Beach Surf Team Heads West - to Smaller Waves
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By Lee Tolliver, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 10--Wes Laine is hoping the surf gods look favorably on him.   Laine is in California for the Quiksilver Surf Shop Challenge Championships.   Competition begins Monday.
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There were a few brave early-morning swimmers and sunbathers, but West Beach largely belonged to the friends and family of Nick Peterson.
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&quot;Seven more are still missing in the area,&quot; Penang Civil Defence Director Mohamad Johari Mohamad Taufik told Reuters. 3-metre high (9-ft) waves hit the coast from around 1:30 pm on Sunday.
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Socceroo forward Harry Kewell loosens up by tossing around a ball at Bondi beach yesterday. Photo: Craig Golding. There were half a dozen Socceroos standing on a raised platform in Sydney&#39;s
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By PCh  Tonight, the team find themselves in the Northwest of England, where Miranda Krestovnikoff goes in search of the biggest sharks in our coastal waters, and Neil Oliver (above) commemorates the early attempts at aviation that took place on Southport beach.
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TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka, Dec. 28 -- For J.D. Vaz and M.Vasantna, the earthquake-driven waves that roared ashore without warning Sunday were a great leveler.
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Volunteers in the Philippines are getting shorn to save the shore. The cast-off clippings of human hair are going to be used to help mop up oil from a disastrous spill that has fouled beaches, coral reefs and mangrove swamps.
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With the weather improving Sunday, the Coast Guard planned for a helicopter to lower a salvage team to a soybean freighter that broke in two off Alaska's coast &#151; a key step toward cleaning up a destructive, oily mess stretching for miles from the vessel.
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A powerful storm moved along the West Coast today, causing highway-blocking mudslides, flooding and power outages. Up to a foot of rain was possible in one mountain area.
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Rescue teams in India and Sri Lanka are heading out to the last of the areas devastated by tsunami waves. The story unfolding is of more devastation.
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With 24-foot seas and 50-knot winds continuing to pound the Aleutian island where a soybean freighter cracked in half, officials Saturday could take only a few small steps toward cleaning up the massive oil spill left behind.
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South Africa&#39;s yachting crew, team Shosholoza, are making big waves at the second precursor to the 2007 America&#39;s Cup in Valencia in Spain.
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Executives are hoping a new surfing contest format will help bring television viewers.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. Sept. 29, 2004 - Many of Florida&#39;s beaches have taken on a different look after this year&#39;s parade of hurricanes finished shifting, eroding or completely relocating tons of sand.
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It looks as if the US soccer team's trip to Venezuela is going to be a short one.
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By DAMON TATEM  BEACH, PIER AND BRIDGE FISHING  Corolla to Coquina Beach  Surf fishing should be fair overall this week from Corolla to Coquina Beach, with the usual summertime variety of small bottom fish available.
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An army of volunteers cleared bags of litter from a popular beach during a clean-up drive.   Youngsters to grandparents headed to Saltburn beach on Saturday to take part in the Adopt a Beach event organised by the Marine Conservation Society.