Entire Town Tries to Save 14-Foot Great White Shark on Cape Cod “I told my husband this morning that if he went surfing, he was going to get eaten by a shark. He told me I was crazy. We got to Whitecrest about an hour later and came upon a huge crowd of people working to save a 14′ male Great White that had beached itself. The shark was still alive but not thriving. Several beachgoers were pouring buckets of water over him (some using XtraTuf boots and sandcastle Surf SwellBrains | September 8, 2015 2 Comments
Shark Attacks Surfer in California & Takes Chuck Out of Surfboard A great white shark bit a large chunk out of a woman’s surfboard last weekend at Morro Strand State Beach near San Luis Obispo, CA. Elinor Dempsey was shook up but completely uninjured after her shark encounter on Saturday morning. The shark reportedly swam around her, under her, then finally towards the nose of her board before deciding to take a big bit out of the board. Surf SwellBrains | September 3, 2015 0 Comments
Swell Saturday: Deep Barrel to 20-Foot Alley Oop! Jordy Smith is a pro surfer from South Africa who surfs on the World Surfing League. On a down day last week, Jordy went yard on a wave in Australia called North Point. He gets a ridiculously deep barrel, then bottom turns out of the wave and fing launches himself into outer space. Jordy travels about 20-feet through the air doing an Alley-Oop before landing perfecting back on the wave and surfing on. Unreal. What’s even cooler is that Jordy is a big dude. He’s 6’3″, 190 pounds and can surf and fly like that. Surf SwellBrains | August 22, 2015 0 Comments
Swell Saturday: US Open of Surfing Returns To Its Roots The U.S. Open of Surfing is still about surfing right? Well, for the first time in a while, that’s exactly how it felt. The athletes and spectators unanimously shared that sentiment. The Van Dorian Invitational is a surf contest held in the heart of Southern California. With perfect temperatures, knee high waves and enough people watching to satisfy even the most curious of eyes, it truly is Surf City, USA. Surf Ryan Mulcahy | August 8, 2015 0 Comments
World’s Greatest Free Diver Missing in Ibiza, Spain “The world has lost its greatest free diver. I don’t think anybody would dispute that.” – Will Trubridge, a 15-time free diving world-record holder 53-year-old Russian free diver Natalia Molchanova is often considered the greatest free diver in history. Today she is missing after a free dive off the coast of Formentera, an island near Ibiza. The dive she was performing was a recreational dive to a depth that was easy for her. She never resurfaced after this dive and she hasn’t been seen since. Natalia was free diving with 3 other divers when she disappeared on Sunday. They were diving for fun and were not using a safety line that free […] Surf SwellBrains | August 4, 2015 2 Comments
60 Minutes: Mick Fanning Sees Shark in First Surf Since He Was Attacked On July 19th, Mick Fanning was surfing in the Finals of the World Surf League’s Jeffrey’s Bay South Africa tour stop. He was attacked by a shark in the first minutes of the event, had his leash bitten through, and escaped unscathed. The competition was canceled. Mick recently got back in the water while filming with CBS’s “60 Minutes” program. During his first surf since being attacked in South Africa, Mick saw a shark… The above video documents the shark siting. Industry News SwellBrains | July 31, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mick Fanning Attacked by Shark in Surf Comp Today Three-time World Surfing Tour Champion Mick Fanning was attacked by a shark in the opening minutes of the finals of the Jeffrey’s Bay world tour stop in South Africa today. ‘I was just sitting there and I felt something just get stuck in my leg rope, and I was kicking trying to get it away.” – Mick Fanning The shark aggressively came at Mick, knocked him off his board, and chewed through his leash. Mick was completely freaked out […] Industry News SwellBrains | July 19, 2015 1 Comment
Chile Surf & Culture Report: Barreling Waves & Penguins I spent the first two weeks of July surfing at Punta de Lobos, Chile. I surfed with two penguins on my second day. The water is crystal clear, cold (56ºF), and full of waves. This may be one of the most consistent waves in the world since a large point to the south of the wave blocks the prevailing south winds. The only thing that ruins the wave here is a north wind, which we unfortunately got a healthy dose of this July. When I was here last October, the wave was great 20 out of 21 days. This month for me it was 50/50. […] Surf Miles Clark | July 18, 2015 0 Comments
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