‘I drove off, watching him in the rear-vision mirror, all alone, in the middle of nowhere’
Is Kepa Acero is the greatest surf explorer on earth? His latest adventure, titled “From Mundaka to Afrika,” is a solo epic journey that will cover the entire west coast of Africa.
It’s just the most recent odyssey in a long list of odysseys that have taken him to the edges of the planet, exploring the remotest coasts of Indonesia, Alaska, Antarctica, Patagonia, Africa, and India, to name just a few … More
For 24 of the world’s premier big-wave surfers, Friday was tumultuous and at times harrowing, but a day they would not have traded for anything.
The waves were massive, the drops almost sheer, the wipeouts brutal, and in the end Grant “Twiggy” Baker stood alone as champion of the Body Glove Mavericks Invitational at notorious Mavericks outside of Half Moon Bay, California.
But all of the invitees considered themselves winners, having been able to surf—and survive—one of the most powerful swells to slam the golden state in years … More