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WSL BIG WAVE TOUR NAZARÉ CHALLENGE WILL RUN SATURDAY: GREEN ALERT – WORLD’S BEST BIG WAVE SURFERS PREPARE FOR XXL WAVES AT HARROWING PORTUGAL BREAK – FANS CAN WATCH LIVE ON SATURDAY AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM & FACEBOOK LIVE – MORE INFO AVAILABLE AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM Caption: World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Tour (BWT) is placing the Nazaré Challenge […]
Nazaré Challenge Big-Wave Contest Could Run Saturday Anna Dimond / WSL Tuesday, February 6, 2018 It’s already been a winter to remember at Nazaré, the Portuguese break that has brought the world some of the biggest waves ever ridden. This week, a huge swell is again predicted to make its way toward Nazaré’s famous deep-water […]
WORLD SURF LEAGUE (WSL) AND FACEBOOK ANNOUNCE GROUNDBREAKING EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Wednesday, January 24, 2018) – World Surf League (WSL) and Facebook announced a historic partnership today that makes the social media platform the exclusive digital home for the top live events in surfing in 2018 and 2019. This includes all elite men’s […]
The Story Behind What Could Be The Biggest Wave Ever Ridden at Nazaré Friday, January 19, 2018 WSL Late on Wednesday, January 17, Hugo Vau was towed into a wave by Alex Botelho which many believe was the biggest wave ever ridden at Nazaré, Portugal. The WSL caught up with both Alex and Hugo afterward […]
Mavericks Mayhem: Boat Lost, Ski Scuttled Amid 50-foot Surf WSL Chris Mauro Thursday, January 18, 2018 By big-wave standards, Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty tame at Mavericks. Sure, there was the odd bomb or two, but by all accounts, they were few and far between. But Thursday was an entirely different story and one that […]
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 […]
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