In the past few years, we’ve come to know the style of Brazilian freesurfing export Yago Dora. He’s made a splash in films, including Psychic Migrations, and pushed out a multitude of web edits, showcasing his fluid style and apparent ease when rotating above the lip and combining novel grabs. In his latest footage, we’ll
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Hang around the contest circuit long enough, the shore awash in bright singlets and waves of uptight heats in full paddle-battle mode, and a possible response would be to scratch your head and wonder out loud: Where are the Malloy brothers when you nee…
Listening to Throwing Shade’s revered NTS Radio show is a true education in music. In an hour, you can pass through Indonesian gamelan music, early phonograph recordings from the Arctic Circle or her own field recordings of traditional Jamaican music – all sprinkled with some serious knowledge, history and perspective on the weirdest and most… Read more »
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“What I didn’t realise was there’s a reason why the best surfers in the world weren’t looking at those waves.” [Laughs] Twig Thursday, February 25th saw some of the world’s most decorated surfers take on Waimea Bay for the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Invitational aka big wave surfing’s holy grail. With the biggest […]
Our Tuffy Beach Clean-Up competition, which gave away a brand new shred stick compliments of Firewire and Share The Stoke Foundation each month, is now over. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t take the initiative to get out there and clean up your local. And yes, please send in the evidence if the notion strikes, […]
28 February 2016 Blistering Performances At Second Future Legends Coaching Series Event In Durban Koby Oberholzer © Dove Durban – another classic Future Legends Coaching Series event took place in Durban on Saturday, and all invited surfers stood up to the challenges put forward by the South African Surfing Legends team. The only tangible way […]
It was in 1957 that Ghana became the first black African country to become independent, following years of colonial rule. The year itself continues to be a revered as an important time in Ghanaian history, and has inspired the name of a new art gallery opening in the capital Accra this March. Gallery 1957 is… Read more »
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The Brock Swell breathed fresh life into the Bay last week for The Eddie, but that the energy would push the big-wave selection all the way to Pe’ahi would be typical of the hellman’s spirit. Those who didn’t compete at Waimea landed some of the wildest Jaws waves seen this winter, when a northwest swell
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For a group with nine members, the Wu-Tang Clan are really hard to pin down. You can spend months tapping up the army of friends, family, associated acts and affiliates trying to get a direct line to an elusive member of the Wu – and still come back with nothing. But photographer Eddie Otchere managed… Read more »
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It’s a cold Friday morning in Brussels and Les Ursulines skatepark is empty. The park is a concrete island in the city centre that sits between the Gothic Notre Dame de la Chapelle church, a row of elegant Flemish-style brick buildings, and Brussels’ busy rail corridor, which emerges from a tunnel below. The quiet is… Read more »
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Nick Carroll’s blow-by-blow of an historic day at Waimea
And everyone else belongs in the Holy Shit Book of All Time Charging — especially Waimea Bay
Former World Title contender will take time off to fully recover from his head injury
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla isn’t going to open his private beach without a fight
Surf is down this weekend but monitoring a front next week for improved surf for Asbury Park, NJ
Maui pro’s relationship with Honolua Bay runs deep — and thanks to POV, it only got deeper this January.
Solid, uniquely-angled swell filters into West Coast
Mana is a state of mind — and that state is Hawaii
CLIP OF THE WEEK: Dion Agius +/+ One of surfing’s most creative characters, Dion Agius, stars in +/+. As we’ve come to expect from Agius, the clip is loaded with progressive surfing and is a step ahead of what everyone else is doing. Definitely worth a watch. The Multifaceted Danny Fuller In addition to
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I met Lauren at a party in remote north Wales. You couldn’t miss her: dressed in a bright pink frock and holding court at the dinner table. We were guests of an older transgender couple, Jenny Anne and Elen, at their annual summer gathering for the LGBT community across Wales and the north-west. Lauren’s relationship… Read more »
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Days after suffering a bad neck injury, Albee Layer decided to pull out of the Eddie. But when Jaws calls, I guess somebody like Albee just can’t resist. He paddled out at Maui’s big-wave joint on the same day that John John etched his name into history, and snagged this: the best, longest Jaws barrel
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Enough with the pretty blue waves already. Here are some raw, dark drainers from the East Coast of the United States — North Carolina, to be exact, where guys like Brett Barley and Jesse Hines flourish in their 5mm wetsuits, hoods, gloves, and booties.
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This morning, Owen Wright withdrew from the first half of the 2016 World Tour season, according to a WSL press release. One of last year’s standout performers, Wright made history in 2015 by surfing his way to two perfect heats in pumping Fijian tubes. Adam Melling will reportedly take Wright’s place in the Top 34.
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In the ongoing legal battle between pop star Kesha and record producer Dr. Luke, much of the sparked debate has involved a necessary dissection of the politics of the situation. When a New York court on February 19 refused to release Kesha from a recording contract with the man she alleges sexually abused her, it created a… Read more »
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Random happenings in surf for the week of February 26th
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“I’m definitely a very nostalgic person,” Ash Shakur explains, “but I’m not stuck in it, that’s the difference. Nostalgia can be the starting point for something new.” Taken from his new EP Hare This, Ash’s track ‘Nokia’ is a cheeky tribute to the basic phones we knew growing up, which perfectly captures what the South London rapper is about:…
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In 1971, self-styled Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson set off for Las Vegas with his friend and ‘attorney’ Oscar Zeta Acosta. Notes from their trip would go on to form Thompson’s seminal work, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a book that journeys to the deepest recesses of the American Dream. It’s not hard to… Read more »
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Anonymous Zone is a short film that takes four skaters and places them in entirely unfamiliar territory: the streets of three Japanese cities. Directed by Kai Neville, it’s a cleverly shot vignette that’s light on dialogue (“How do you say, ‘Real shit’?”) but packed with immersive sequences: bemused bystanders, irritated security guards and sweeping cityscapes. Check out… Read more »
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John John Florence, Hawaii’s favourite son, is now officially the youngest person to win the Eddie. With his talent and humility, we’re sure old Eddie couldn’t be happier, smiling down from above. John John airborne as he gets ready to connect. “Early reports pre-dawn are closeouts every 15 minutes, Eddie would go!” were Greg Long’s […]
You’ve just won what a lot of people consider to be one of the most prestigious events in surfing. What’s going through your head right now? To be honest, I’m still shaking. I really can’t believe it. I was just so stoked to be invited and able to compete at this event; winning wasn’t something
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This clip of Michael Ho is from Billabong’s “Surf into Summer,” and I think it was filmed in 1985. I edited “Summer,” and didn’t know who the surfer was, and whoever shot it didn’t know either. A couple years later Brock Little told me it was Michael, and that he (Brock) used to pop “Summer”
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The 6th Street Viaduct is one of the most recognisable bridges in the world, yet you probably didn’t know its name. Located in downtown Los Angeles, it’s been the backdrop for everything from drag-races in Grease to thrilling vehicular pursuits in Terminator 2. Giant mutant ants crawled all over it in 1954′s Them!, and you… Read more »
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The second event of the SA Future Legends junior coaching series is taking place this Saturday, February 27 at New Pier, Durban. With the great run of swell that Durban has been having, make sure to catch some of the country’s top junior surfers in action this weekend. ******** Press Release Durban – The South […]
El Nino has been in full force, and Hawaii being the forefront of plenty surf with the biggest swell in 20 years having made contact with the North Shore a few hours ago. Event organisers have called a green alert for The Eddie to run on Thursday morning, February 25. The event almost ran 2 […]
Pollywog.co.za recently unveiled their new partnershp with World Surfaris Africa and Home Bru Graft Cafe set the scene for a relaxed afternoon, sharing and showcasing some of our planets best surf travel destinations. For any traveller looking to find their own little piece of heaven, their dream surf trip in Africa or abroad be sure […]
Mick Fanning announced through a WSL press release today that he’ll be going the full Kelly Slater route and competing only in select WCT events the upcoming 2016 season. “This is definitely not a retirement announcement,” he told the WSL. “I’m going to take some time off and have a bit of a personal year,”
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The ultra-hip, black-clad Tasmanian Dion Agius is back with an edit that blends dark art, nude women, Joy Division jams, and his patented go-for-broke style. Watch the edit, then go huck yourself at your local beachbreak. Just don’t come back to us when you find out it’s much harder than it looks.
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