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YOU GET TO CHOOSE WHO’S IN FOR NELSCOTT REEF BIG WAVE PRO-AM EVENT ALTERNATE ONLINE VOTING SELECTION PROCESS UNDERWAY Posted 10-17-17 Magicseaweed It’s been a bad couple of years for voting. These days, it seems like every time the people are presented with a choice, there are no good options. Simon and Garfunkel summed it […]
2017/18 WSL BIG WAVE TOUR NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SEASON OFFICIALLY OPENS – WORLD’S BEST BIG WAVE SURFERS PREPARE FOR PE’AHI, NAZARÉ AND MAVERICKS OPTIONS FOR BWT WINDOW – MORE AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM Posted 10-15-17 Caption: Two-time Pe’ahi Challenge winner Billy Kemper (HAW) will look for a third-consecutive victory at Jaws during the 2017/2018 WSL Big […]
EUROPEAN HURRICANE STRIKE Posted 10-13-17 Magicseaweed This hurricane season has been no joke. Sure, surfers have scored, but there have been direct hits and significant damage. Despite this, you’d probably put Ireland on a list of places that really, really don’t need to expect a Hurricane. Not so today. Ophelia is heading that […]
How Santa Cruz Big Wave Surfer Richard Schmidt Balances Son’s Pro Surfing Ambitions with Life Posted 10-13-17 The Inertia Spoiler alert: big-wave surf legend Richard Schmidt’s oldest son, Richie, 19, is an excellent surfer. (So is his youngest, Makai, 17.) And while raising kids is a formidable undertaking, raising kids who surf seriously is […]
WILD CARDS ANNOUNCED FOR NELSCOTT REEF SURFING PRO-AM Posted 10-12-17 Nelscottsurf.com LINCOLN CITY, Oregon, October 10th, 2017, Due to overwhelming demand, 10 Barrel Brewing’s Nelscott Reef Pro/Am announces a new selection process for all alternates for the 2017/18 season. Organizers have decided to take a different approach to choosing alternates for this year. […]
EDDIE WON’T GO BUT MAVERICKS IS ON Posted 10-12-17 Magicseaweed The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau big wave event will not run in the 2017/2018 season, it has been confirmed. It is understood that Quik, Red Bull and the Aikau family had agreed on sponsorship terms for the event, but over the […]
Red Bull Just Committed to Sponsoring the First Ever Women’s Waimea Bay Championship The first-ever women’s contest at Waimea Bay is slated for this fall. Photo: Instagram Posted 10-10-17 The Inertia The holding period is already underway for what will no doubt be a historic day of surfing at Waimea Bay. Should the ocean […]
It’s Official: Mavericks Will Join 2017/2018 Big Wave Tour WSL Posted October 9, 2017 The world-famous Mavericks in Northern California will be joining the 2017/2018 Big Wave Tour through 2021. Monitoring swell systems and weather patterns throughout the season, the Big Wave Tour only runs events when the surf reaches 30 foot-plus. With Mavericks being […]
The Eddie (Probably) Won’t Go, Again Posted 10-10-17 Stab Magazine Fresh off Honolulu, we’ve learned the Quikslver in Memory of Eddie Aikau will likely not be held during the 2017/2018 season. But, Lowers looks fun so there’s no time for speculating — let’s dive right into the report from Hawaii News Now. The chances are slim […]
WAITING PERIOD FOR WOMEN’S WAIMEA BAY CHAMPIONSHIP OPENS THIS WEEK DID YOU KNOW: THERE’S A WOMEN’S BIG-WAVE CONTEST AT WAIMEA THIS FALL Posted 9-6-17 Surfer It probably says a lot about the state of professional women’s big-wave surfing promotion and press coverage, but until today I had no idea that the waiting period for […]
WAITING PERIOD OPENS FOR NELSCOTT REEF BIG WAVE PRO-AM Posted 10-5-17 Magicseaweed Although we haven’t seen any huge swells yet, the north Pacific is starting to wake up, with various systems forming north of Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest. As the seasons change, our focus will continue to shift from southern hemi to northern hemi […]
WAS THIS THE BIGGEST NEW YORK EVER? Posted 10-4-17 Magicseaweed More than a decade ago, Will Skudin and a crew of East Coast hellmen attempted the paddle to Montauk’s outer sandbars, as a macking swell rifled into shore. After hucking into a few, the whole team was sent packing back to the beach by a […]
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