Surf
By now you have probably seen at least one of the “Shit People Say” videos. The meme that shares the quirks and trends of various sub-cultures has gone viral and is seemingly unstoppable. The videos range from hilarious to offensive but for the most part, they’re totally true. Here are… Read the rest
“Apocalypse Later, Surf Now” is a dark, gritty short featuring a group of surfers that choose to ride waves as the world around them erupts in a futuristic battle. There is no dialogue, but massive and strange-looking machines (alien vehicles???) loom in the distance while cool jets blow each other… Read the rest
This is the second board-bite we’ve heard about this year, the news this time coming from Australia.
A New South Wales surfer, Stephen King (no joke, his name is actually Stephen King), calls himself “the luckiest guy on two legs” after an encounter with a hungry shark left him with… Read the rest
In 1929 surfing pioneer, Lewis Rosenberg, used a strong but light balsa wood to build an 8-foot surfboard he could stand on. He then traveled with his buddies to Newquay in Cornwall, England and used one of the oldest home video cameras–for which he fashioned a waterproof cover–to record his… Read the rest
In this video Red Bull athlete Spiro Razis proves that you can travel through Chile entirely by board. The video captures great footage of Razis boarding on snow, city pavement and water all in one day. His tour starts on snowboard in the mountains of Cajon de Maipo, moves to… Read the rest
Surfer or not, this beautiful video will inspire anyone to grab a board and head for the ocean.
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There have been a lot of reports about shark sightings and attacks recently, what with the surfer who rode one and the guy who had a huge bite taken out of his board, among others. So the news that some surfers and interested parties are looking for ways to get… Read the rest
In case you hadn’t heard, Garrett McNamara broke the world record for the largest wave ever surfed this week. A 90-footer, perhaps this puts into question the title of ‘scariest wave ever’?… Read the rest
Beyond awesome surf clips, this video from Rip Curl shows what they consider a technological world-first. The “30 camera array” (i.e., a line of cameras firing consistently as a surfer rides toward it) results in incredible frozen moments viewable from a number of different angles, almost Matrix… Read the rest-style. Oh, and
The humpback whale activity off the coast of Santa Cruz has been pretty high the last couple of weeks, with some awesome photographs and videos surfacing across the web. As cool as it sounds to have a close encounter with these guys, though, authorities have warned that it’s definitely not… Read the rest
In 2008, Sion Milosky, a Hawaiian native, paddled into what surfers around the world called the “Biggest Wave Ever Surfed.” “Hands down the biggest wave I’ve seen anyone paddle into,” Shane Dorian told Surfing Magazine.
Sadly, Milosky drowned earlier this year at the notorious Mavericks break in Northern California. Though… Read the rest
Pictures like the one above have been making the media rounds the last couple of days after what was allegedly a great white shark chomped down on Hawaii-born surfer Bobby Gumm’s board on Thursday, just off the Oregon Coast. (Yes, this is the second story about a shark encounter in… Read the rest
That’s right. Tigers on surfboards. Like the cool cat Jazz pictured above. There’s also Blaze, who’s just trying to get something to drink, and Princess, who just needs a nap. I want to know how they deal with a shark encounter. Something tells me these big kitties don’t mess around.… Read the rest
Three fishermen faced tragedy when their boat over-turned in the Port Renfrew area on the West Coast of Vancouver Island this weekend. Good thing large waves and rough waters also tempt surfers like Ralph Bruhwiler, who along with his friends left his board to tow the fishermen to shore. Following… Read the rest
