Great White Sharks get a bum rap. Sure they’ll blindly attack anything they think is food before swimming off in search of delicious sea lions. But who hasn’t? Instead of hating on these eating machines of the sea, how about we track them and learn about their wonderful migration. More »
The chances of me getting eaten by a shark while surfing are slim. The chances of me getting pounded by a wave while surfing, that happens all the time. Fortunately, I’ve never had a wipeout as bad as the ones in this video. More »
Chris Bryan, the amazing slow-motion videographer, used a Phantom camera to capture surfers riding humungous waves in Teahupoʻo, Tahiti in super slow motion. It’s terrifying to see the sea monster known as the ocean so huge and intimidating and hungry. More »
When awesome technologies intersect the sum can be even greater than the parts. Such is the case with the Channel Islands Wood Biscuit, a cutting-edge board design crossed with old-school materials. It’s beautiful, it’s functional and I need it. More »
Motorised surfboards are not new, but typically we just see some fellas puttering around a glassy lake on them. Bo-ring. But today, finally, their potential is being realised. Check out braver-than-you big wave guru Garrett McNamara using a WaveJet to tame some giant waves. More »
A couple of nights ago, a group of insane surfers took to Bondi beach for a surf. What made them special was the fact they were wearing glowing neon wetsuits and riding amazing, Tron-like surfboards. It looked amazing! More »
Apparently born without a sense of fear, Garrett McNamara just broke the world record for Largest Wave Surfed by successfully navigating this 27m wall of watery death. The previous record (23m) was set by Mike Parsons in 2008. Sorry Mike. More »
Rip Curl and TimeSlice Films filmed surfers riding real waves with 30 GoPro HD cameras and created an effect very similar to the Bullet Time sequences in The Matrix. It’s jaw droppingly awesome. More »
The Phantom HD Gold, a camera that brings out the life in things by capturing it in super slow motion, was used to film the oh so lovely ocean. Everything takes on a different personality in slow motion: waves look like jello, whitecaps look like cocaine and surfers, well, surfers are always awesome. More »
The first time I saw waves light up in beautiful colours as they crashed onto the beach I thought someone had slipped me some acid. It’s real, though. Bioluminescent phytoplankton cause this spectacular light show, and wow, someone’s surfing it. More »
