Everyone loves dolphins, especially when you’re at sea for a long time. Change in scenery is rare when you’re crossing an ocean and any sort of mammal sighting is the event by which you define the day. Several times, while laying below deck in my bunk, I’d hear the cry,”DOLPHINS!!”… Read the rest
Yeah, that’s right, MJ stands for Medal Job. After a woman was photographed with Snowboarder Scotty Lago’s Bronze medal in her mouth, Scotty got the boot from BC. Well, officially, he didn’t get the boot, but ‘agreed to go home,’ aka ‘The olympic committee is a bunch of lamo uptight… Read the rest
The biathlon is such an amazing event: going from chest pounding pain to quiet zen like focus in a split second.… Read the rest
Tomorrow, I cast off from Bermuda for the Azores on the second leg of the 5gyres expedition to the north Atlantic to study marine/plastic debris. We will head southeast to Lat. 28N Long. 50W to what we believe is the epicenter of the North Atlantic Gyre, where the greatest density… Read the rest
Surf photography is one of the most difficult arts in the world of outdoor photography. For one, you’re always challenged by light, as the sun is typically either directly behind you (good) or directly in front of you (bad). Also, the photog is often limited to very specific vantages, like… Read the rest
Okay, now that we’re on to a new year, I thought I’d list a few of our favorite things on the site from 2009. Here goes:
1.) Performance: Hipster Vs. Roadie Rap.
We were the second media outlet to post this hilarious video, and it was far and away the… Read the rest
It’s one of the biggest monsters in all of surfing. Check out the wipeout just past two minutes. Scary.… Read the rest
Earlier this year we wrote about the Best Job In The World Contest where the lucky winner would become caretaker of a tropical island for the period of six months and get paid $103,000 (AUS) to do it. Yeah, it sounds like the perfect job, but it was also one… Read the rest
Do you remember way back when in the olden days when there was a show on ABC called Wide World Of Sports. It had a catchy tagline: The Thrill of Victory, and The Agony Of Defeat. Well, do you remember the agony of defeat guy? The ski jumper who eats… Read the rest
For a couple of years now, ever since walking a deserted beach in Nicaragua with a surfboard under my arm, I’ve been obsessed with plastic debris. As a surfer and an ocean-lover in general, I felt an immense duty to get involved and try to force better policy on plastic,… Read the rest
Oregon isn’t known for the world’s best surf, but some of our locals are pioneering a wave that is beginning to get some international attention. As are some of our local surf photographers. This frame by frame photo essay was sent in by Mark Mcinnis who keeps an excellent blog… Read the rest
