Crash of the Week: Californian Gets Knocked Out Hucking 173-Foot Wailua Falls in Hawaii | Has To Be Rescued… “Jumping 173ft off of Wailua Falls on the island of Kauai Hawaii. I did get knocked out when I hit the water and completely lost my memory for about five minutes after being pulled out of the water. If I had not been pulled out of the water by two people who I respect dearly I could have died.” […] Surf SwellBrains | September 12, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: 44-Year-Old Kelly Slater Threw 2 Huge 360ºs @ Trestles, CA Yesterday in Competition [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWSL%2Fvideos%2F10153956476632058%2F&show_text=0&width=400″] Kelly Slater is 44-years-old and still the best surfer on Earth. He’s the youngest and oldest to ever win the surfing world tour championship. He’s won 55 events in his career. This year, he’s having his worst year on tour in many many years. Or at least he was until he won the last even in Teahapo’o, Tahiti […] Surf SwellBrains | September 11, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEOS: Kelly Slater Wins Tahiti Pro, Andy Irons Award, & Has PERFECT Heat! [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWSL%2Fvideos%2F10153906117842058%2F&show_text=0&width=400″] Kelly Slater is the GOAT. He’s 44-years-old and still the best surfer in the world when conditions get big, scary, and good. He simply blew the competition out of the water today. No one even had a chance next to him. Kelly even had a perfect heat today pulling in two perfect 10s in one heat. You can’t […] Surf SwellBrains | August 24, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Teahupo’o, Tahiti World Surf League Highlights from Yesterday [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWSL%2Fvideos%2F10153904089987058%2F&show_text=0&width=400″] The World Surf League made it’s annual pilgrimage to the heaviest wave on Earth with the heaviest hitters in the surfing world this week. The results of this combination are always worth watching. Teahupo’o is the best wave and best event on the World Surf League tour. If you don’t watch any of the events, watch this one. […] Surf SwellBrains | August 23, 2016 0 Comments
$14 Million River Surfing Complex Opens in Denver, CO Next Week The South Platte River surfing complex officially opens on August 25th. Bring a helmet and life jacket and board. This project is 1/2 mile long and features 6 waves as well as trails, a playground, restrooms, and a beach area. And this is only phase 1! They’ll break ground on the second phase of the park in January of 2017. The […] Industry News SwellBrains | August 14, 2016 1 Comment
STORY: Whale Hits Boat, Man Goes Flying, Ends Up Standing On Whale… [iframe id=”http://www.ktva.com/embed/132555/d14rj7v0r2qnrv/2016/08/01185259/boat-hit-by-whale-heather.mp4″] You thought you had a weird week? Check out this guy’s story. He was out in his boat near Seward, AK when a Humpback Whale attempted to breach, but hit his boat hard. He flew out and ended up in the water standing on the whale! Only in Alaska. His boat ended up with a bit hole […] SwellBrains | August 4, 2016 0 Comments
It’s Official: Surfing, Skateboarding, & Climbing Will Be in The 2020 Olympics! The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in favor of adding surfing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games today, Wednesday, August 3d, 2016. The 129th session of the IOC held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil confirmed that surfing will be held at Shidashita Beach in Chiba, Japan during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. “This was a wave I’ve paddled for 22 […] Industry News SwellBrains | August 3, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Getting Barreled in a Snowstorm in Lake Superior, USA… [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsurfer%2Fvideos%2F10154451592713856%2F&show_text=0&width=560″] Nearly impossible to believe, but this clip is of Lake Superior, USA. Glassy, overhead barrels… in a lake… in a snowstorm… Very very cool to see this especially since some of the SnowBrains crew surfs Lake Tahoe, CA. We don’t quite get conditions like this in Tahoe, but we’ve got our fingers crossed! “There are many ways one […] Surf SwellBrains | July 30, 2016 0 Comments