Surfing, singer-songwriter Mishka will be playing the WOW Hall in Eugene, OR tomorrow October 19 at 8 p.m. (get tickets). Growing up sailing the Caribbean on a boat that his father hand-built for the family infused Mishka's music with a reggae base.
A friend shared this video with me (thanks, Matt), and though it's not about the Northwest, I think it has the perfect vibe to fit in with the low-key, do-it-because-you-love-it mindset that this site aspires to share with you.
Ed Note: Keith Novosel is a photographer currently based out of Portland, Oregon--you can check out his work at fluidmotionphoto.com. In spring 2010 he contacted NW Surf & Snow find out about the NW surf scene and to let us know he was moving to the NW from Florida via a cross-country road trip.
I hit up The Gathering longboard contest on Saturday, September 11, 2010. The waist to shoulder high peelers were breaking under cloud-free blue skies in tee-shirt suitable 65-degree weather.
Rounding out this summer's surf contests, The Gathering longboard contest will take place September 11 and 12 at South Beach State Park in Newport, Oregon.
The Oregon Open Ocean Classic is happening August 28. The OOOC is a 7.5 mile stand-up paddleboard race from Beverly Beach State Park south to Nye Beach in Newport, Oregon.