Michael Fordham, author of the The Book of Surfing: The Killer Guide, travels from San Francisco to Los Angeles in search of the heart of American surf culture. Michael visits famous surf spots and meets board-shaper Michel Junod, surfing photographer Jeff Divine and longboarder Joel Tudor. And discovers how surf culture has evolved from a man on a wave to a billion-dollar industry.
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The warning signs posted around Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz on Thursday were ominous. They detailed three great white shark encounters that occurred on nearby beaches popular among surfers.
A kayaker was bumped by a large shark and captured GoPro images on Wednesday, stated the “Public Notice” signs, which boasted California State Parks logos … More
An Amazing Day Three At Restaurants!
The swell jumped up from yesterday and this morning it quickly became evident that Restaurants would be the best venue for today’s competition. The waves were pumping all day right in front of Tavarua where the world tour surfers were taking their craft to another level with long barrels, critical turns and fierce competitive strategy at one of surfing’s most exciting playing fields.
The day saw a bit of everything competitive surfing has to offer including some exciting upsets and buzzer beaters. Yadin Nichol took down world number 1 Adriano De Souza, Kolohe Andino beat last years runner up Gabriel Medina and tour rookie Sebastian Zietz defeated veteran Ace Buchan scoring an 8.93 with seconds left.
The standouts of the day were John John Florence and Jordy Smith. John John scored the highest heat total of the day with a near perfect 19.80 in his round 2 heat against Bede Durbidge. Jordy surfed incredibly strong in the last heat of the day ending up with am 18.30 heat total sending Kieren Perrow into a combination situation he couldn’t recover from.
The second instalment of a series of awarding winning short films from Northcore, shot on the UK’s rugged North East coast.
“North Sea swells are never easy to predict, low pressure charts often allow hopes of fresh swell to soar only to fade as dawn breaks and nature hasn’t delivered. Occasionally those broken promises are redeemed and all the elements combine gracing us with pristine lines of energy sculpted by offshore wind, reef and blessed by sunshine. This is when the North Sea glows and the pilgrimage begins.”