Patagonia Backcountry Report: Wild, Sharky, Powder Gambling Down Chutes & Spires Report from August 25, 2023 After two terrific and terrifically weird powder days this week, we decided to take a gamble on Friday. We gambled on timing, location, snow, and sharkiness… We decided to go for “High Tower Chute Alternate.” This is a south-facing zone that doesn’t get sun until about 3 p.m. So we slept in and lazed up […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 28, 2023 0 Comments
Killer Whales Are Slaughtering Great White Sharks by Ripping Out Their Livers The mass migration of great white sharks from the coast of South Africa is being caused by a pair of killer whales that have been terrorizing the sharks since 2017. Between 2010-2016, there was an average of 205 great white shark sightings off the coast of South Africa. In 2018 that number was 50. And in 2019, zero. Scientists are […] SnowBrains | July 11, 2022 0 Comments
This Week’s Top 5 Stories: Why Ski Areas Don’t Reopen When it Dumps, Snowbird’s New Tram Damaged Beyond Repair, Sharks in a Volcano, and More… In order of most popular, these were our top five posts of the last seven days: If you want to receive our top three posts in your inbox every Thursday, sign-up here: SnowBrains Weekly Top 3 Posts Email Sign-Up Arapahoe Basin, CO, Chief Explains Why Ski Areas Can’t Just Reopen Terrain When it Dumps Late Season With the amount of […] SnowBrains | June 3, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Oblivious Surfer Almost Grabs Shark’s Dorsal Fin While Paddling Off San Diego, CA View this post on Instagram A post shared by Scott Fairchild (@scott_fairchild) This Great White Shark doesn’t even flinch as the surfer paddles just inches above it, almost grabbing its dorsal fin with his right hand. Related: Sharks Discovered Living in a Volcano Surf SwellBrains | November 5, 2021 0 Comments
Shark Tank’s Most Popular Ski Products Shark Tank is one of the most popular shows in America and allows contestants to explain their businesses and potentially leave with an investment. The show has been running for nearly 15 years, and over $100 Million in investments have been paid out by the investing sharks, a few of which are skiers themselves. Whether the product is an application, […] Gear Review Jesse | September 23, 2021 2 Comments
VIDEO: Shocking Moment Shark Leaps Out of Water and Takes Paraglider’s Foot This is the shocking moment a shark leaped out of the water and bit off part of a man’s foot as he parasailed in the Red Sea. Related: Sharks Discovered Living in a Volcano The footage which was shot on Friday, shows the tandem parasailer, a 37-year-old Jordanian man, hovering above the water in Aqaba when the shark suddenly […] Surf SwellBrains | July 1, 2021 0 Comments
Skeleton of Shark Attack Victim Found in Japan… From 3,000 Years Ago Between the years of 1370 and 1010 BC, a man was attacked by a shark in Japan. That’s putting it lightly. A man was maliciously thrashed by what is believed to be a tiger or white shark. The skeletal remains, which researchers refer to as No. 24, have 790 wounds. Brutal. During the attack, No. 24’s left hand and right […] Brains Joseph Puetz | June 28, 2021 0 Comments
Man Attacked by Great White Shark Off California Coast A great white shark attacked a 35-year-old man off the coast of California on Saturday. Related: VIDEO: Great White Sharks Off California Are More Common and Closer Than You Think The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office reports that the man was swimming off of Grey Whale Cove State Beach, about eighteen miles south of San Francisco, on the San Mateo […] Surf SwellBrains | June 28, 2021 0 Comments