VIDEO: Watch the John John Florence Surf Film Highlights 2011-2019 in Amazement [arve url="https://youtu.be/gCrHFJI2aFU"] SwellBrains | July 26, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: One-Legged Surfer Stomps Tube of His Life Fabrizio Passetti is an Italian surfer who grew up on a picturesque part of the coastline on the football boot. He lost his leg during a bike accident at just 17-years-old – he’s 36 now. Related: New ‘World Record’ Wave Surfed in Nazare? So when a video dropped of Fabrizio surfing, we were stoked to see adaptive surfing in Indo and […] Surf SwellBrains | July 26, 2019 0 Comments
More Than Half of American Beaches Could be Unsafe Due to Fecal Matter in Water A recent report from Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group found that more than half of 4,523 American beaches tested were potentially unsafe for swimming due to the amount of fecal matter in the water. The 2,620 beach sites, from a sample across 29 coastal and Great Lakes states, plus Puerto Rico, were potentially unsafe for swimming […] Surf SwellBrains | July 25, 2019 0 Comments
Monterey Bay, CA Being Referred to as ‘Shark Park’ as Great Whites Flock to the Area The California coast is currently inundated with great white sharks, particularly in the Monterey Bay. The video above shows more than a dozen sharks, of various sizes up to 15-feet, just off the surf line. Related: VIDEO: 10-Foot Shark Cruising Next to Oblivious Swimmer Off Monterey Bay, CA The sightings have become so frequent in the area between Seacliff State Beach […] Surf SwellBrains | July 19, 2019 0 Comments
Father Missing After Being Swept Away Trying to Rescue his Daughter in Yuba River, CA Alexander Alvarez, 34, of Citrus Heights, CA was caught and swept away by the South River Yuba as he attempted to rescue his 12-year-old daughter. The incident occurred at around 6:40 pm Saturday between the old and new Highway 49 bridges. Two other people, one of them a State Parks ranger, managed to rescue the girl. Two others tried to […] SwellBrains | July 16, 2019 1 Comment
VIDEO: 10-Foot Shark Cruising Next to Oblivious Swimmer Off Monterey Bay, CA [arve url="https://youtu.be/9Kr-W7igVao"] SwellBrains | July 3, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Antonio De La Rosa Just Left San Francisco in Attempt to Be First to Stand-Up Paddle to Hawaii [arve url="https://vimeo.com/332627344"] SwellBrains | June 14, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
65-Year Old Californian Man Killed in Shark Attack Off Coast of Maui, HI A 65-year-old tourist from California died Saturday in an apparent shark attack as he swam off the coast of western Maui, authorities said, the first fatal attack there since 2015. The County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety responded to a witness report in the morning with a helicopter and jetski to locate the man and bring him […] Surf SwellBrains | May 28, 2019 0 Comments
Surfing Legend Sunny Garcia Hospitalized in Battle with Depression Surfing legend Vincent “Sunny” Garcia is in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Oregon, according to the World Surf League. Related: Legendary Californian Surfer Mike Doyle Passes Away at 78 Initial reports had suggested the former world champion, who has been open about his battle with depression in the past, had died, but the World Surf League confirmed his […] Surf SwellBrains | May 7, 2019 0 Comments
Legendary Californian Surfer Mike Doyle Passes Away at 78 Mike Doyle, a legend in the surf world, passed away Monday night in his sleep. The renowned waterman and board-builder from Leucadia, California, was 78-years old. According to an Instagram post from his family: “Mike slipped away peacefully in his sleep early this morning at his home on Gringo Hill, with his loving wife, Annie right by his side.” Doyle […] SwellBrains | May 1, 2019 1 Comment
Friday Fun: Seals Are Just Dogs Of The Ocean There you have it, seals are just the dogs of the ocean. We’re not dreaming of summer yet, but we wouldn’t mind partaking in something like this. SwellBrains | April 5, 2019 1 Comment
VIDEO: Surfing Powerful River Waves In The Landlocked Country Of Zambia [arve url="https://youtu.be/ye0KLp1lv6w"] SwellBrains | April 2, 2019 16 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
19-Year Old Surfer Attacked by Great White Shark off California Coast on Tuesday Nineteen-year-old surfer Nick Wapner was attacked by a shark at Sandspit Beach in Montana de Oro State Park near Los Osos, California on Tuesday, January 8th reports The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Thankfully, the attack was not fatal, but Wapner received 50 stitches near his ankle for the bite. You might also like: Report Shows United States is Far Away the Worldwide […] Surf SwellBrains | January 10, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Huge Wave Destroys 3rd Story Balconies on Oceanside Hotel [arve url="https://youtu.be/R5qPp0UKJGw"] SwellBrains | November 23, 2018 51 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
World Surf League to Offer Equal Pay to Men and Women from 2019 The World Surf League (WSL) has announced it will offer equal prize money to both men and women from next year, making it the first US-based global sports league to apply pay parity. The WSL said it was, “proud of its commitment to gender equality, and proud to join other organizations beyond the world of sport reaching this important milestone”. […] Surf SwellBrains | September 7, 2018 0 Comments
Surfing is Now the Official State Sport of California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday that he has signed a bill making surfing the official sport of the state of California. The new law declares surfing to be “an iconic California sport” and officially claims California is the heart of the surfboard building industry and that surf forecasting and the neoprene wetsuit were both invented in California. The idea came […] Surf SwellBrains | August 21, 2018 0 Comments
Oceans Warming: San Diego, CA Just Recorded its Highest Ocean Temperature Ever If you surfed at some point this week along the San Diego, SoCal coastline and thought to yourself, “Good god the water is warm,” that’s because it is. In some areas, the water is reaching balmy, record-level temperatures, reports Surfer.com. On Wednesday, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego recorded ocean temps at 79.2F, its highest registered ocean temperature […] Weather SwellBrains | August 13, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Dolphin Wants to Share this Guy’s Surf Board! When keeping it KOOK goes wrong @sketchy_tank #offmywavekook #letstakeittothesand #yeeww #goinleft #hup #hoo #goin #outthere #sopitted #straightair #klassickook #kookland #kooksrus #supportyourlocalkook #isarf #offmywavekook #rippingfromfarfarfromripping #whenkeepingitkookgoeswrong #BAK #burnallkooks #donthasslemeimlocal #hemustbealocal #heneedsomemilk #wereallkooksinourownway #dependingonthedayyouorme @kptnkook . No dolphins were hurt in this film Follow link in bio to our YouTube on how to submit! A post shared by the Kook of the […] Surf SwellBrains | August 3, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Could This Be the Longest Wave Ever Ridden at Uluwatu, Bali? [arve url="https://youtu.be/UdDx4UGlJww"] SwellBrains | July 31, 2018 38 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
2 People Bitten By Sharks On Same Beach on Same Day on Friday The 13th in Florida Two swimmers were injured in what appears to be two separate shark attacks on the same beach on the same day in Florida. This happened on Friday the 13th, July 2018 at Fernandian Beach, Florida. Neither person who was bit could be100% sure they were bitten by sharks but the local fire department described the injuries at “alleged shark bite […] Surf SwellBrains | July 15, 2018 0 Comments