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A Mexican surfing fiesta in "627 Hours"

“627 Hours” equals 37,620 minutes or, if you prefer, a total of 2,257,200 seconds. Well, that’s a lot of time. More than 26 days, actually. Alright, let’s stop the math and talk surf. Film director Kenneth Keeler has spent enough time with Matt McCabe, Mike McCabe, Chad Compton and Kellen Ellison, to understand that he […]

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Mark Healey rides a monstrous wave at Puerto Escondido

Some say it’s the biggest paddle-in wave ever at Puerto Escondido. We say it’s a superb ride in a giant day, at Mexico’s queen of the waves. A round of applause for Mr. Mark Healey. The good thing is he survived the beast. Mark Healey had never seen Puerto Escondido pumping waves this big. He […]

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Punta de Lobos expects giant day of surfing

The Quiksilver Ceremonial 2015 will get underway on April 30th, in Punta de Lobos, Chile. It’s on. The World Surf League (WSL) has raised the green flag. There’s a projected 20-foot-plus swell heading towards the Chilean big wave break. And it’s one of the biggest in a long time. “The swell we’ve been tracking from […]

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"The SUP Movie" follows Kai Lenny around the globe

Kai Lenny is the grand star behind “The SUP Movie”, a stand up paddleboarding flick directed by award-winning filmmaker Johnny DeCesare. Do you think it’s easy to get barreled at Jaws with a large and heavy SUP board? Ask young waterman Kai Lenny, and he explain the adversities of riding a moving bull with a […]

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Perfect day of waves at Los Cabos Open of Surf

The last 24 surfers of the Los Cabos Open of Surf have been confirmed, in clean two-to-four foot surf at Zippers. The largest surf contest in Mexico’s history plays a crucial role in determining qualifiers for the 2015 ASP World Championship Tour. While Italo Ferreira secured the highest heat total (16.80 points) of Round 3, […]

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Bahia de Todos Santos is the sixth World Surfing Reserve

Bahia de Todos Santos is the new World Surfing Reserve. The iconic break of the Baja Coast is officially dedicated on the 21st June, 2014. The World Surfing Reserve in Bahia de Todos Santos will help create the first state park in northern Baja, led by partner organization Pronatura. The proposed state park will protect […]

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The best airline companies for surfboards and surfers

What are the best airline companies for surfboards and surfers? Are you traveling with your surfboard quiver? Surfboard travel bags are usually seen as excess baggage by airline ticket agents. Fees can easily change in a matter of hours. That means surfers never have an easy life when it comes to traveling by air. Surfer-friendly […]

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The most outrageous year for extreme big waves

The contest window for the 2014 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards has been concluded. The 2013/2014 winter season showed why big wave surfing has a bright future ahead. In Ireland, Mexico, Tasmania, Tahiti, Portugal, California, Western Australia, Hawaii and France, the number of quality waves ridden meant a record number of entries for the […]

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Alex Gray wins the Dive N’ Surf Oregon Pro 2014

Alex Gray has conquered the Dive N’ Surf Oregon Pro 2014, at Nelscott Reef. The maritime conditions were almost perfect. Nelscott Reef was pumping 20-25 foot clean wave faces under light offshore winds. The Women’s Superheat, a special competition for the big wave female addicts, was taken out by an in-form Bianca Valenti, who left […]

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