A year in the making, Mike Douglas and Cody Townsend fulfill a dream of towing into big waves on skis in Hawaii. After 4 weeks, 5 broken skis, and 1 big scare, they proved that it is, in fact, possible. Is it cool, or is there a future for skiing on waves?Decide for yourself. www.salomonfreeski.com
Archive for the ‘Surfing & SUP’ Category
Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu, HI – (Jan. 29, 2010) – Nobody at the world’s most venerated surfing spot, the Banzai Pipeline, expected a young kid from North Carolina to show up in the middle of a record big-wave winter and steal the show. But 20-year-old Brett Barley did exactly that today, during day two of the Volcom Pipeline Pro. Barley posted the highest score of the event so far with two incredible rides at the right peak known as “Backdoor”: 19.67 points out of a possible 20. Even more crazy, he has only ridden a total of three waves at Backdoor in his life, and those were two of them, under the pressure of a 25-minute heat and with thousands of people watching. One and a half more days of this $120,000 ASP pro-sanctioned event remains … Details & Pictures
Daniel Russo creates a behind the scenes short documentary on Sion Milosky and his pursuit to catch the largestwave ever.Nathan Fletcher: ‘ That was the biggest thing I seen anyone paddle into, ever’ Shane Dorian: ‘ Hands down the biggest wave I’ ‘ve seen anyone paddle into.’ Jamie O’ ‘Brien: ‘ I looked down that wave and I have never seen a bigger wave before.’ Daniel Russo: ‘ I’ ‘ve seen Garrett paddle into some big waves at Outer Logs, but this is by far the biggest one anyone has paddled into this winter so far’ maybe ever.’ Gordan Merchant: ‘ I was watching this day at my house and I would call this at least 30 foot Hawaiian. I would never have thought Sion was on that wave until I saw the e-mail with the images. The biggest wave I have ever seen anyone paddle into to.’ Bold Claims from big names. As you can see from his peers words, Sion Miloski ‘ ” Hawaii’ ‘s latest addition to the big-wave paddle brethren ‘ ” is legit. Here he describes what led him to big waves and this wave in particular, what many of the games best are calling the biggest paddle in to date
Big Wave Surfers want to compete at Todos Santos – one of the top big wave spot in the world – and they want it big! With the major sponsor of the event bailing out a week before the start of the waiting period (due to internal issues), surfers were unanimous in their desire to have the event anyway even with a minimal budget and limited (or no) prize-money. Surfer representative Greg Long in an unprecedented move accepted to participate in financing the event if the budget is not closed by the participation of new supporting sponsors!! In an era of massive, big dollar budget surfing events, the 2010 Todos Santos Big Wave Event is a return to the core of big wave surfing with focus on the wave and the riders (an underground charge driven by passion). The only request from the invitees deprived of purse, is to have the event in massive gigantic surf – They want it Big!   … Details