Now who doesnt love HGTV? So I was watching an episode of Color Splash with David Bromstad and I come across this episode with an underwater kids playroom. CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME FUN ROOM!!

Wouldnt you just love to jump in the water with these adorable little creatures? Look how cute the penguins are!! But did you notice something different… have you ever seen an all black penguin?

Andrew Evans, who is traveling by bus from Washington D.C. to Antartica, came across the Rare Black Penguins on the island of South Georgia. The black penguins were confirmed with Dr. Allan Baker an Ornithologist and Professor of Environmental and Evolutionary Studies at the University of Toronto and head of the Department of Natural History at the Royal Ontario Museum, believes that the penguin has lost control of its pigmentation patterns and assumes that it is some kind of mutation. To read more on this beautiful creature, go to National Geographics. Or to view the genetic defect bird, watch the National Geographic video.

Want to know more on the black penguins? Here is a site from Noah Strycker who spent a season in 2008 in Cape Crozier, Antarctica. His interview with the Washington Post tells of his journey. Below is a picture he took and pictures of his work.

To learn more about penguins, go to Penguin Science.

In New York, a theif was not dressed in a ski hood or even a pair of pantyhose but a snorkel mask. On April 29th, a person was wearing a gray hooded jacket and a snorkel mask and snatched a persons iPhone who was just walking down the street, states The Brooklyn Paper.  Now how original is that?

You might be wondering what in the world I would have an article on surfing on a blog whose primary focus is snorkeling.  I could answer that by telling you that many of the products on our snorkeling website are quite capable for use in other water sport activities. Our snorkeling masks are suitable for both snorkeling and scuba diving while our wetsuits and shorties are quite useful in many water sports including wind surfing, water skiing, jet skiing, swimming, scuba diving, free diving, skin diving and surfing. That answer would be true but it is not the actual reason for writing this article.  The true reason is that I was emotionally moved when I saw this story.

A 17 year old rookie surfer by the name of Carissa Moore who had just won her second ASP tour.  Her win included a trophy and a check for $15,000 dollars.  Upon receiving her trophy, it was announced that her $15,000 earnings for the win would be going to a local organization called Waitara Bar Boardriders Club.

I personally don’t think I have ever seen or read of a teenager being so philanthropic.  All the teenagers that I know are usually asking for money rather than giving it away.  The full story can be read on the Carissa Moore story. (Carissa is pictured in the back row in the middle with the huge smile!)