Jamie O’Brien and Shane Dorian team up to show you exactly what it looks like to be inside a massive Mexican barrel! Both riders were armed with cameras and got the shots of their lives while simultaneously getting barreled on the same wave. Plus Ryan Hipwood takes advantage of the largest South swell in 12 years and tows Poopies into the biggest wave he’s ever been on.
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For a short time this past July, before Mick Fanning’s shark encounter at the iconic pointbreak, all anyone at South Africa’s Jeffreys Bay could talk about how was great the Top 34 were surfing.
Julian Wilson and Mick Fanning were standouts in the freesurf sessions and took their form to the podium, while Jordy Smith, Adriano de Souza, Kolohe Andino, Michel Bourez had individual moments of sheer brilliance too. Kolohe’s filmer of choice, Noah Alani, rolled with Brother throughout Africa to film the world’s elite strutting their stuff. Sit back and soak up the smooth and powerful performances of the Top 34, at the greatest pointbreak on the planet.
Kandui Left, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia, 2015.
Jean Da Silva, Guto Amorim, Franklin Serpa, Paulo Moura, Kailani Jabour
How do you say “surfing” in Hawaiian? Are there multiple Hawaiian expressions to say “wave”? Learn how to translate English surfing expressions into “Olelo Hawai’i” (Hawaiian language).
John R.K. Clark, author of “Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions From The Past”, has extensively studied the presence of surfing in the Hawaiian language.
The sport of kings is richly portrayed in the Hawaiian culture. Historians have proved that surfing is intrinsically connected to the Polynesian archipelago.
That is why there are words, expressions and meanings for the whole wave riding universe … More