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WORLD’S BEST BIG WAVE SURFERS HONORED AT WSL BIG WAVE AWARDS – KEMPER AWARDED WITH PRESTIGIOUS RIDE OF THE YEAR – MITCHELL EARNS MEN’S OVERALL PERFORMANCE AFTER STUNNING BIG WAVE SEASON – ALMS TAKES WOMEN’S PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR AWARD – PORCELLA BREAKS THROUGH WITH XXL BIGGEST WAVE WIN – MORE AVAILABLE AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM […]
Watch the WSL Big Wave Awards Tonight @ 8:00 p.m. PDT WSL Friday, April 28, 2017 Every year, the world’s best heavy-water chargers gather in one room to honor the best big-wave performances of the year. On Saturday night this elite tribe will be taking over the ballroom of the Pasea Hotel in Huntington Beach […]
Gerry Lopez returns to Uluwatu 40 years after he first surfed the wave in 1974 The More Things Change from Patagonia on Vimeo. This documentary from Nathan Myres, featuring Gerry Lopez, Rob Machado and David Rastovich, looks at the changes of Uluwatu and how efforts are being made to preserve the wave Lopez first surfed […]
Are We Seeing the Changing of the Big Wave Guard? Catching up with Greg Long on the eve of the 17th annual WSL Big Wave Awards By Marcus Sanders/Surfline.com This Saturday, the 17th annual Big Wave Awards will descend on Huntington Beach, CA. Hundreds of heavies are flying in from all corners of the globe […]
Nelscott Reef Big Wave Surfing Pro/Am Event 2017/18 Update If you feel your brand would be a solid mix with our Nelscott Reef Big Wave Surfing Pro/Am Event, email: ericakiskalian@mac.com, call 805-443-2045 or dm for a full disclosure on sponsorship opportunities. The event holding period begins in October 1, 2017 and runs through March 31, […]
“So excited for tonight, Big Wave Awards 2017” – Fred Pompermayer “I’m nominated with three photos on the Biggest Paddle and Biggest Wave category with Kai Lenny at Jaws and Ben Andrews and Christopher Mashburn at Mavericks. This is my 10 years in a row nominated which comes from lots of dedication and passion with […]
Dick Brewer Plumeria Surfboards An exclusive interview and look into the life and history of Dick Brewer and Plumeria Surfboards. The History and Story Behind Dick Brewer S U R F I N G L E G E N D The BeginningRaised in the Long Beach and L. A. area, Dick Brewer came from […]
NO TALK, NO MAPS, NO PHOTOS: PIONEERING DESERT POINT IN THE EIGHTIES ”No talk, no maps, no photos,” them’s the rules for Bill Heick and crew when they stumbled upon Desert Point in the early eighties. Bill along with a few close buddies dubbed the Golden Beards, had been chasing waves off Lombok when they […]
It’s Time: WSL Big Wave Awards name winners tonight Big Wave Updates Huntington Beach Welcomes Elite Big Wave Surfers for 2017 Big Wave Awards Gala Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 29 April, 2017 – The 2017 World Surf League Big Wave Awards will celebrate the performances of this past season and honor icons of the big […]
New documentary explores the enigmatic island of Maui Home to some of the world’s most diverse and best waves, Maui also grooms a wide range of pros comfortable in a vast array of surf Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 23 April, 2017 – When winter swells collide with a chunk of reef just off the north shore […]
Thorsten Durkan Update on Athletes Be Cause Project I just wanted to give an update regarding my latest Athletes Be Causeproject for Haiku Elementary School‘s new water fountains and reusable canteens for all the students. We raised roughly $16,000 for the project with the gracious donations of friends and family, and massive donations from Skyline […]
The Beginning of Tow-In Surfing Motorized form of big-wave riding popularized in the early 1990s, in which the surfer, towed from behind a personal watercraft (PWC), is whipped into the wave. For decades surfers had been unable to overcome the rushing trough-to-crest flow of water on waves bigger than 25 or 30 feet. Tow surfers, by giving […]
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