You can view and bid on a custom Gato Heroi surfboard, valued at $1400, HERE. All proceeds go to Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Fund—A GlobalGiving Project.

Two friends of TransWorld SURF—who normally work in the Mentawais—happened to be in Padang (not Padang Padang in Bali) for last week's magnitude 7.6 earthquake. This is a pretty gnarly story...