Glacier Wave Surfing in Alaska “It was the closest I’ve ever come to death. I wanted to go home after the first day” “I was up to my neck in water, looking up at this 90-meter tall glacier, waiting for the ice to break off and hoping that it’ll fall straight into the water — because if it falls flat you’ll be squashed under it.” […] Surf SwellBrains | July 12, 2013 3 Comments
River Surfing – Finding the Longest Rides in the World Surfing river waves has been around for a long time. Kayakers will tell you they’ve been catching waves in their play boats for years. But for most of us, the idea of surfing rivers on a surfboard is relatively new. But all over the world, often right in heart of urban areas like Montreal, Canada or Munich, Germany the sport […] Surf D’Arcy McLeish | July 10, 2013 5 Comments
“Surf the Ganges” India Photo Slide Show | Kings Beach, CA Tomorrow Night, July 10th Local Lake Tahoe professional photographer Ryan Salm will be showing off his best photos from his 2013 trip to the Ganges River in India during one of India’s largest holy festivals. Ryan and a few friends stand up paddleboarded down the Ganges River through this enormous festival and the images and stories they have are priceless. If you’ve never been […] Surf SwellBrains | July 9, 2013 1 Comment
VIDEO: Whale Knocks Surfer Unconscious in Australia with Tail “You just saw basically surfers, surfboards, swimmers thrown into the air like skittles, I’ve never seen anything like it. “It was like they were soft toys getting thrown around the cot by a whale, and, you know, the whole beach sort of gasped basically.” – Eye Witness As a surfer, you’re pretty stoked when you’re out in the water and […] Surf SwellBrains | July 8, 2013 2 Comments
Swell Saturdays: Surfing Tubes at Night with a Lit-Up Surfboard in Spain When we think of perfect tubes we don’t necessarily think of Europe. To be honest, we hardly think of Europe at all. Every spot has its day, but Mundaka, Spain is different. This place is mechanical, consistent, hollow, and packed. If the wind is off-shore, the place looks like Indonesia as show in the video below. The only real problem […] Surf SwellBrains | June 22, 2013 3 Comments
Who’s 360º is Smoother? | John John Florence Vs. Eric Pollard | Video Comp. Who’s 360s are smoother? John John’s from Bali or Eric Pollard’s from British Columbia? There is something about a big, smooth 360º that sets certain athletes apart from the masses. In the skiing world, everyone can throw a 3, but how many can take them big and keep them smooth? Not many. In the surfing world, not many can throw 360ºs, […] Surf SwellBrains | June 20, 2013 7 Comments
Surfing Beneath Norway’s Midnight Sun (editor’s note: Our good friend, Zach Paley, has been living in the Arctic Circle of Norway for the past month. He works on a boat, camps, skis, writes, and takes stunning photographs. In this entry, Zach finds himself surfing arctic waters on his way back to the USA) You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, […] Zach Paley | June 19, 2013 3 Comments
Swell Saturdays: Horrific Wipeouts and Open Tubes @ The Wedge, CA Last Week A rare, big, south, summer swell rolled into California last week and lite up The Wedge at Newport Beach, California. “The Wedge is a surfing, bodyboarding and bodysurfing spot located at the extreme east end of the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California. During a south swell of the right size and direction, the Wedge can produce huge waves up to 30 feet (9.1 m) high.” – wikipedia The Wedge […] Surf SwellBrains | June 15, 2013 5 Comments
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