Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge & Luau | Mt. Bachelor, OR on May 11, 2013 There’s a swell upon the sea…or at least upon the mountain. Next Saturday May, 11th, the Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge returns for its third year to Mt. Bachelor. The lifts are still spinning and with over 400 inches of snowfall this season, Mt. Bachelor is prime for spring shredding Legendary big wave surfer and Mt. Bachelor Ambassador, Gerry Lopez […] Andrew Marshall | May 6, 2013 3 Comments
Swell Saturdays: The Biggest Wave Ever Ridden | 78-Footer in Portugal, Nov. 2012 Garrett McNamara on a 78-foot wave in Nazaré, Portugal in November, 2012 {Every Saturday, we’re going to attempt to inspire you to get out and surf with a sharp Surf video that will speak to your heart.  SwellBrains.com is coming soon…} There’s been a lot of talk over the past 50 years about the ‘biggest wave ever ridden.’  In the […] Surf SwellBrains | May 4, 2013 2 Comments
Swell Saturday: Tow-In Skimboarding 10+ Foot Barrels… {Every Saturday, we’re going to attempt to inspire you to get out and surf with a sharp Surf video that will speak to your heart.  SwellBrains.com is coming soon…} As far as we know this hasn’t been done before.  Yeah, guys have towed in to waves on skimboards, but they weren’t waves like this.  A few of the barrels in […] Surf SnowBrains | April 27, 2013 2 Comments
Swell Saturday: XXL Barrels at Puerto Escondido, Mexico | Patagonia Surf Video {Every Saturday, we’re going to attempt to inspire you to get out and surf with a sharp Surf video that will speak to your heart.  SwellBrains.com is coming soon…} Puerto Escondido is world famous for big, powerful, and long barrels.  It wasn’t always this world famous.  Puerto was once empty.  Very few paddled out and people weren’t sure if you […] Surf SnowBrains | April 20, 2013 1 Comment
Swell Saturday: San Francisco’s Ocean Beach Looking Like Hawaiian Pipeline, Winter 2013 {Every Saturday, we’re going to attempt to inspire you to get out and surf with a sharp Surf video that will speak to your heart.  SwellBrains.com is coming soon…} San Francisco’s Ocean Beach generally has surf that’s a jumbled up mess of whitewater, sand, and foam.  On rare occasions (mostly in the winter and fall) it shines bright and becomes […] Surf SnowBrains | April 13, 2013 5 Comments
Swell Saturdays: Teahupo’o, The Heaviest Barrel in the World in Super Slow Motion This video displays the best surfers in the world tackling one of the world’s most powerful waves:  Teahupo’o in Tahiti.  The size of the waves ridden in this video are preposterous.  The fact that no one in this video even makes the entire wave is mind blowing.  How do they survive these wipe-outs?  If you’re anywhere near the impact zone […] Surf SnowBrains | April 6, 2013 13 Comments