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Mavericks Challenge: Anticipation High with Yellow Alert WSL Friday, January 12, 2018 With some serious surf heading toward the West Coast early next week, Big Wave Tour commissioner Mike Parsons and the Surfline forecasting crew are keeping a sharp eye on the waves and weather expected up in Half Moon Bay, where there are high […]
5 OF THE MOST BRUTAL BIG WAVE WIPEOUTS Posted 12-27-17 Magicseaweed Carnage—we love it. It’s the reason people watch ultimate fail compilations, NASCAR, and probably big wave surfing. Sure, we celebrate the best rides and craziest drops, but it’s the cringe-worthy wipeouts that get our inner sadists the most excited. There have been hundreds of […]
BRUCE BROWN, LEGENDARY DIRECTOR OF THE ENDLESS SUMMER, HAS DIED Posted 12-11-17 Magicseaweed Bruce Brown, the legendary director of The Endless Summer and father of the modern surf film, has died aged 80, passing away peacefully in Santa Barbara. For many of us, The Endless Summer and its sequel, The Endless Summer II opened […]
Big Wave Champs Lead Strike to Cortes Bank WSL 12-5-17 Cortes Bank is straight-up creepy. The submerged sea mount sits just beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, 100 miles off the coast of California. It’s essentially a sunken island, with the tallest peaks reaching as high as high as 8 feet below the surface. […]
WEIRD RUMBLINGS AND XL TUBES AT OREGON’S MOST VOLATILE REEF Posted 12-4-17 Magicseaweed I guess I’ve never considered how strange what we do is—at least until I tried to explain it to the older gentleman sitting next to me on the plane the other day. “So you all came out for a contest?” he asked, […]
KAI LENNY JUST KNIFED NELSCOTT REEF’S BEST BARREL EVER! Posted 12-2-17 Towsurfer.com Hands down, Kai Lenny just knifed the biggest and best barrel ever ridden at Nelscott Reef. Check out this beauty behind the peak and the threads it deep and thru the channel. The full feature, dropping soon. “Every once in a while, in […]
RIP JEAN DA SILVA AND OSCAR MONCADA Posted 11-27-17 Magicseaweed Tributes are pouring in after the deaths of QS warrior Jean da Silva on Saturday and big wave hellman Oscar Moncada yesterday. It was with a heavy heart that we report these tragedies. Both surfers were affable and well-liked within our humble community. Initial reports […]
HAS RODRIGO KOXA JUST BROKEN THE RECORD FOR BIGGEST WAVE EVER SURFED ? Posted November 24, 2017 Magicseaweedx Remember that Nazare pulse from a few weeks ago? Cotty’s horror wipeout, and more grist to the Portugese grinder? Well, slipping slightly under the radar was the above ride from Rodrigo Koxa during that absolutely […]
WIPEOUTS, COMMITMENT AND MORE REWARDED AT DUNGEONS Posted 11-17-17 Magicseaweed Hucking into XXL Dungeons isn’t for the faint-hearted. That drop, riddled with steps, is met by a speedy section and, likely, a hefty close out. When it pays off though, it is damn impressive. And, a little way back, The Rebel Sessions aka South […]
“THE BIGGEST WAVE OF MY LIFE” RODRIGO KOXA ON ‘NAZARE BIG WEDNESDAY’ Posted: November 16, 2017 Interview By: Eric Akiskalian / Towsurfer.com Name: Rodrigo Koxa Born: September 22, 1979 Height: 5’ 8” Weight: 163lbs. Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Hometown: Guaruja, Sao Paulo Current Residence: Guaruja, Sao Paulo Sponsors: KOXA BOMB, Tent Beach, Travel […]
B.W.R.A.G. – Big Wave Risk Assessment Group Comes To Nazare, Portugal Posted November 13, 2017 By Eric Akiskalian When we were told that Danilo Couto and Peter Conroy were coming to Nazare, Portugal to give a two-day big wave training course and safety summit with B.W.R.A.G. – Big Wave Risk Assessment Group it was just […]
6 Dudes, 1 Supsquatch, and Massive Nazaré Posted 11-12-17 The Inertia Big wave surfing is one thing. Getting a crew of people to tow into a single Nazaré bomb…together…is an entirely different universe of crazy. Caught in the slew of videos and highlights that have been coming out of Portugal this entire week, one recent […]
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