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Sean Robb Collins was the founder of Surfline and a noted figure in the areas of surfing and surf forecasting.〔(Sean Collins Obituary - Telegraph.co )〕 ==Biography== Collins was born in Pasadena, California in 1952.〔〔''Surfline: Surfing A to Z, The Surfing Encyclopedia'', "(Sean Collins Biography )", Retrieved 05/10/2011〕 His father, Whitney Collins, was a former Navy lieutenant who enjoyed sailboat racing and owned a 45-foot Newporter ketch, "Leprechaun", berthed in the Long Beach marina and biking distance from Collins' Long Beach home. Collins' early experiences sailing with his father instilled a passion for the ocean and meteorology.〔〔 Much of his knowledge of meteorology was self-taught. While Long Beach has almost no surf because of its breakwater, Collins was part of a vibrant surf culture at Woodrow Wilson high school (class of 1970), where surf film director Bruce Brown graduated earlier, and world-class woman surfer, Jericho Poppler, was a classmate. In the early years of Collins' surf forecasting he would record weather reports and forecasts from the Southern Hemisphere, which he received via shortwave radio.〔Cherie Whyte, ''Surfer's Village'', May 5, 2008, "(Sean Collins to be inducted into the Surfers Hall of Fame )". Retrieved May 10, 2011.〕 He also studied charts and data from the National Weather Service library. By comparing these various data sources with his observations of the surf, he devised formulas for predicting how global weather events would affect near-shore surf conditions; these models were eventually combined into a set of swell-modeling algorithms nicknamed "LOLA".〔 In the 1970s, Collins spent extensive time traveling and surfing in Mexico. He converted marine weather forecasting equipment for use in an automobile so that he would have advance knowledge of where swells and offshore weather patterns were developing, and in turn used that information to find the best locations for surfing.〔Damien Hobgood, ''ESPN'', August 13, 2009, "(The Man Behind The Weather Map )". Retrieved May 10, 2011.〕 In 1985, Collin's founded a surf report service called ''Surfline''. The company started as a call-in service, which provided verbal condition reports for various surf breaks around Southern California.〔Marc Lacey, ''Los Angeles Times'', December 26, 1991, "(Riding a Wave of Success )". Retrieved May 10, 2011〕 In 1995, Surfline moved online, offering live video streams of surf breaks in addition to written surf reports.〔Joe Haakenson, ''Costa Mesa Daily Pilot'', April 20, 2011. "(Before There was Surfline, There were Landlines. )" Retrieved May 10, 2011〕 Surfline eventually expanded to offer editorial coverage of surfing, and is now one of the most prominent websites related to the sport.〔Corey Kilgannon, ''New York Times'', January 27, 2008, "(Cameras Show if Surf Is Good, but Surfers Are Getting in Way. )" Retrieved May 4, 2011.〕 Tyler Collins assumed Collins position on the Surfline Board of Directors in 2012.〔''Surfline Website'' "(Surfline Bios )" Retrieved March 8, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sean Collins (surf forecaster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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