More than Maverick’s, more than Kelly Slater, more than barrels and way more than alley-oops, sharks are what separate surfing from every other sport. They lurk, those morbid creeps, under blankets of ocean and can end a man’s life in the blink of a bull shark’s distant eye. It’s what makes surfing unique. In tennis, Rafael Nadal mustn’t worry about getting mauled by a black bear as he serves. In basketball, Kobe Bryant wastes no time in pondering the threat of a Siberian tiger when he’s going hard in or around the paint. But as surfers, the presence of sharks is something we have to face day in and day out. When we enter the ocean, we hand over our fate.
Sometimes fate can be a bitch. A savage, toothy bitch … More
Mark McMorris stomped his backside triple cork during Olympic slopestyle qualifiers yesterday and rode towards the cameras at the bottom of the course to await his score. He looked confident that his run would crack the 90s and put him among the top four riders from his heat who would be fast-tracked to finals on Saturday. When an 89.25 flashed across the big screen, leaving him in seventh place, his expression quickly switched to confusion.
“I landed one of the only legitimate triple corks of the day and I didn’t even come close—it’s pretty ridiculous,” … More
Cam Zink made history on the Oakley Icon Sender at Red Bull Rampage completing the biggest freeride mountain bike step-down backflip in history getting him 3rd place in the competition.