“My Stomping Grounds” is a new web clip from pro surfer Dean Bowen. The edit showcases Dean surfing some of his favorite locations around home. The clip is complimented with some music that wouldn’t generally be heard with a big wave surfer section, although this is about the fun and freedom that is associated with surfing.
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The concept of surfboard volume is increasingly popular, although it has been used in windsurfing for a long time. Buoyancy is, in fact, a critical factor when it comes paddling and gliding.
For several decades, shapers wrote three main specs on the back of their surfboards. They were length, width and thickness. Volume, in liters, was never there.
Recently, former pro surfer John Whitney Guild proposed … More
Mathew Stanley captured this GoPro footage of a baby seal climbing on his board and playing with him and a friend in the water.
We caught up with Matt to get the low down on what happened:
“Me and my friend Andrew Flounders were out enjoying some summer waves when this little guy came along and scared the hell out of Andy because we didn’t know what it was! It nudged his foot from underneath,” he explained.
After an hour or so of playing around with the pup, the guys decided to head back to the shore, but the little guy hadn’t finished and tried to follow them up the beach. “When we got home Andy rang the local marine wildlife authority to make them aware of what occurred just in case the seal was unwell… He didn’t seem unwell when he was surfing in like a pro!”
Despite the tricky conditions, there was no shortage of good scores and excitement at the second to last day of the Vans US Open of Surfing.