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May 15 2013 Wave on Erie
According to the buoy data, the waves peaked at 5.2 feet (near 1.6 metres) at both 3 and 4 pm with a good W component to the winds cleaning them up a bit from the higher more SW winds earlier in the day. Waves had good shape and the water…
Focus Torpedo 8'4 SUP for sale
Focus 8’4 Torpedo SUP for sale. Used less than 10 times; only selling because it’s too small for me. This is an intermediate board for surfing; I would suggest riders 170lbs or under. This board weighs about 15lbs with fins, very very light. Beautiful Australian Pine top with a gopro mount and a goretex vent plug. This board includes new fins! Like new conditions besides rail tape being applied to the left rail to prevent paddle scratches/dings. Will be a great board for surfing here on the…See More
Darryl Spreen is attending Helen Hatzis's event
Aloha Toronto 2013 (2nd annual) at Cherry Beach, Toronto
August 23, 2013 at 7pm to August 25, 2013 at 8pm
After a successful inaugural year, Aloha Toronto is back! We have moved to Cherry Beach to better accommodate our surf camp participants and the WPA racers. Also, we have partnered up with the 100th Anniversary Grey Cup winners: The Toronto Argonauts. Their most outstanding team and league player Chad Owens is Hawaiian!! Join us at our kick off party at the historical Balmy Beach Club on Fri Aug 23 to welcome back Izzy Paskowitz, Garrett McNamara and the entire Surfers Healing crew. Come…See More
Chris Farrell posted a status"im headed to pleasnt beach. anyone else out there or headed that way today?"
"I am on Michigan side of Huron when I surf but it is almost same distance for me to travel across to Canada from detroit as long as toll lines are short. The surfers stateside seem to travel to Hawaii for winter but should be back now. Go to a SUP…"
Helen Hatzis posted an eventAloha Toronto 2013 (2nd annual) at Cherry Beach, Toronto
August 23, 2013 at 7pm to August 25, 2013 at 8pm
After a successful inaugural year, Aloha Toronto is back! We have moved to Cherry Beach to better accommodate our surf camp participants and the WPA racers. Also, we have partnered up with the 100th Anniversary Grey Cup winners: The Toronto Argonauts. Their most outstanding team and league player Chad Owens is Hawaiian!! Join us at our kick off party at the historical Balmy Beach Club on Fri Aug 23 to welcome back Izzy Paskowitz, Garrett McNamara and the entire Surfers Healing crew. Come…See More
Brandon Liddell commented on M.P. McPharlin's group Lake Huron"Anyone on the Michigan side of lake huron?"
Darryl Spreen is attending Larry Cavero's event
The Cove Beach Clean up #05 at Scarborough Bluffers Park- West parking lot area
June 2, 2013 from 10am to 12pm
We would like to invite you all to our #05 The Cove beach clean up . Join us for an awesome day at our favor surf spot! Bring the kids and let’s all together get one of Toronto's beach clean and have fun. (There will be prizes for the little ones!) We will provide Gloves, water, mask, Bags, snacks and tons of good stoke! Thanks to all the awesome sponsors, families and friends for their continuing support! Surfing is sharing Surf Dreams Canada surf shop- Larry Cavero Great lakes surf…See More
Larry Cavero posted an eventThe Cove Beach Clean up #05 at Scarborough Bluffers Park- West parking lot area
June 2, 2013 from 10am to 12pm
We would like to invite you all to our #05 The Cove beach clean up . Join us for an awesome day at our favor surf spot! Bring the kids and let’s all together get one of Toronto's beach clean and have fun. (There will be prizes for the little ones!) We will provide Gloves, water, mask, Bags, snacks and tons of good stoke! Thanks to all the awesome sponsors, families and friends for their continuing support! Surfing is sharing Surf Dreams Canada surf shop- Larry Cavero Great lakes surf…See More
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Focus Torpedo 8'4 SUP for sale
Focus 8’4 Torpedo SUP for sale. Used less than 10 times; only selling because it’s too small for me. This is an intermediate board for surfing; I would suggest riders 170lbs or under. This board weighs about 15lbs with fins, very very light.…Continue
Started by Josh G in Buy & Sell on Monday.
Burlington 1 Reply
Anyone know any decent spots around the Burlington area? I just moved to Kitchener and I think that will be the closest spot for me. Hoping to hit up Erie and Grand Bend quite a bit as well!Continue
Started by Robyn Bell in General Surf Chatter. Last reply by Chris Farrell Apr 24.
Longboard Fins
Tomorrow Im going to check out a longboard to surf on Lake Erie in Cleveland Ohio. I found this board for a good deal but it doesn't come with a fin.…Continue
Tags: advice, fins, longboards
Started by Max Eger in General Surf Chatter Apr 19.
GoPro Problems 5 Replies
Hey guys, I recently got a new GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition and I have had many problems with it. When I've called GoPro they told me the camera is faulty and they need to replace it. I am now on my THIRD replacement camera. Has anyone else had…Continue
Started by Steven Mrzygut in General Surf Chatter. Last reply by Steven Mrzygut Mar 18.
Winter Wetsuit 3 Replies
Heyo,Just getting into surfing in the Toronto area and was looking into getting a solid winter wet suit. After trying some on thinking of going with Xcel. Are most of the guys wearing the Xcel infinity xzip2 6/5/4 or the drylock 5/4? Down the road…Continue
Started by Marcus in General Surf Chatter. Last reply by Marcus Mar 13.
Pure surfing while you're skateboarding !
To all surfers :It's been so many years of always trying to skate, train and simulate surfing on those flat days...(even before going to surf )Well, we finally found it!! This Skate is definitely the skateboard you can really surf with ! We have…Continue
Started by Larry Cavero in General Surf Chatter Feb 21.
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Events
October 1
Monday
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Freshest Wave 2
October 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 – The Cove @ Bluffers Park
Join Surf Ontario for a FUN day in the SURF! Longboards, shortboards, fish, SUPs - use whatever board you like and show us what you've got! The 1st Freshest Wave event drew over 35 competitors &am…
Organized by Surf Ontario | Type: competition
March 8
Friday
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THE TORONTO COLD WATER SURF & SUP CLASSIC
March 8, 2013 at 9am to May 31, 2013 at 9pm – Jack Darling Memorial park or Mary Curties park in Mississauga,Ontario
On behalf of Surf Dreams Canada- Surf shop, we would like to send a welcome invitation to all of you, to join us for our first Surfing and SUP competition. Please see the event details below: Waiting…
Organized by Surf Dreams Canada- surf shop | Type: surf, competition
June 2
Sunday
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The Cove Beach Clean up #05
June 2, 2013 from 10am to 12pm – Scarborough Bluffers Park- West parking lot area
We would like to invite you all to our #05 The Cove beach clean up . Join us for an awesome day at our favor surf spot! Bring the kids and let’s all together get one of Toronto's beach clean and have…
Organized by Larry Cavero, Antonio Acuna, Helen Fillion | Type: beach, clean, up
August 23
Friday
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Aloha Toronto 2013 (2nd annual)
August 23, 2013 at 7pm to August 25, 2013 at 8pm – Cherry Beach, Toronto
After a successful inaugural year, Aloha Toronto is back! We have moved to Cherry Beach to better accommodate our surf camp participants and the WPA racers. Also, we have partnered up with the 100th…
Organized by Helen Hatzis | Type: wpa, sup, race, surfers, healing, hawaiian, themed, beach, festival, to, support, autism, awareness.
Blog Posts
Thanking you all this Christmas.........
Posted by Larry Cavero on December 25, 2012 at 1:44pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Your friends at Surf Dreams Canada/ Online surf shop would like to thank you for making our season so bright! We truly appreciate your business, and we're grateful that you have supported us since the time of initiation in Sept 2012.
Special thanks to : Makai Paddle surf, Sticky Bumps, Pulse Imaging Photography, Akela Surf shop, Water dreams surf camp-Costa Rica, Preconceived Noceans Surf project,…
The Rochester Surf Club NY "Aloha from the lakes Cold water Classic Surf Competition !!
Posted by Larry Cavero on October 9, 2012 at 6:19pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
On behalf of the Rochester Surf club, We would like to announce their "1st Cold Water Classic Surf Competition"
Details:
Waiting period : from mid November until the end of 2012 ,
more details will come after the party in a beach bar with trophies and many swags for all ,( food, drinks and a live band)
We will have a Longboard and Shortboard category and an expression session if the waves last all day .
Rochester welcomes you all. We will wait for a big…
4th Cove beach Clean up !
Posted by Larry Cavero on October 8, 2012 at 2:15pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
On behalf of SURF DREAMS CANADA Online Surf shop We would like to thank everyone who joined us at the Cove (Scarborough Bluffs) this past Saturday Oct 6. It was great to see so many people giving up their Saturday morning for such a good cause (to clean our beach). Special thanks to all the children who were so…
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