surfing
I popped my head out of the hatch around 10am after another brutal passage east from Bora Bora the prior day. Just then, the big gray French police boat pulled into the bay. My heart lurched. I had a letter from the yard stating that Swell was ‘unsuitable to take… Read the rest
And the next day at ten o’clock sharp, Jimmy circled Swell on his stand-up paddle board.
“Come aboard,” I called. “I’m nearly ready!”
He descended into Swell’s cabin, eyes wide, taking in all the quotes and photos and details. I showed him my book collection, hoping I could give him… Read the rest
I have good timing. The world’s longest-running and most prestigious big-wave invitational, The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, known informally as the Eddie, is only held when the big swell at Waimea Bay reaches 20 feet Hawaiian – meaning at least 30 foot faces. I just happened to be… Read the rest
This weekend the largest swell we’ve seen so far this winter hit the Oregon Coast. Sidelined by an injury, I trekked to Cape Meares with my roommate Mike to check out the scene.
The waves were mushy, disorganized, and huge. They just kept coming. Just standing on the beach was… Read the rest
The plan was to go surfing. My brother and I decided that we were tired of always going out to the same lame locations (namely Westport) and were in the market for something new. Washington had a lot of coast, and although there was little more than word-of-mouth to lead… Read the rest
Where: Florida
Wender: David Miller
1. Body still recovering from Saturday. Drove from my folks’ place across flar-da to the east coast, Ft. Pierce, then Hutchinson Island. Hurricane Bill swell in the water. Was going solo and missed my bros a lot when I first saw it. Damn.
2. First… Read the rest
Our Wend Ambassadors don’t mess around, proven by the latest update from Wend Ambassador Jamie Sterling who has been surfing down in Puerto Escondido. Thanks to photographer Pepe Gonzalez for taking the pics!
From Jamie:
Puerto Escondido is my favorite place to travel to. It offers me the quality of … Read the rest
Here is a bit of everything from the last two months on the Presqu’isle… between my engine woes, the WCT circus, my recent submersion in a writing assignment (check out the upcoming October issue of Surfer’s Journal… Read the rest), a bout with Dengue fever (or Beamish flu?), a last minute haul-out,
Just then, Greg Long and Twiggy “Grant Baker”, two of surfing’s big-wave heroes, paddled out for the sunset session. Twiggy, the cheerfully fearless South African, quickly caught a wave. Andy and his ‘sea nymphs’ still frolicked in the impact zone. I felt a pang of anxiousness.
“You should take those… Read the rest
Surfing, sailing and environmentalism; Captain Liz Clark’s lifestyle is envied by many. In 2006 Clark set out on her 40-foot sailboat, Swell, on an adventure to circumnavigate the globe. She documents her travels on her iWend Ambassador blog, describing all the details of her adventure from crazy surf moments to… Read the rest
