VIDEO: Chuck Patterson “Big Wave Skiing” Huge Jaws, Hawaii Last Week Our friend Chuck Patterson is the only person in the world doing this: Big Wave Skiing. Chuck is a beat of a man who has been a pro skier, pro snowboarder, pro surfer, pro wind surfer, pro kite boarder, pro stand up paddle boarder, pro big wave surfer, and pro big wave skier in his illustrious lifetime. Chuck is […] Surf SwellBrains | February 29, 2016 2 Comments
VIDEO: Highlights from Eddie Aikau Big Wave Surf Comp Yesterday | The Biggest It’s Ever Been at “The Eddie” Highlights from yesterday's historic Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau event. Posted by World Surf League on Friday, February 26, 2016 *** The legendary Eddie Aikau surf competition went down at Waimea, Oahu, Hawaii yesterday in the biggest surf the comp has ever seen. This comp has only gone down 9 times in its 31 year history. Waves have to […] Surf SwellBrains | February 26, 2016 1 Comment
VIDEO: One of the Worst Wipeouts in Surf Competition History Today Cannonball! Posted by World Surf League on Thursday, February 25, 2016 *** Today the Eddie Aikau competition is going down in Waimea Bay, Hawaii for the first time in 9 years. This comp only goes when the waves are huge and surfable and that hasn’t happened in a long long time. The current swell may be the biggest in 40 […] Surf SwellBrains | February 25, 2016 1 Comment
Is Kelly Slater the Greatest Athlete of All-Time? Happy Birthday, legend. Posted by World Surf League on Thursday, February 11, 2016 Kelly Slater is quite possibly still the best surfer on Earth and today he turns 44-years-old. He very well maybe the greatest athlete of all time. Jump below to the infographic and you’ll be boggled by his statistics. He’s simply dominated surfing in a way that […] Surf SwellBrains | February 11, 2016 0 Comments
Kelly Slater Saves Baby From Rogue Wave on Hawaii Wednesday Kelly Slater is the best surfer in history. He’s won 11-World Titles. He’s the man and he saves babies, obviously. Yesterday, waves were enormous on Oahu’s north shore. 30-foot faces. Slater tried to paddle out at Waimea and got denied by the huge waves. It was so big, he couldn’t get outside the waves. But, maybe that’s the way fate […] Industry News SwellBrains | January 29, 2016 0 Comments
WATCH: The Gnarliest Wipe Out We’ve Ever Seen… “This is the gnarliest wipe out we’ve ever seen.” – SwellBrains.com “This might be one of the craziest wipeouts we’ve ever seen. ” – Surfing Magazine “I figure conservatively it’s 30 feet from the tip of his board to his ankle. He lands mid face which would tack on another 20 feet… all totaled: a big fucking […] Surf SwellBrains | January 28, 2016 0 Comments
Northern California Surfer Missing Since Yesterday | RIP Dan Dafoe San Rafael surfer Dan Dafoe, 40, has been missing since Wednesday afternoon. He was surfing at Fort Cronkhite, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in California when he went missing. This is very heavy news as we currently have a skier and surfer missing in northern California. It was low tide, with 10-foot waves in the water when Dafoe […] Industry News SwellBrains | January 21, 2016 1 Comment
VIDEO: The Biggest Wave Ever Paddled Into… Wow what a day, @therealaarongold this was crazy!! Can't wait to go thru the rest of the footage @mysurftv #peahi A video posted by Lachlan McKinnon (@lachlanmckinnon) on Jan 15, 2016 at 9:39pm PST Aaron Gold paddled into this monster at Jaws (Peahi) on Maui on Friday. It’s being considered the biggest wave ever paddled into. “The underground hellman threw […] Surf SwellBrains | January 17, 2016 0 Comments