What can I say — Laird Hamilton is the shite! And Stacy Peralta is almost as bad ass as him. First the Bones Bridgade, then DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS followed by the best surfing doc ever? I think BIG WEDNESDAY will always be my true love of surfing movies, but in the doc-shop, RIDING GIANTS rules. This is a just a clip of the man himself — Laird Hamilton — riding just a wave, that just happens to be one of the greatest rides in surfing history
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The Xcel Core Files Series is a behind the scenes look at 5 surfers that have dedicated their lives to traveling and surfing the best waves in the world year round. From Jaws to Jersey and beyond Albee Layer, Greg Long, Mike Gleason, Jeremy Johnston, and Ryan Seelbach define commitment. These are their stories…
That a Brazilian has never won the U.S. Open of Surfing may come as a shock when you consider how similar the conditions in Huntington Beach, California, are to those in the South American country that Miguel Pupo, Gabriel Medina, Filipe Toledo, and Adriano De Souza call home. On Sunday a Brazilian victory seemed like a foregone conclusion with the waves in the 1- to 3-foot range. Four of eight quarterfinalists were Brazilian, with Medina and Pupo advancing to the semis in seemingly unstoppable fashion, and with both surfers landing their signature tail-chuck-reverse on nearly every wave.
But even the Brazilians couldn’t stop the last second heroics of   … MoreÂ
Day 9 Highlights – US Open of Surfing
So what does it take to be a competitive surfer? Besides a board and some cooperative water, you’ll need endurance, strong paddling muscles, and the ability to respond quickly.
Those are the conclusions of a first-of-its-kind study on the physical demands of surfing, which was recently published in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
Researchers outfitted 12 professional surfers with GPS units and heart rate monitors and then tracked them in competition.
During the 20-minute heat, surfers spent more than … More