On October 29, 2013, a massive swell hit Nazaré, Portugal. Big wave surfers Maya Gabiera and Carlos Burle decided to test their merit on the wave. Maya, despite intense training and preparation, broke her ankle on the wave and, after a struggle, drowned in the turbulent waters. Her rescue partner Carlos Burle managed to get her out of the water and give her CPR on the beach. She was taken to the hospital and will live to surf another wave. Later, Carlos returned to the ocean, and caught the wave that some are saying is the biggest wave ever surfed. One day later, Laird Hamilton appeared on CNN, saying that Carlos Burle’s wave could only be considered the “wipeout of the year” because at the end of his ride, Carlos fell. Laird also made it clear that, in his opinion, Maya Gabiera lacked the necessary skills to ride big waves.
This is what big wave surfer Ken Collins has to say about it.
Marcilio “Brawzinho” Browne is the 2013 PWA Wave World Tour champion.
The prestigious JP Aloha Classic saw Marcilio Browne holding his nerve in the title showdown against Alex Mussolini, to deservedly be crowned the new wave windsurfing champion. The Brazilian’s first, of possibly many, wave world titles.
The decisive battle saw Browne and Mussolini … More
In the third episode of The Postcard Series with Scotty Vine, the Arbor Snowboards crew flies east to New England, where Winter Storm Nemo has dumped three feet in Boston, Massachusetts. After hanging out in the streets of the Commonwealth, Scotty, Ben Ross, and Justin Melanson point it north to Loon Mountain, New Hampshire and then close out their trip with some unique features in the streets of Southern NH.
Chevrolet Cruze 2.0TD vs.Honda Civic Hybrid vs. Toyota Prius vs. Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid vs.Volkswagen Jetta TDI
Do you obsess over how much energy your car’s engine creates, and worry about the fuel being destroyed for your driving pleasure? (Why are you reading this magazine?) Actually, one of this universe’s immutable laws is that energy can never be created or destroyed. But it can change forms. Most cars lug around a tankful of potential energy disguised as gasoline (or diesel, E85, propane, etc.). Fed into a typical engine, the fuel is converted to a lot of waste heat and vibration energies, during what’s conceded in the auto biz as a hopelessly energy-inefficient but necessary-evil process. Oh, and the process produces some usable mechanical energy, too.
The gas engine is the people’s choice in the U.S., but it only goes so far … More