Indoor Wave Park Opening In The Outskirts Of Seattle The PNW will be the new home of an indoor wave park, with plans for a summer 2018 opening. The facility will be located about 30 minutes from Seattle and will feature a 33 foot wide pool! Maker CitySurf Seattle explains the technology – The Rogue Wave™ is a standing, deep-water wave, similar to a river wave or the wave produced […] Matt Brennan | October 18, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Gabriel Medina’s Insane Backside Backflip To One-Footed Landing Wins Quik Pro France Possibly defying the laws of physics, Gabriel Medina does a backside backflip, lands on one foot and continues surfing. Medina just won his Third Quiksilver Pro France with the trick you are going to want to watch over and over again. The video is queued up at 1:45 minute, but the whole vid is worth a watch. The 23-year-old Brazilian […] LadyBrains | October 17, 2017 0 Comments
Central Californian Surfer Dies in Freak Accident The Central California community of Cambria is in mourning after Liam Alexander Taylor, a surfer and lifeguard, passed away last Friday from severe head and neck injuries while surfing off of Moonstone Beach, according to The Tribune newspaper. Taylor was 19 years old. Nicknamed “Skinny” by his close friends, Taylor reportedly went down with the lip on a set wave on Friday afternoon […] Surf Steven Agar | August 23, 2017 0 Comments
Jack O’Neill Paddle Out in Santa Cruz, CA Sets Guinness World Record [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL_tuad8brc"] SwellBrains | July 13, 2017 437 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Huge Ocean Swell Sets “Remarkable” World Record The World Meteorological Organization has recently recorded the largest ocean swell ever measured by buoy in the North Atlantic Ocean. The swell was 19 meters (62.3 ft), and occurred between the U.K. and Iceland during a strong cold front passing through the region on February 4th, 2013. The swell was measured by the K5 buoy, a tool that is no secret to Scottish surfers and […] Sergei Poljak | December 15, 2016 0 Comments
Over 200 Lost Jobs From GoPro’s 2017 Business Restructuring Earlier this week, GoPro revealed its plans to restructure the business for 2017. Over the past few years, GoPro has been expanding its market by dabbling in the media operations business in an effort to further promote its core model as a camera company. They hired Tony Bates, former owner and founder of Skype, as the President of GoPro and since have landed […] Backcountry Dylan Cautela | December 1, 2016 1 Comment
Patagonia To Donate 100% Of Its “Black Friday” Sales To The Environment Patagonia Inc. has been a long standing advocate for the environment. They conduct their business in a manor which leads their industry in sustainability. They have accomplished a mission to use 100% recycled down in their equipment and have been using recycled wool, polyester, and nylon for a very long time. They also source organic forms of materials such as […] Climbing Dylan Cautela | November 21, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Big Wave Surfing on Skis As skiers, we’ve probably all thought of it…Places we wish we could ski but due to technology at the time period are unable to. For example, the Valhalla Forest Segment, or even simply wanting to ski a line but your gear isn’t good enough to get you there. Luckily that wasn’t the case for Chuck Patterson. After watching Mike Douglas […] Surf Keenan Grady | May 27, 2016 0 Comments
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