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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 […]
COUNTDOWN TO RIP CURL CUP BEGINS Posted June 19, 2017 Carvemag In just a few weeks the surfing world’s attention will turn to the Indonesian island of Bali when the Rip Curl Cup returns to the storied lefthand barrels of Padang Padang. The opening ceremony kicks off the action to surfing’s premier renegade contest on […]
CROCODILES INVADE PUERTO ESCONDIDO June 19, 2017 Magicseaweed News It’s been a weird season thus far in Puerto Escondido. The only major swell hit a month ago and was accompanied by wonky winds, and since then it’s been sort of touch and go. By any other beach’s scale, there have been waves, but Puerto is […]
BUCKET LIST: SWERVE THE MASSES DURING EARLY SEASON INDO Posted June 16, 2017 Magicseaweed News Sometimes it’s difficult to decide where to take a surf trip. Other times, it’s a total no-brainer. June is one of those no-brainer months, because, by the time the solstice comes around, Indonesia is solidly into its season. Of […]
WHEN ROGUE WAVES ATTACK AND CONQUER Posted June 15, 2017 (c) Towsurfer.com 2017
Meet 3 Men Who Are Nearing 60 and Still Living Like the Happiest Groms Ever Posted June 15, 2017 King Neptunes of the Southern Seas is a look into the lives of three ostentatious elderly soul surfers who live for riding waves in the southern antipodes. Tasmania has a rugged and varied coastline that attracts swells all […]
ONCE AND FUTURE KINGS AT AN OBSCURE SOUTH PACIFIC REEF PASS, KELLY SLATER AND JOHN FLORENCE TALK BALANCING COMPETITIVE AMBITION WITH FREESURFING PROGRESSION JUNE 15, 2017 BY SURFER For his 25th surf film, titled Proximity, Taylor Steele took four surfers who defined style, performance, and bravado for the past few decades and paired them with […]
MATT WILKINSON CLAIMS VICTORY AT OUTERKNOWN FIJI PRO – DEFEATS IN-FORM ROOKIE CONNOR O’LEARY IN THRILLING FINAL – WIN SEES WILKINSON TAKE JEEP LEADER JERSEY – MORE AVAILABLE AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM Caption: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) claims the Jeep Leader Jersey after winning the OK Fiji Pro. Credit: © WSL / Sloane TAVARUA/NAMOTU, Fiji (Thursday, June 15, […]
Surf Legend Kelly Slater Just Bought a $7.8 Million Home on the North Shore Posted June 13, 2017 Honolulu Magazine PHOTOS: COURTESY OF COLDWELL BANKER PACIFIC PROPERTIES News broke earlier this week that surfing legend Kelly Slater had purchased a beachfront North Shore home for $7.8 million. First thought: Slater didn’t already own a beachfront North […]
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