The fishing town of Peniche has unveiled a new big wave surf spot. Meet Papoa, a perfect, giant right-hander located between Supertubos and Baleal.
The wave is breaking in front of a large cliff. Surfers take a look. Is it possible to hit it during Winter Storm Hercules? Maybe tomorrow. Surfers wait 24 hours.
Papoa is an islet located … More
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In January of 2013, I sat down with a haunted young man to discuss an episode that had almost ended his life. The story of Greg Long’s near drowning at Cortes Bank a month earlier was fairly well told by that time, but Greg had yet to reveal much about how his drowning and journey back to the living had actually affected
him.
The conversation was difficult. One of the tougher interviews I’ve ever done, actually. I almost felt guilty asking Greg to talk about it. But he insisted that this was something he needed to discuss.
Greg revealed a shaken faith in big wave surfing that … More
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Once the boy wonder of the action sports world, a wild child with flowing red hair past his shoulders, it’s a more grown up, button-downed and closely coiffured Shaun White preparing for his third Olympics.
White, 27, was among the world’s most famous snowboarders and skateboarders years before he could even vote. In adulthood, he’s become more than just an athlete.
In Sochi he won’t be just … More
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After 2 years out there on skate shop shelves I figured it was time to release another one of the sick parts from 2010’s MIA Skateshop video “Welcome to MIA”. Joel Meinholz has been THE Miami skater for over 15 years now and it was an honor to be able to work on this part with him for a year in Miami again. Other filmers include Mike Atwood, Richard Quintero and Andrew Petillo.
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