Spin Me Round Like a Record: Kelly Slater adds surfing to sports in the 540 club
In 2014, 11-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater carved another notch in his board when he became the first surfer to throw a 540 […]
Close encounters of the paddle-boarding kind starring whales, sharks, dolphins and rays
In our previous paddle-boarding post we documented several spellbinding orca encounters from around the world. This time we feature a mix of marine meet […]
Made in Ireland: Meet the Emerald Isle’s surfing torchbearers, nutjobs and misfits
When one thinks of surfing, the waves off the coasts of California, Hawaii, Tahiti, Australia, South Africa or even Portugal may come to mind, […]
Queens of Instagram: Alana Blanchard, Bethany Hamilton, Anastasia Ashley top surfer girls
Model Alana Blanchard is tops among surfer girls on Instagram in terms of followers, which may explain her many sponsorship deals including Rip Curl, […]
Chris Bryan captures seriously slo-mo surfing with Mark Matthews, Clay Marzo, John John Florence, et al.
Traditional cinematic movies are still shot at 24 frames per second — a rate that’s been around since the inception of motion pictures. To […]
Surfer Nasima Akter makes waves in conservative Bangladeshi beach town Cox’s Bazar
Nasima Akter was kicked out of her parent’s home at seven years old, but still managed to stay on her feet — a skill […]
Say aloha to Kuli, the one-eyed surfing cat from Honolulu, Hawaii
Cats that enjoy the water are rare. Rarer still are cats that surf. Rarest of all, is a one-eyed surfing cat. In all likelihood […]
Brazil’s Rodrigo Koxa sets new world record for largest wave surfed on 80-foot monster
As inexact a science as measuring the height of ocean waves is, a handful of inches can determine whether a record has been broken. […]
Skater kids Sky and Ocean impress with skateboard ramp skills on ‘Little Big Shots’
Almost a year after appearing on the Steve Harvey show, then eight-year-old Sky Brown and her four-year-old brother Ocean were invited to show off […]
Watch The Flying Frenchies pioneer high-speed zipline surfing 2000 feet in the air
If Evel Knievel raised a family with Cirque du Soleil it would probably look something like The Flying Frenchies. For their latest death-defying stunt, […]
Ian Walsh rides man-eating, sixty-foot waves in thrilling surf documentary
What seems normal to surfer Ian Walsh, is almost unfathomable to us mere mortals. A day at the office for Walsh involves being rocketing […]
Close encounters of the paddle-boarding kind with inquisitive orcas (aka killer whales)
Apart from jumping in the ocean, there’s few ways one can have as intimate encounter with marine life as by paddleboard. Fewer yet are […]