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KILLER WHALES ARE KILLING GREAT WHITES OFF CAPE TOWN BY STEVE | JUN 27, 2017 Carvmag.com The first dead shark – 15ft one-ton great white – washed up on May 3 and the following day a 12ft shark washed up nearby. Three days later a third dead great white was washed up. A fourth, a […]
RIP Bob Holland East Coast Pioneer Passes At Age 88 Posted June 27, 2017 Easternsurf.com The East Coast surfing family has suffered several major losses recently. Mike Tabeling, Joe McGovern, Dick Catri and Mickey McCarthy are but a few of the Right Coast icons who have died from dreaded illness, unexplained accidents, or physical malfunctions within the past […]
Film keeps touring through Australia and Hawaii Posted June 26, 2017 Surfersvillage News Feed Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 26 June 2017 – Tim Bonython, director, and producer of “The Big Wave Project: A Band of Brothers” has just announced that the film received its final poster artwork by Hilton Alves and will play several […]
XL PULSE LIGHTS UP MEXICO’S PREMIER BEACHBREAK Tehuen Petroni © 2017 – Edwin Morales Posted June 22, 2017 Magicseaweed News Feed by Jason Lock A few crocs lurking off the coast at Puerto Escondido ain’t stopping the likes of Tom Lowe, Coco Nogales and a solid local crew of chargers when an XL swell […]
CHARGING LIKE CHUMBO Chumbo / Mavz / Pompermayer Surfer.com JUNE 22, 2017 BY ASHTYN DOUGLAS Lucas “Chumbo” Chianca, a 21-year-old Brazilian with a nickname that means “lead” in Portuguese, has begun to make a name for himself in the realm of big-wave surfing, just over the short span of a year. Right before the start […]
Australian Man Tunnels Out of Bali’s Kerobokan Prison with Only 3 Months Left of Sentence Shaun Edward Davidson went to Bali instead of facing drug-related charges in Australia. Now, he’s escaped from a Balinese prison by tunneling out. Image: Screenshot/Fairfax Media Posted June 22, 2017 The Inertia If there are two things that make a […]
Tropical Storm Bret Named, Is Cindy next in the Gulf? June 21, 2017 Written by Charlie Hutcherson/Surfline (originally posted here) June is not when we expect to be tracking two tropical features, including Tropical Storm Bret, in the Atlantic. Putting the brief, preseason Tropical Storm Arlene aside, on average it is typically early July before […]
RUSSELL ORD’S ODE TO SHOOTING IN THE MOST VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT Posted June 21, 2017 Magicseaweed News Shooting The Right from the water is a colossal task that takes true grit. The training, the dedication and the want to put yourself in one of the most volatile situations imaginable, has to be of a level you […]
Near-Tragedy: Eli Olson And Company Save A Bodyboarder At Skeleton Bay “He had blood pouring over his face. After I rolled him over I found he was conscious but at that point, paralyzed.” POSTED June 20, 2017 BY: WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALAN VAN GYSEN STAB MAGAZINE Earlier today, South African photographer, Alan van Gysen […]
Jet Surfing in Chile with Everaldo ‘Pato’ Teixeira Posted June 20, 2017 Everaldo “Pato” Teixeira took his Jetsurf to another amazing trip. This time he was chasing waves in Chile. Enjoy a combination of amazing nature, big waves, and beauty of technology. (c) Towsurfer.com 2017
KEPA ACERO: I CAN’T BELIEVE I CAME THAT CLOSE TO DYING Posted June 20, 2017 Magicseaweed News When the elements align, there is no better left-hand river mouth wave than the Basque Country’s Mundaka. And, as it is with all superior spots on the planet, there’s a hardy local crew who know every intricacy of […]
Understanding Freediving Blackouts and How to Prevent Them Posted June 20, 2017 The Inertia By Torsten Durkan People that have survived freediving blackouts report a euphoric feeling having come over them full of bright lights and even music before darkness consumed them. Freediver and big wave surfer Patrick Curry describes his blackout experience as such: “When […]
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