A Surfboard Lost in Hawaii in 2018 is Recovered 5,200 Miles Away A surf photographer in Hawaii lost his surfboard when out surfing one day at Waimea Bay on the Island of Oahu in February of 2018 and feared that it was gone forever. That was, until a few weeks ago when it washed up on a tiny island in the Philippines roughly 5,200 miles away. Related: Australian Surfer Intervenes During Shark […] Surf SwellBrains | August 19, 2020 1 Comment
VIDEO: Surfing Canada’s Stunning West Coast: Is This Place a Cold-Water Indonesia? [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=231&v=lUestA2pdWs&feature=emb_logo"] SwellBrains | August 11, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Trip Report: The Stunning Central California Coast I voyaged down the Central California coast this week. The trip was sublime. Medium-sized mushy waves. The best car-camping campsites of my life. Exquisite sunsets. Vicious full-moonrises. 20 dolphins jumping & frolicking 100′ off the beach for 30-minutes whilst I ate breakfast. Cool, wet waterfalls. Hummingbirds. International Space Station zipping by. Bunnies everywhere. Bats like crazy at sunset. Fast-flowing fog. […] Trip Report Miles Clark | August 10, 2020 2 Comments
Australian Surfer Intervenes During Shark Attack To Aid Fellow Surfer Last week, surfer, Phil Mummert was attacked by a great white shark off the western coast of Australia. According to Fisheries WA (Fisheries Department of Western Australia), the great white was believed to be 13-feet (4 meters) in length and approximately as wide as a Land Cruiser. The attack occurred last Friday at Bunker Beach. With a shark that large, […] Spencer Cox | August 5, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Great White Shark Kills 15-Year-Old Surfer in Australia [arve url="https://youtu.be/3bCA4umBAAc"] SwellBrains | July 20, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Former World Champion Surfer Derek Ho, 55, Dies of Heart Attack Former World Champion surfer Derek Ho died on Friday, aged 55, after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week. Ho was the first native Hawaiian to win a world title, in 1993. Related: First Woman Surfer To Surf Iconic West Australian ‘The Right’ Ho was a two-time Pipe Master and a four-time Triple Crown winner, but he made history in […] Surf SwellBrains | July 20, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Watch Surf Legends Kelly Slater and Jackson Dorian Share This Surf Ranch Barrel [arve url="https://www.facebook.com/TheInertia/videos/260308111889821/?v=260308111889821"] SwellBrains | June 26, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mickey Smith — Dark Side of the Lens [arve url="https://youtu.be/VUZV38jJL40"] SwellBrains | June 19, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Cold Water Immersion Safety Information With the last of the snow melting in the Sierra and across the country, skiers and snowboarders are taking to the water: surfing, paddling, swimming, cliff jumping, boating, or just plain floating. After a season of sending and getting rowdy in the snow, we usually think of summer water sports as fun, safe substitutes for our winter activities, and to […] Roger Romani | May 29, 2020 0 Comments
Video Shows Newly Re-Opened San Diego, CA Beach Extremely Packed with Surfers At Sunrise on Monday, April 27, San Diego County reopened many of its beaches to the general public, but things got weird quickly. The county discontinued restrictions for beach-goers and surfers while keeping the restrictions for motorized boating in place. But, in less than an hour after one San Diego beach re-opened it was already packed with hundreds of […] Surf SnowBrains | April 28, 2020 0 Comments
Civil Disobedience: Town Mayor Comments on Video of Lone Surfer Running from Law Enforcement on California Beach In an official letter released by the town of Little Coronado, California’s mayor, Rich Bailey, and headlined, Can We All Agree That Surfing Should Not Be a Crime, the mayor writes: “A viral video from earlier this week shows a lone surfer, in the ocean near La Jolla, fleeing the water as multiple law enforcement officials chase him down in […] Surf SwellBrains | April 21, 2020 1 Comment
VIDEO: Santa Cruz County, CA to Reopen Beaches, Parks, and Lift Ban on Surfing The Santa Cruz County health officer is planning to reopen beaches, parks, and to lift the ban on surfing this Thursday, April 16. “We’re seeing a very flattened curve in Santa Cruz County, which makes me feel optimistic and I believe that our community members will appreciate the privilege of being able to utilize the beaches and parks in our […] Surf SwellBrains | April 15, 2020 1 Comment
Largest Man-Made Wave Ever To Be Built in California Desert Kelly Slater Wave Company is proposing a plan that will turn every surfer’s dream into a reality. In 2021, the world’s largest man-made wave will be built in the middle of the California desert. Based at Coral Mountain in La Quinta, the 400-acre development will feature the largest rideable open-barrel human-made wave in the world. Additionally, it will include a full-service […] Surf Emily Crofton | March 6, 2020 0 Comments
Spotlight On: Sky Brown, Eleven-Year-Old Olympian Sky Brown may look like the average little kid who goes to school every day and then spends her free time playing with her friends and little brother, but she’s far from normal. At only eleven years old, Sky is a world-renowned skateboarder, recently winning the Bronze medal at the World Championships in Brazil, and becoming the first woman to land […] Olympics Lucy Ferneyhough | February 28, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: ‘Fire On The Mountain’ – Official Grateful Dead & Chris Benchetler Full Film [arve url="https://youtu.be/E6XyzhH93JU"] SnowBrains | December 13, 2019 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
75-Footer Recorded Off the California Coast: One of the Largest Waves EVER Recorded Last week’s bomb cyclone that pummeled the West Coast brought with it some of the largest ever recorded waves off of the coast of California, including one that was up to 75-feet tall. The University of California, San Diego’s Coastal Data Information Program recorded a massive 75-foot wave roughly 20 miles off the coast of Cape Mendocino in Northern California. It […] Surf SwellBrains | December 11, 2019 7 Comments
Surf Tahoe! Riders at normally snow-iconic Tahoe, California broke-out a very different style of board, catching waves upon the area’s famed alpine lake. Surfers took advantage of what local news sources call, “crazy weather” for a rare, wind-generated Monday session. By The Numbers: Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America 2nd largest apline lake on Earth Elevation 6224ft Surface […] Surf SwellBrains | September 17, 2019 2 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
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
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