Vishal Sharma has included Global Surfari in his Australian Startups Carnival on his special Startups Mini Site.

It will be interesting to see the outcome of the carnival. View the GlobalSurfari page at Vishal’s site.

A local company provides custom surf wax and so I have ordered a few promotional pieces. I am going to think of a competition to win one of these bad boys on GlobalSurfari.com!

GlobalSurfari.com Cool Water Surf Wax

Stay tuned!

Global Surfari now has tide information, which can be extremely useful - my worse surf injury was mostly thanks to a low tide.

“High Tide wave of your life, Low Tide end of your life”.

Please note the tide times and especially take notice of the UTC offset to make sure the tide is in the right timezone for you. If the tide is especially important to your surf check other sources to verify times and heights.

From today, November 6th, British Airways will no longer take your surf board on their planes. You may have never flown BA but this sort of action may soon be duplicated around the world, ending the real world “Global Surfari”.

That doesn’t mean they won’t take them for free, it means they won’t take them at all. GlobalSurfari.com Facebook Surf Forecasts now contains a dedicated link to the Facebook Group and a banner similar to the one below has been place on rotation at globalsurfari.com.

Consider signing the BSA Petition at http://www.britsurf.co.uk/Releases/October2007/PR-25OCT07.htm

From the Facebook Group -

I just wanted to make sure that you are aware that British Airways is planning to ban surfboards on all its flights from 6 November.

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/bagsport/public/en_gb

We have heard unconfirmed reports that the reason for this is that the new baggage handling equipment at London Heathrow Terminal 5 is not designed to deal with large items.

We are extremely concerned that other carriers will follow BA’s lead.

I feel that the strongest argument against the ban will come from companies in the surf travel industry that depend on people being able to take their surfboards on holiday with them. We need to make airlines see that the simple act of banning surfboards on flights will have serious knock on consequences for people and communities that depend on surf tourism.

If you feel that this issue will affect you and your business, please make your feelings known to BA, and the local press and media in your area.

Contact BA by email:

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/askbainter/public/en_gb ?source=BOT_contactus

BA Postal Address:

British Airways plc,
Waterside,
PO Box 365,
Harmondsworth,
UB7 0GB.

United Kingdom

Global Surfari Surf Forecasts are featured on the Apple.com web application list for iPhone and iTouch!

© Apple

Checkout the Surf Forecasts page at Apple.com

Surf Forecasts on GlobalSurfari.com and the Facebook App. now have local surf videos on the forecast page (providing there are any).

They currently open in a new window as this appears to be the preferred method of doing so via the YouTube API.  Hope all you surfers like it!!!!

Login to GlobalSurfari.com or the Facebook Surf Forecast Application and see local YouTube videos!

Surfers can now get Global Surfari Surf Forecasts on their iPhone, or really any mobile device that supports 320 pixels wide.

IPhone and ITouch users need only go to http://globalsurfari.com to get the forecast. If your device is not recognised as a mobile device, there’s a handy link on the top left of the new homepage which will send you to the surf forecasts on your mobile / cell phone / palm.

Image above is (c) Apple. Go to http://apple.com to get yourself an iPhone / iTouch device!

Hi! Global Surfari has been upgraded, mostly from the feedback from the Facebook Application for Surf Forecasts that was created for Global Surfari.

We hope you like the new version and hope it gives you exactly what you want… your local beach surf forecast.