Women have been skateboarding since the first skateboards were built over 50 years ago, yet people are still surprised when they see a girl on a board. This film shows skateboarding’s evolution through girls’ eyes.
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While surfers in the Northern Hemisphere await the arrival of El Niño-fueled big winter waves, there has been no shortage of massive swells around the world in the last six months. Just last week, Shipstern Bluff — a notoriously shallow wave off the southern tip of Tasmania, Australia — produced some of the most spectacular rides of the year and triggered numerous entries into the BILLABONG XXL GLOBAL BIG WAVE AWARDS. Spawned by a massive storm in the Southern Ocean, the huge swell was challenged by a group of big wave chargers including Aussies MARTI PARADISIS and KARL ATKINS, who used jet powered watercraft to tow into the towering walls of water.
Visiting surfer JAMES HICK — who hails from the unlikely hometown of Jersey, England — accomplished some of the day’s most heart-stopping rides.
The devilish Tasmanian surf session also featured its share of spectacular wipeouts. Despite the bone-jarring impacts, there were no serious injuries.
Several successfully completed waves are now candidates for the BILLABONG XXL RIDE OF THE YEAR AWARD and its US$50,000 first prize. The tenth annual BILLABONG XXL AWARDS take place in California next April and honor the biggest and best rides of the previous twelve months, anywhere in the world, based on the photographic evidence.
Other top rides to date include a huge paddle-in wave by GREG LONG at Puerto Escondido, Mexico. LONG, from San Clemente, California, is no stranger to the XXL stage, having won the 2009 Ride of the Year Award.
Also topping the contenders for the Monster Paddle Award is South African GRANT BAKER, who stroked into an oversized peak at Dungeons, near Cape Town on the southern edge of the African continent. MARK MATHEWS of Maroubra, New South Wales, crossed his home continent to score one of the year’s roundest tube rides in Western Australia. Both BAKER and MATHEWS are previous XXL finalists.
This season has also seen some of the most spectacular rides ever turned in by female surfers. Three-time Billabong Girls Best Performance winner MAYA GABEIRA (Gab-yerra) of Brazil rode the what may be the biggest wave ever by a woman at South Africa’s Dungeons, and seven time ASP world champ LAYNE BEACHLEY was filmed emerging from one of the deepest tubes ever claimed by the fairer sex at Maroubra, near her home in Sydney, Australia.
Meanwhile, the strengthening El Niño weather condition bodes well for the North Pacific and Atlantic as surfers in Hawaii, California and Europe prepare for bigger-than-average storms and swells in the coming months. The biggest waves recorded in the Pacific Ocean in modern times occurred during the last two major El Nino events in 1997-98 and 1982-83. Surfers have until the end of winter on March 19 to qualify for the Billabong XXL Awards and its US$130,000 in prize money.
To see the latest video and still photo entries in the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards, visit the event website at www.BillabongXXL.com. (less info)
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Learn how to walk before you can run with bottom turn expert and ASP World Tour surfer Tom Whitaker.
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The legendary paddle-in surf spot known as Mavericks breaks one-half mile off of the coast of Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Surfers use their bare hands to paddle into this fierce wave, which consistently reaches heights of 20 feet during the winter months. Its speed and steepness in addition to its size make Mavericks an exhilarating ride, but also a dangerous one. Cold water, strong currents and sharp rocks are some of the hazards surfers face at Mavericks.
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Lahaina FREE surfing, Maui. Marcio Freire.
May 2007
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Belgian windsurfers Dieter Beckx and Fabrice Devos windsurf big waves in Tarifa Spain january 2008
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MEXICAN PIPELINE ROARS
This is a beautifully shot video! Enjoy.
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On Monday, June 19th, a day prior to the kick off of the Rip Curl Pro Search WCT “Somewhere in Mexico”, a massive swell rocked Puerto Escondido. Beach side cafes were wiped out and water flooded the streets of Playa Zicatela. Two teams of tow-in surfers (Scott Chandler, Chuck Patterson, Carlos ‘Coco’ Nogales, Ken ‘Skindog’ Collins, Chad Jackson) went out at first light in what many are calling the biggest Mexican Pipeline in years. Veteran director Dave Ogle (Puerto Underground 4) was kind enough to share his ’secret’ filming spots so that David Palmer could capture this epic day on film.
Music: “Saved By Audio” by Mark Smith; “Verse 6″ by Planetman
Video & Editing: David Palmer, Palmer Productions (with thanks to Dave Ogle)
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Big Wave surfing Training !! He Blows out all his air. Then sits on the bottom of the pool for 1 min 30 – then swims 50 meters underwater with no flippers !!
This is his training in preparation for catching massive waves and potentially being held under for a set of 3 or 4 waves.
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10th Anniversary of the 2nd longest running paddle in big wave surfing contest in the world. This event attracts the top big wave surfers in the world and the title of Red Bull Big Wave Africa Champion has become a sought after Trophy.
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2010 Ku Ikaika Big Wave Challenge Expression Session presented by C4 Waterman.
Ekolu Kalama Ikaika Kalama Kalani Vierra Kalani Kahalioumi Aaron Napoleon
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