Swell Saturdays: Surf Alaska | Video Series Teaser Alaska is beautiful. Surfing is beautiful. Put them together and you’ve got something spectacular. Access to surf in Alaska is via helicopter, plane, and boat. It’s much more of an experience or adventure than what we’re all used to down here in the real world. This Alaska surfing series is going to be inspiring. “Surf Alaska, the video series, tells the tale of a few hardy souls in the far north exploring their endless back yard in search of surf. Playing chess with mother nature, we use […] Movie Trailer SwellBrains | November 16, 2013 0 Comments
Surfing Lake Tahoe, CA Sunday | Video & 18 Photos Words, photos, & video by local photographer Matt Bansak. Check out his website here: MattBansak.com Lake wind advisories always make for a fun time if you’re ready for an adventure. When winter starts to roll in to Tahoe, it brings some significant winds along with it. You can get some decent wave buildup […] Matt Bansak | October 1, 2013 4 Comments
Shark Proof Wetsuit SAMS (Shark Attack Mitigation Systems) has reportedly come up with 2 wetsuit designs that will keep sharks off ya when you’re surfing. Sounds good to us. How do they work? They have 2 designs. One design warns the shark that you are there via bright black and white strips, the other goes with blue camouflage that hides your existence. The […] Surf SwellBrains | July 19, 2013 2 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
Watch Kelly Slater WIN the Volcom Fiji Pro in Epic Conditions | Two Perfect 10 Rides Kelly Slater is 41 years old and the best surfer on this planet we call Earth. How do we know he’s the best even in his old age? Simply because he surfs the best breaks against the world’s best surfers and beats them all on a regular basis. How regular a basis does he beat them all? Well, he’s the […] Surf SwellBrains | June 12, 2013 5 Comments
Swell Saturdays: Full Throttle, High Performance Surfing | The Boy Who was Raised at Pipeline If this doesn’t get you fired up to surf or try surfing, nothing will. Just check out how hard and far John John can power slide after his cut backs. Just like skiing & riding, the better you get at it, the more fun you’ll have. John John Florence grew up on the in Hale’iwa, in an ocean-side house at […] Surf SnowBrains | May 18, 2013 1 Comment
Swell Saturdays: Unbelievably Shacked in the Pacific {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…} The place in this video is so top secret, they won’t even tell us where it’s from in the Pacific. Which is kinda weird. We’d love to know where we’re lookin’ […] Surf SwellBrains | May 11, 2013 3 Comments
Surfing Alaska by Boat words & video by JGS Concepts Imagine cruising into a breathtaking fiord, snow capped mountains and hanging glaciers on three sides, you’ve never been here before, and from the looks of things, nobody else has either. The sea lions hauled out on the rocks look at you with bewilderment, obviously surprised to see a human. From the charts it looked like […] Surf SwellBrains | May 8, 2013 1 Comment
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