Surfers playing in Major League Baseball are nothing new. Barry Zito, starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, was the first person to ever surf what has now become a popular break in Fiji. Kevin Correia, who throws for his hometown San Diego Padres, was good enough in his early years as a surfer to earn a sponsorship from a local Pacific Beach surf shop. Former players Ryan Klesko and Brent Mayne were also avid surfers, joining Zito regularly for surf trips. The buck doesn’t stop there; a new guard of surfers is appearing in Major League clubhouses, trying to make their respective clubs while dreaming of catching far-off waves.

Cyrus Saatsaz brings you the latest in action sports news for the week of March 25th.  Stories covered include Mick Fanning's racism controversy involving Stab Magazine, the fight to hold a women's longboard contest at Swami's, Shaun White and Seth Wescott are in your grocery store, the ASP World Tour is about to recommence at Bells, plus the latest update on The Extreme Scene's bid to bring the crew together to tape new shows.

Louie Psihoyos is the director of the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove”, a movie which focuses on the horrifying Japanese dolphin hunting industry. Just days before the Academy Awards, where Psihoyos and his crew won the Oscar and had their acceptance speech cut-off because one of the activists featured in the film was holding up a sign on-stage, Psihoyos involved himself in a sting operation at an expensive Santa Monica sushi restaurant called The Hump that exposed the restaurant for selling pieces of endangered Sei whale meat.

Actor Emile Hirsch joined Cyrus & Steve live in-person on September 14th 2007 to talk about his new film Into The Wild, and what it was like playing the part of Jay Adams in Lords of Dogtown.

Four racers start. Between one to four racers finish. The excitement of Boarder Cross and Ski Cross doesn’t let up until the finish line. Boarder cross hit the Olympics in 2006, Ski cross 2010 adding new life and competitiveness to the games.

Kristin Cavallari, former star of Laguna Beach (this interview was conducted before she became the star of The Hills), joined The Extreme Scene with special guest Bron Heussenstamm on February 3rd, 2008 to talk about dealing with fame, how to stay looking ridiculously hot, and trying to stay humble.

Nearly nine months after KNBR unexpectedly, and stupidly, dropped The Extreme Scene from their programming lineup, their crack staff continues to remind everyone that incompetence runs rampant they're on top of things.  On their ‘Contact Us’ page (which is directly linked to the main page), lo and behold The Extreme Scene is listed as a contact.  Nice to see the management at Cumulus continue to prove that they have absolutely no idea what they’re doing.  Radio management in the 21st Century: It’s Fantastic!

Screen capture of KNBR gaffe after the jump.

The theme of this past year, since I began my stint as an unemployed traveler and freelance journalist, has been road trips. Following The Great KL&C Northwest Odyssey, the winds of adventure this time were blowing south, leading me to the great and vast southern extension of California that is Baja.

I'll tell you what I've been up to, a whole lot of everything. Doing three times as much & getting half the pay. Sound familiar? I'm not trying to be negative, but I'm sorry to let you all know the economy has shocked the extreme sports industry just as it has shocked the world. The only positive is that extreme sports are still somewhat of a niche, so it's not as affected as everything else.

While we’re still working on getting The Extreme Scene back on the air (and believe me, I’m trying), I wanted to let everyone know I’m back on the San Francisco Bay Area radio airwaves this week for the first time since T.E.S. was taken off the air.  Tuesday Wednesday through Friday evening, from 10 pm through Midnight on XTRA 860 AM, I’ll be filling in as host of The Chris Townsend Show.