Body of Drowned Surfer Found on Popular San Diego, CA Beach The body of a surfer was found at Moonlight Beach, one of the most popular beaches in Encinitas, CA located in North County San Diego on Wednesday afternoon. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, it appears as if the young man had drowned. Related: How to Spot, Avoid and Escape Rip Tides in the Ocean Lifeguards apparently spotted a surfboard […] SwellBrains | September 13, 2019 0 Comments
Man Crosses the Pacific on a Standup Paddle Board San Francisco, California to Honolulu, Hawaii. The two places are 2,900 miles apart. A five-hour flight, or, to endurance athlete Antonio de la Rosa, a two and a half month paddle. On June 4th, de la Rosa set out from San Francisco on a paddleboard poised to cross the pacific and make it to Hawaii with the purpose of raising […] Surf Jack Conroy | September 2, 2019 0 Comments
How To Avoid A Shark Attack When Surfing Let’s face it — sharks are scary animals. Sure, they are often misunderstood and get a bad rap since they are incredibly vital to the ecosystem and oceanic food chain and may not mean to attack surfers in particular. Sometimes we just look like food, dressed in our wet suits on our boards appearing as sea lions. But regardless, that […] Surf Martin Kuprianowicz | September 2, 2019 2 Comments
Surfer Throws Air, Lands on Shark | Suffers Bites to Hands and Legs On his last wave of the day on Tuesday, chiropractor Don Walsh decided to do something he’d never done before – throw an air. And the fact that when he came down he landed on a 6-foot bull shark and not his board, it might be a while before he tries the trick again. Related: How To Avoid A Shark Attack […] Surf SwellBrains | August 30, 2019 0 Comments
California Surf Season Off to Best Start in 15-Years California and Hawaii have seen the most consistent start to their summer surf season. This data was collected from May through July and boasts crazy results. California has had the best summer start in 15 years. Looking at surf data from Orange County, CA and Santa Cruz, CA shows the highest average surf height and most days with swells over 7 feet. […] Surf Joseph Phillips | August 16, 2019 0 Comments
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
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
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