Several surfers catch a wave off the Urumea River at the Basque city of San Sebastian in northern Spain, Thursday Nov.5, 2009 as a strong wind blows in from the Cantabrian Sea. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

Several surfers catch a wave off the Urumea River at the Basque city of San Sebastian in northern Spain, Thursday Nov.5, 2009 as a strong wind blows in from the Cantabrian Sea.

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  1. Richard Fain, chairman and CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, rides a boogie board in a FlowRider pool which simulates surfing aboard Oasis of the Seas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida November 20, 2009. Royal Caribbean's new Oasis of the Seas is the largest, widest, tallest, most expensive cruise ship afloat, a cornucopia of amusements aimed at quashing the notion that cruising is a sedentary vacation, said Fain. Picture taken November 20, 2009.
  2. PORTHCAWL, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 22: A surfer tries to paddle out as waves batter the harbour wall on November 22, 2009 in Porthcawl, Wales. As fresh gale force winds and heavy rain sweeps across the UK, a major rescue operation is continuing after severe weather conditions caused flooding cutting off villages and towns in England's Lake District.
  3. PORT EVERGLADES, FL - NOVEMBER 20: People enjoy the surfing on board the cruise ship Oasis of the Seas on November 20, 2009 in Port Everglades, Florida. Oasis of the Seas is the world's biggest and newest cruise ship.
  4. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 18: Musician Kirk Pengilley and former surfer Layne Beachley arrive for the 2009 Kodak Inside Film Awards at Luna Park on November 18, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  5. EL JADIDA, MOROCCO - OCTOBER 31: Actress Lindsey Lohan and guest talk to professional surfer Kelly Slater while attending the grand opening night of the Kerzner Mazagan Beach Resort on October 31, 2009 in El Jadida, Morocco. 1,500 guest guests will be surrounded by 100,000 roses, 10,000 candles, 50 horses from El Jadida dressed in the national tbourida costume, more than 300 traditional folk troops and fire breathers in celebration of the opening night of the latest Kerzner International Resort.
  6. EL JADIDA, MOROCCO - OCTOBER 31: Professional surfer Kelly Slater arrives for the grand opening night of the Kerzner Mazagan Beach Resort on October 31, 2009 in El Jadida, Morocco. 1,500 guest guests will be surrounded by 100,000 roses, 10,000 candles, 50 horses from El Jadida dressed in the national tbourida costume, more than 300 traditional folk troops and fire breathers in celebration of the opening night of the latest Kerzner International Resort.
  7. EL JADIDA, MOROCCO - OCTOBER 31: Champion surfer Kelly Slater attends the grand opening of the Mazagan Beach Resort on October 31, 2009 in El Jadida, Morocco. Kerzner International have launched a brand new 500-room tourist destination in Morocco boasting an 18-hole golf course designed by Gary Player, a 7km stretch of beach, luxury boutiques, eight restaurants, casino, nightclub, a spa and one of the largest conference centres in the region.
  8. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 07: (L-R) 16-year old solo sailor Jessica Watson and 7-times former world surfing champion Layne Beachley pose during the official launch of Watson's solo round the world voyage on October 7, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. Watson is attempting to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world non-stop and unassisted, an estimated 23,000 nautical miles expected to take her around 230 days at sea, despite her earlier collision with a coal tanker less than 24 hours into her voyage and the ongoing controversy over the ability of the 16-year old schoolgirl.
  9. ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 05: Simon Dyson of England is congratulated by his playing partner US surfing champion Kelly Slater on the 18th green after victory at the The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at The Old Course on October 5, 2009 in St.Andrews, Scotland.
  10. KINGSBARNS, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 04: Simon Dyson of England is congratulated by his playing partner US surfer Kelly Slater on the 18th green after his finishes his round during the third round of The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Kingsbarns Golf Links on October 4, 2009 in Kingsbarns, Scotland. The third round was postponed on Saturday due to gale force winds.
  11. CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 01: US surfing champion Kelly Slater on the 14th green during the first round of The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie Golf Club on October 1, 2009 in Carnoustie, Scotland.
  12. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 29: Former pro surfer Layne Beachley arrives for the Cosmopolitan Fun, Fearless, Female Awards at the Art Gallery Of NSW on September 29, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  13. NEWQUAY, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 14: Competitors take part in a evening game of beach polo on the sand at Watergate Bay near Newquay on September 14, 2009 in Cornwall, England. Several thousand people gathered to watch the Veuve Cliquot sponsored event, now in its third year and played on one of the Cornwall's most popular surfing beaches. Organizers say the aim of the event, which is globally one of only five regular polo matches played on a beach, is to bring polo to a wider audience and to blend the glamour of polo with the raw beauty of Cornwall.
  14. ST AGNES, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: A belly boarder poses for a photograph as he takes part in the World Belly Boarding Championships at Chapel Porth on September 6 2009 near St Agnes, England. Over a hundred surfers of all ages - some from as far away as New York, Denmark and Australia - all on traditional wooden belly boards, gathered for the annual charity event organised for the National Trust and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The event was started in 2002 as a celebration of how surfing began in Britain more than a century ago and because since the 1920s Cornwall has become the focus for surfing in the UK. Originally surfers used the wooden 'belly boards' on which they laid down and it was only later that they started standing up, with Cornwall having the first visual evidence of that, in 1929.

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