Highwater: A Film Review of a Movie I Have Never Seen
Highwater is the newest film from the Brown family dynasty. Bruce Brown’s son, Dana, is back on the surf beat after Step Into Liquid to document the final leg of the pro-surfing tour in Oahu, The Vans Triple Crown.
The movie is set to release sometime in the Spring this year. The trailer is up. [...]
Surfing: What It Means to be Dedicated
Consider the two pictures to the left. Which of these two men is more dedicated?
Before you make an uninformed decision let me tell you a little about them. The first man in the unruly barrel is Andy Irons. Born in Oahu, Hawaii, Andy grew up in warm Pacific waters surfing in a place that arguably [...]
The New York Times Does Surfing
I was surprised when I read The New York Times article, “Hanging 10 (Degrees) on Icy Lake Superior”. It was an endearing article about surfers on Lake Superior which surprised me just because the NY Times decided to take the time to write about surfing. Outside of my total respect for anyone who will get [...]
For those of you who can’t make it to Hawaii this winter
I’m sick of trying to pretend to be stoked for each and every friend who seems to be flying off to Hawaii for a few weeks this winter. Hasn’t the economy sh!t the bed? Where the hell do all of these slacker friends of mine find the time off and money necessary to spend a [...]
Da Hui Backdoor Shootout
Da Hui are kicking off their annual Pipeline event this week, with the start of the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout. This is not to be confused with Ron Jeremy’s special event of nearly the same name. The event, won last year by the guy who calls Pipeline his backyard, Jamie O’Brien, runs with a unique [...]
The Eddie, still on standby, but plenty of time left to run
After seeing an incredible start to December, where huge surf was pounding Hawaii’s North Shore, all eyes were on The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau to get off the ground and running in the very first week of the holding period. The season really began to heat up with the arrival of monster swell [...]
Joel Parkinson wins the 2008 Triple Crown title
After a nailbiter of a final between the nine time World Champ, Kelly Slater (USA) and the 2008 rebooted Chris Ward (USA), Joel Parkinson was declared the winner of this year’s Van’s Triple Crown of Surfing title. Joel put in an admirable performance throughout the entirety of the Triple Crown.
Joel made it to the Semifinals of the Reef Hawaiian Pro [...]
Billabong Pipeline Masters - final day recap
The Billabong Pipeline Masters wrapped up on Friday in big, clean Pipe, with big barrels and dirty water. With the usually clear blue water tainted a sooty greyish brown, the lineup looked more like Puerto Escondido.
The biggest news of the day: Kelly Slater, our beloved nine time World Champ, just topped off an amazing World [...]
Kelly Slater takes the win at Pipeline!!!
Winning five out of the first nine events this season crowned Kelly the 2008 World Champion. But after skipping out of Brazil, Kelly wasn’t about to rest on his laurels and let his better than 50% first place streak go away. In typical Kelly style, he arrived for the event at the last minute, after chasing [...]
Billabong Pipeline Masters - Friday live!day
The Billabong Pipeline Masters is on live right now in big, clean surf. It looks like we’ll see the event finish this afternoon. Beginning with heat 1 of Round 4, we’ll be seeing the finals in no time, thanks to the dual heat format the contest has opted to utilize. Many of the rankings leaders [...]
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