Single Fins for Halloween at the Cosmic Creek Surf Festival
/ Posted on October 27, 2010If you still haven’t figured out what you’re gonna be for Halloween, here’s an idea: go retro and check out the 10th annual Cosmic Creek Surf Festival on October 30 and 31 at Salt Creek. For 10 years, we’ve been dusting off single-fins and working on our soul arches at the event where boards that [...]
Tsunami Strikes Mentawais
/ Posted on October 26, 2010According to multiple international news agencies a tsunami has struck the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia. The wave was spawned by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that rattled the West Coast of Indonesia at approximately 9:42 pm yesterday. Both the Sydney Morning Herald and Australia’s ABC News are reporting that a group of Australian surfers onboard a pair [...]
Shark Attack Claims Life of Bodyboarder in Santa Barbara
/ Posted on October 23, 2010A 19-year-old bodyboarder was attacked and killed by a shark in Santa Barbara this morning. According to a report on CNN, Lucas McKaine Ransom of Romoland, California, was bitten in the left leg by a shark estimated to be “14 to 20 feet in length” while bodyboarding at Surf Beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base [...]
The First ASP Chaplain: An Interview With Abe Andrews
/ Posted on October 5, 2010Between the photographers, judges, writers, and surfers, the World Tour (WT) feels something like a traveling circus when it sets up shop across the world 10 times a year. And although we’re familiar with the rank and file that make the World Tour spin, we have to admit we did a double take when we [...]
Scratching the Surface Hawaii Premiere
/ Posted on September 26, 2010So we couldn’t get the real Julian Wilson. Big deal. We found someone else to attend the Hawaii premiere of Scratching the Surface. His hair was blonde, his shirt was pink, his attitude positive. The drinks had been flowing long enough that no one would notice. “Right this way, Mr. Wilson, welcome to your movie.” [...]
Flynn Novak on Winning the Kustom Airstrike
/ Posted on September 16, 2010After much deliberation, the verdict was finally delivered. Flynn Novak’s flip trumped Chippa Wilson’s Big-Spin to take the Kustom Aistrike title and the $50,000 that came with it. It was a big day for Flynn, to say the least, but we wanted to know just what a $50,000 air felt like, so we tracked him [...]
Day One Video from Teahupoo
/ Posted on August 31, 2010After a long wait, the Billabong Pro Tahiti came to life. The first round of the event was completed as well as six heats of Round 2. For the full breakdown and an insider’s perspective on the new system, check out Shea Lopez’s story. If you’re more of a visual person, here’s the day’s highlights [...]