because you're rolling around a bunch with lots of rocks on the inside of the break — called the bone yard," surfer Zach Wormhoudt told the New York Daily News. "We all went through that."

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When the shaken actor emerged from the water, "he had that 100-yard stare that surfers get after a two-wave hold-down or near-death experience," wrote Frank Quirarte on ESPN.com.

Butler was taken by ambulance to Stanford Medical Center for observation, then released. His rep said:

He's fine. Very scary. They brought him to Stanford University. More scary than anything. For precaution, we all wanted him checked out after it all happened. Came out with flying colors.

Butler portarys a surfer in the new flick about big wave legend Jay Moriarty, who surfed Mavericks at age 16 before dying in a free-diving accident in 2001.

Pro surfer Mark Foo died at Mavericks near Half Moon Bay in 1994. Another big wave rider, Sion Milosky, was killed earlier this year.
Dec 20 2011 11:34PM
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