Bruce Irons Talks about Tahiti
Nestled in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean is a tiny island with one of the heaviest waves: Teahupo’o, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Bruce Irons talks about tackling this beast wave, slamming, cocooning, and coming out on top in this clip from Volcom. If you’re planning a surf trip this winter season, see what gets Bruce there and back over at Tactics.com. Read More
Teahupoo Explodes
The annual Billabong Pro wrapped up recently but surprisingly the hype isn’t on the overall winner (Kelly Slater) or even the contest highlights, but instead on the events of an “Off” day. On a rainy day in the middle of the contest, swells from the other side of the world pushed the already life threatening wave to a butt puckering 25+ ft forcing the event organizers to declare a “code red” suspending the contest until... Read More
Billabong’s New Wetsuit.
It’s no surprise that the big wave surfing community loses members every year. Massive waves in tight sets hold surfers under for indefinite periods of time and until now their has been nothing the unlucky surfer could do but wait and pray. Thanks to Shane Dorian and Billabong those days are over. Billabong has just released a new suit featuring a large inflatable air bladder between the shoulders to lift surfers to the surface after getting... Read More
Surf History Class: Jim Philips
Get edge-u-mukated on some serious Surf History. Jim Phillips Surfboards from Patrick Miller on Vimeo. Read More
Home-Made Standing Wave
I’m probably the last person in the world to see this but it’s too good not to re-post! Time to go find some rad DIY spots! Read More
