Brandon Keaveny has a natural ability to rip transition with effortless style. He recently dropped a video part in “Meet the Lurkers” for Lurkville skateboards that was amazing. We filmed most of this in San Diego during a weekend stay skating the local ditch spots and the rest of it is in LA.
Ian Walsh was born in 1983 in Hawaii and has been in the surf nearly ever since. He was only 16 years old when he began surfing Maui’s most reputable and frightening big wave, “Jaws.” Only a handful of years later he was nominated for the Wave of the Year at the Billabong XXL awards after successfully surfing a 70-foot wave at the legendary spot. In the time since that first nomination, Walsh has gone on to garner several accolades in the sport of big-wave surfing and has proven his mettle in locations across the globe.
Sliding down the face of a wave the size of a two-story building takes … More
The secret of surfing lies in your feet. Whether you’re a natural-footed surfer or a goofy-footer, it’s important to know how to use your heels and toes when riding a wave.
“Your back foot is your accelerator pedal. Your front foot does not assist at all in the turning process, but is basically there for balance”.
The words are from … More
On the solemn day of September 11th, 2013 The Vans Team rolled into Hamburg, Germany for the second to last stop on the Vans World Tour.