Cold Clouds - video
Two mates hunt surf in the cold and unforgiving Tasmanian climate earlier this month, scoring a wide variety of waves.
Two mates hunt surf in the cold and unforgiving Tasmanian climate earlier this month, scoring a wide variety of waves.
Wavegarden recently conducted a series of tests at their headquarters in Northern Spain in order to check how its technology can improve different aspects of the surfing experience. The first test focused on surfing at nighttime, using a state-of-the-art lighting system.
A Hawaiian elephant gun, Larry Blair's Pipeline steed, a bona fide MP, and what's in a board spray?
It's the June Board Bazaar, better late than never.
So much surf, so few surfers. It's all empty stages and no actors as Louis Harris trains his lonely lens at some lovely Indian Ocean tunnels.
So much surf, so few surfers. It's all empty stages and no actors as Louis Harris trains his lonely lens at some lovely Indian Ocean tunnels.
Lots of barrels, bit of a crowd, no sharks.
"We're probably not going to do the yellow anymore," said Darren Handley of Mick Fanning's surfboards. "The fishos call it yummy yellow. When a boat goes down it's always the swimmers with yellow life jackets that sharks go for."
Without delay or even a seven second buffer, surfing fans almost saw the unimaginable happen right in front of their eyes. The effect of those thirty seconds will take a while to get over.
Footage of the incident, plus interviews with Mick and Julian Wilson, who was also in the water at the time.
The J-Bay Open has been called off following a dramatic incident that involved defending event winner Mick Fanning being attacked by a shark in the opening minutes of the Final against Julian Wilson.