Laird Hamilton’s latest surfin’ safari was a TOTAL DISASTER … all because greedy jet skiers have overrun and RUINED the Tahitian spot he made famous … the surfing icon tells TMZ.
“They are so much more concerned with catching the next wave than with other surfers,” the 49-year-old big-wave pioneer said. “The chaos of the jet skis’ movement has a circus-like aspect. Some behaviors were borderline clownish.”
Laird recalls several … Pictures and more
The combination of a brisk south-west wind and an increase in swell created throaty, hollow conditions for competitors on the second day of the Shoal Bay Resort & Spa Southern Cross SUP Festival.
Blitzing their way through the opening heats were the Open Women semis and the Open Men quarters who all adapted to the draining peaks with relative ease.
2012 runner-up, Terrene Black sent a message to her semi-final competitors when she … More
Ramon Navarro is Chilean surfing. Born and raised at Punta de Lobos, there’s nobody better to provide insight about the Quiksilver Ceremonial Chile. For english subtitles, please use the Closed Captioning feature (CC).
Shawn Dollar (Santa Cruz, CA) describes what led up to his 61-foot world record wave at Cortes Bank on December 21, 2012. At the 2013 Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards, the ride earned Dollar earned $30,000 by sweeping both the Pacifico Paddle Award and the XXL Biggest Wave title.