Billabong Pro Tahiti Finals Highlight Video & Photos | Kelly Slater in Now Ranked World #1 Watching the Billabong Pro Tahiti at Teahupo’o was spectacular last night. The conditions were perfect, the waves were pumping, and the best surfers on the planet were getting barreled out of their minds. John John Florence, when interviewed, said he had completely lost sight of the competition in the line up and was just having fun. He also said that […] SwellBrains | August 20, 2013 1 Comment
2 Shark Attacks in 1 Week in Hawaii | 20-Year-Old German Tourist & 16-Year-Old Surfer Last Wednesday, a German tourist had her arm bitten off by a shark while snorkeling off the coast of Maui. On Sunday, a 16-year-old local surfer was attacked by a shark off the coast of the Pohoiki coast of the Big Island. He received bites to both of his legs and was airlifted to a local hospital and is currently listed in ‘satisfactory’ condition. “He was coming down the waves, and the wave and shark came from the side and took him out by the legs.” – Isaac Belisaro, eyewitness who was surfing nearby, told Hawaii’s […] Surf SwellBrains | August 20, 2013 1 Comment
Swell Saturdays: 2013 Billabong Pro Tahiti Day 1 & 2 Highlight Videos & Photos The Billabong Pro Tahiti at Teahupo’o is happening right now. Well, today is actually a down day with waves at only 2-4 foot. But yesterday conditions were perfect for day 2 of the comp. The sea was a sheet of glass, there was no wind and the tubes were perfect and overhead. We definitely stayed up way too late watching […] Surf SwellBrains | August 17, 2013 1 Comment
Swell Saturdays: How NOT to Surf Teahupo’o, Tahiti Teahupoo in Tahiti is a fiercely heavy wave. You don’t want to fall, period. But, if you’re gonna fall, there are some guidelines to follow. Billibong interviews some of the world’s best surfers for some tips on how to stay off the reef at Teahupoo. Some of the video footage of these wipeouts will make you cringe. “Teahupoo is one of the […] Surf SwellBrains | August 10, 2013 1 Comment
Swell Saturdays: Amazing Photos & Stories from Surfing & Sutro Baths in San Francisco, CA in ’60s & ’70s The Golden Age of San Francisco may have come and gone without our generation knowing much about it. The 60s & 70s changed San Francisco into one of the most progressive and inspiring locations on the face of the Earth. The Sutro Baths of San Francisco must have been the coolest thing in Northern California. Surfing Ocean Beach, Fort […] Surf SwellBrains | August 3, 2013 4 Comments
Great White Sharks Return to Cape Cod, MA | Man Attacked in July 2012 | Jaws is Back? ABC News video documenting the Great White Shark attack in cape cod in July 2012. Outside Magazine just wrote up a great report about how the Great White Shark has returned to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It’s crazy to think that Great White Sharks have returned Cape Cod where the 1975 movie Jaws took place. We never thought that Great Whites hung […] Surf SwellBrains | August 2, 2013 2 Comments
Reunion Island BANS Surfing Due to Shark Attacks | 90 Sharks to Be Killed “I think it’s stupid. I’m shocked they banned surfing in the area. If we want to surf, we risk 38€ and possible prison time. If I want to surf, I will.” – Damien Ferrere, 16-year old local told surfermag Reunion Island (a French territory near the east coast of Africa) is one of the best surf destinations on Earth and […] Surf SwellBrains | July 31, 2013 15 Comments
Swell Saturdays: US Open of Surfing Highlight Video | Skate Ramp Airs @ Huntington Beach, CA To be brutally honest, the US Open of Surfing is often kind of a lowlight. There usually isn’t much swell and you find the best surfers in the world surfing very average everyday summer SoCal conditions. This year, the conditions were still ‘everyday’, but there was swell. Many set waves were head high and had the classic skate ramp form […] Surf SwellBrains | July 27, 2013 1 Comment
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