Tyler Surfboards and has been pushing traditional design with South Bay roots for 30 years. Captured in his back yard with longtime collaborator Jason Baffa, we feature some Manhattan Beach bonus footage on his custom noserider.
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The Brothers winding road trip over the Atlas Mountains brings them to the coast.
On the road trip the bros make friends with tree dwelling goats and drop in to see how Argan Oil is made. Their final destination is a surf hotel in the small village of Tamraght, near Agadir and Tagahzout where resident chef Momo cooks them a feast of BBQ camel and seafood tagine and master Moroccan surf guide Denny takes them to a perfect point break called Draqs where they score some of the best waves of their lives.
PUPUKEA, Hawaii — John John Florence of Oahu’s North Shore returned from knee surgery to take the final spot on the inaugural U.S. Olympic surfing team after 11-time world champion Kelly Slater lost in the semifinals of the World Surf League Pipe Masters at Banzai Pipeline on Thursday.
Although Florence, 27, missed the previous five contests while recovering from ACL surgery, he came into the final event with … Complete Story
Pipeline Masters is the remarkable story of the groundbreaking surfing competition that has, since its inception in 1971, defined extreme. Held in the fearsome tubes of Hawaii’s Banzai Pipeline, the Masters stands alone as the sport’s most popular, prestigious competitive event. Because for over 35 years there has been only one surf contest where the winner earns more than money, more than fame or ratings point, but rather the surfing world’s most coveted title: Pipeline Master.
There’s Gerry’s Era, and Gerry’s Army, the Free Ride Generation and the birth of backside tube riding, Simon Anderson’s spectacular three-fin Thruster debut. There’s Michael Ho’s broken wrist wonder, Tom Carroll and The Snap, Sunny Garcia’s Three Knockdowns. There’s the Rise and Rise of Kelly Slater and the Frontdoor/Backdoor domination of the Irons Bros.
Year after year of outrageous rides, bone-crushing wipeouts, nail-biting competition and the sort of drama that can only come when you pit the very best against the very worst: some of the most deadly, hairy, out-of-control waves ever seen. Pipeline Masters captures it all: the history, the action, the legends and lore-the soul-of the greatest surfing event ever.