Ian Walsh and Greg Long attempt surfing’s sketchiest trifecta
As if one session out at Waimea, Jaws or Mavericks isn’t enough to completely fry your nerves, Ian Walsh and Greg Long hit all three on the same swell, back-to-back-to-back, during the 2020 new year. “This is something I wanted to do for a long time,” Walsh recalls, about this big-wave strike. “It’s super rare for a swell to line up for all three waves. But given Waimea’s distance from Jaws and the timing of the arrival of this particular swell, we were able to surf Waimea in the afternoon as the surf picked up, Jaws the following morning on the peak of the energy, and then Mavericks the day after that.”
If that sounds exhausting on paper … More
‘Hans Rey’s Tales Of Adventure’ is a new visual podcast series. I will be telling and reading the stories of some of my over 40 mountain bike adventure trips, past and present, accompanied by many previously unknown photos, clips and anecdotes.
Episode 1 features my ‘Urban MTB Adventure’ – ‘TransAngeles’ with Missy Giove and Tim Commerford – traversing Los Angeles in 5 days on MTB and eBikes. It’s all about the contrasts between nature and harmony, and the urban jungle and chaos with all its contrasts, hidden trails and neighbourhoods.
Up and down California’s coast, scores of surfers have been playing cat-and-mouse with authorities as they sneak into the water.
For Ray Booth, surfing is more than just a sport. It’s a passion, a way of life, a therapy. Maybe even an obsession.
So when the coronavirus pandemic shut down California beaches from Mexico to Oregon last month, even that wasn’t going to keep the 49-year-old Frito-Lay sales representative out of the water.
There he was early one recent morning … More