How To Avoid A Shark Attack When Surfing Let’s face it — knowing how to avoid shark attacks is something every surfer should think about. 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 wetsuits on our […] Surf Martin Kuprianowicz | May 23, 2026 2 Comments
Top 7 Non-Winter Sports That are Most Similar to Skiing and Snowboarding Skiing and snowboarding come with the same core sensations—speed, flow, balance, and that split-second decision-making. While riding on snow may be our favorite sport for this thrill, other sports can be a close comparison. We asked the SnowBrains community a simple question: What sport is most similar to skiing/snowboarding? That feeling of reacting in real time while the terrain comes […] Brains Brent Glogau | April 24, 2026 0 Comments
Whittier, AK: The Town That Lives Almost Completely in a Single Apartment Building Tucked away deep in the Chugach Mountains, about 60 miles from Alaska’s largest city of Anchorage, is the unbelievable town of Whittier. Originally a secret military installation created by the U.S. military, Whittier saw its heyday during World War II and the Cold War due to its strategic location near by both Japan and Russia. After the Cold War, the […] Brains Joseph Kaufmann | September 30, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Kelly Slater Surfs with Baby Strapped to Chest You do not have to be a professional athlete to want to introduce your children to sports at an early age. It seems that children are getting involved in sports at a younger age more and more. It raises the question of what age is too early to introduce children to sports. Is there an age too young for kids […] Surf Gregg Frantz | June 22, 2024 0 Comments
Surfing Oregon – Why, When, Where? A cold, wild coast that can regularly generate numbers like 24-foot swells at 8-second intervals with 100mph wind gusts and a sea temperature of 46 degrees, Oregon is neither for the faint of heart nor the physically frail. But it does have some damn good surfing, and for all levels despite its notoriety. Pronounced “organ,” by locals, the coastal state […] Surf Martin Kuprianowicz | May 29, 2024 0 Comments
Legendary Pro Surfer Kelly Slater Hints at Likely Retirement For 33 years, professional surfing has been carried by one man. Kelly Slater, an 11-time world champion and widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, said “This feels like the end,” after being knocked out of the Margaret River Pro competition in Australia last week. The 52-year-old did not definitively say he was retiring, and it should […] Brent Glogau | April 22, 2024 0 Comments
Record for Biggest Wave Ever Surfed Recently Set in Nazaré, Portugal German big wave surfer Sebastian Steudtner has surfed what might be the biggest wave ever measured at 28.57 meters (93.73 feet) in Nazaré, Portugal. The height was measured using state-of-the-art drone technology developed by Porsche Engineering and Team Steudtner. Official confirmation of the new record is still pending. Related: Biggest Wave Of The Year Ridden By Woman Was Controversial The […] Surf SwellBrains | April 22, 2024 0 Comments
Pro Surfer Kai Lenny Saved by Surf Helmet Extreme sports are defined by high speeds and/or high risk and usually are done outside of mainstream sports. Surfing may not be considered extreme by some but that depends on what and where you surf. When you’re surfing at Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, you get a sport with high risk due to the shallow, volcanic […] Samantha Gates | January 18, 2024 0 Comments
Cycling the West Coast: 70 Mile Day! [Day 31] Day 31 I got on the road around 7 am and started south down Highway 1. I was in for a treat today; beautiful cliffs and quiet roads lay ahead of me. Related: Cycling the West Coast: Off to Half Moon Bay, CA! [Day 30] – SnowBrains From Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz, most of that coastline seemed to […] Biking Luke Guilford | June 20, 2023 1 Comment
WATCH: 19-Year-Old French Surfer Rides One of the Biggest Swells Ever Recorded at Teahupoo, Tahiti Last Weekend World-famous surf hotspot Teahupoo was absurdly large last weekend—perfectly adequate for Friday the 13th. Watching this video above of Kauli Vaast drop in on this monster of a wave and then get swallowed by it is emotional, to say the least. Kauli Vaast, a 19-year-old professional surfer from France, called the wave a “wave of a lifetime” and the […] Surf Martin Kuprianowicz | August 18, 2021 0 Comments
Team USA’s Carissa Moore Wins First Ever Olympic Women’s Surfing Gold In a historic moment for the Olympic Games, Team USA’s Carissa Moore wins the first-ever Olympic gold in women’s surfing, reports Olympics.com. Moore’s scoring waves of 7.33 and 7.60 exceeded Buitendag’s total score of 8.46, relegating the South African to the silver. Related: How Will Olympic Surfing Work at the 2021 Tokyo Games? Surfing’s long-awaited debut at the Olympic Games […] Olympics SwellBrains | July 27, 2021 0 Comments
How Will Olympic Surfing Work at the 2021 Tokyo Games? In a few weeks, surfing will make its debut at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. 40 surfers from around the world will make history as they compete for the first time at the most prestigious sports event in the world. But how is surfing, a sport celebrated for style (which can be subjective) that is also very dependent on the […] Olympics Hannah | July 13, 2021 0 Comments
ADG Launches EpicSurf Setting the Stage for the Future of the Surf Industry Aquatic Development Group (ADG) is proud to announce the launch of their new ‘EpicSurf’ stationary surf wave which was introduced to the market during a virtual Tradeshow Summit that took place virtually on June 24, 2021, and was hosted by Surf Park Central. The event brought together leaders from around the world within the surf industry to discuss the latest developments […] Surf SwellBrains | July 12, 2021 0 Comments
Surfing Legend Greg ‘Da Bull’ Noll, 84, Passed Away at his Home in California Yesterday View this post on Instagram A post shared by Noll Surfboards (@nollsurfboards) Surfing legend Greg “Da Bull” Noll passed away peacefully yesterday. He was 84. According to an Instagram post from his son’s surf company, Noll Surfboards, Greg died of natural causes. Related: El Salvador’s Top Surfer Dead At 22 After Being Struck By Lightning Noll was one […] Surf SwellBrains | June 29, 2021 0 Comments
Photos: Mikaela Shiffrin Takes a Break From Training to Go Surfing Mikaela Shiffrin takes a break from training on snow at Squaw and Mammoth in California and hits the waves instead. Related: Mikaela Shiffrin Happy to Call Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Home For the Spring Or maybe it’s all part of training? Great for balance… The girl’s got talent! Surf SwellBrains | May 17, 2021 1 Comment
The Teton Surf Classic – Where the Surf Meets the Snow at Grand Targhee, WY The ski community never ceases to amaze when it comes to new events. One of these fairly young events, The Teton Surf Classic, hosted at Wyoming’s Grand Targhee Resort has combined surfing, skating, and snowboarding into an event that everyone should experience. The event has been hosted 2 times since starting in 2018 and has lived up to the hype. […] Industry News Ryan Flynn | March 23, 2021 0 Comments
El Salvador’s Top Surfer Dead At 22 After Being Struck By Lightning El Salvador’s top surfer and Olympic hopeful, Katherine Diaz, has died after she was struck by lightning while training on a beach. Diaz, 22, was training close to her home in El Tunco, El Salvador when an electrical storm hit the area. She was still in the water when she was struck by lightning. Onlookers tried to help her until the paramedics […] Surf Nick Retterer | March 23, 2021 0 Comments
Toxic Water Off Russian Coast Leads to Mass Marine Death Recent reports from the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia’s far east, suggest that a toxic spill of some kind has led to mass death on the ocean floor. It is estimated that 95% of all benthos, or bottom-dwelling organisms, have died. Local government officials denied initial reports of an unfolding environmental disaster after a group of surfers sounded the alarm. Related: […] Alex Camerino | October 16, 2020 0 Comments
San Diego, CA Lifeguard Killed After Traumatic Neck Injury While Surfing in Mexico Blake Dresner, a 24-year-old North San Diego County lifeguard, was killed after suffering a “traumatic surfing injury” at the Playa Abierta beach break, in Mexico last week. Today, Monday 24th August, the Encinitas community is gathering at Moonlight Beach at 10 am to honor the life of the 24-year-old surfer. Dresner was in Salina Cruz, Mexico with his closest friends when […] Surf SwellBrains | August 24, 2020 0 Comments
Two Surfers Start Company To Tackle Garbage-Ridden Beaches On a quest for epic waves and golden beaches, surfers Andrew Cooper and Alex Schulze headed to Bali, Indonesia in 2015 for a post-college trip of a lifetime. Unfortunately, what they found instead were garbage-ridden beaches with nothing but water bottles, food containers, and plastic bags for miles. While the overwhelming sight of endless trash left them horrified, it also […] Surf Emily Crofton | August 21, 2020 0 Comments
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