Friday Fun: Beach Skiing Front Flip 360ºs… The river surfing in this video is pretty sick. The raft cliff hucking is funny. The beach skiing is… insane. Has anyone ever beach skied before? We’re not sure, but probably not. Even if they did, they most likely didn’t hit a kicker, pull off grabs, and try front flip 360ºs. “When the Waimea River starts flowing, Jamie O’Brien and the boys do too. But they won’t stop there. The North Shore’s crew of daredevils with questionable ideas put Poopies’ water skiing to the test: in the marsh, Surf SwellBrains | July 10, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: Big Wave Wipeout of the Year Puerto Escondido, Mexico is a legendary place for enormous, tubing waves. The best big wave surfers swarm to the place when big swells roll in. This past May, Puerto got huge and Tom Lowe of Cornwall, England was there see it. Tom did more than just see it, though. He took this vicious free-fall wipeout and put himself into legendary wipeout status. This video is already an entry for the “Wipeout of the Year” of the 2016 WSL Big Wave Awards and most likely, it’ll win. There isn’t really any topping this wipeout. This is about as bad as it could possibly go. “Tom Lowe (Cornwall, England) at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on May 3, 2015. Video […] Surf SwellBrains | June 25, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: 1st Ever Wakeboard Triple Flip Honestly, this entire video that just dropped today is impressive to watch. If you just want the triple flip, skip to 2:45. We had no idea all this was going on in wakeboarding. Obviously, the winch scene has hugely changed things in wakeboarding. Wakeboarding parks and urban riding are a reality in Florida where water is everywhere. This guy rips it up in this video and yes, the triple flip is also insane. Congrats Cody Hesse. In his first full edit, Cody Hesse lands the only triple flip on a wakeboard. After over a year of filming […] Surf SwellBrains | June 5, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: “How to Survive a Rip Tide” Almost all of us will end up at the ocean at some point in our lives. The ocean is big, powerful, full of rip tides, and it doesn’t care about you. If you are in the ocean and you get caught in a rip tide, you need to know how to get out of it. The video above shows a scientific study of rip tides and how to get out of them. The keys to getting out of rip tides are: Stay Calm, Tread Water. That’s it. According to this new study, rip tides will most often bring you right back to the beach where you can stand again. […] Surf SnowBrains | June 3, 2015 0 Comments
1st Ever Rodeo Flip Landed in Competition: John John Florence John John Florence landed the first rodeo flip ever landed in World Tour competition on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Oi Rio Pro. The entire contest was basically 7-foot close-outs with steep ramps perfect for aerial maneuvers. John John didn’t even have a great ramp for this trick, he just went for it and pulled it off. This flip happened in the third round of the Oi Rio Pro last Saturday and the judges rewarded John John with a 9.0 ride. John John Florence landed the first rodeo flip ever landed in World Tour competition on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Oi Rio Pro. […] Surf SwellBrains | May 18, 2015 5 Comments
VIDEO: The Biggest Wave Ever Ridden at Mexican Pipeline Two days ago, Puerto Escondido in Mexico – Mexican Pipeline – got huge. Hawaiian Mark Healy somehow paddled into a bomb, made the drop, pulled into a freight train sized barrel and got absolutely obliterated. After getting obliterated, Mark took about 12 more waves to the head. “… and got absolutely destroyed, and about 12 other waves on the head after it.” – Mark Healy Coco Nogales, king of Puerto Escondido, said that wave Mark pulled into was the biggest paddle-in wave ever ridden at Puerto. We believe him. “Today was honestly twice as big as the biggest I’ve […] Surf SwellBrains | May 5, 2015 0 Comments
Japanese Surfer Dies in Shark Attack in Australia Yesterday: A 41-year old Japanese surfer died after being attacked by a shark while surfing off Shelley Beach in Australia’s New South Wales. It’s being reported that the shark inflicted severe injuries to the surfer’s legs. The attacked surfer was helped to the beach by other surfers. He unfortunately died on the beach from major blood loss. Shark attacks are akin to the avalanches of the ski world. They can be unpredictable. They happen fast. They can cause major injury and/or death. They can happen when you think you’re in a safe position. […] Surf SwellBrains | February 10, 2015 0 Comments
2014 Pacific Coast Great White Shark Attack Report: All of the below information was provided by the Shark Research Comittee. There were 6 authenticated unprovoked shark attacks on humans on the Pacific Coast of North America in 2014. All of these shark attacks were recorded in California. Four of these attacks occurred in October, one occurred in July, and one occurred in December. 3 of the shark attack victims were surfing, 2 were kayaking, and 1 was in an […] Surf SnowBrains | January 30, 2015 9 Comments
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