Category Archives: Pacific
Life in the Food Chain
The Honolulu Advertiser reported Tuesday that Scott Henrich was resting comfortably after being bitten by a shark at Kalama Bowls. The 54-year-old surfer was out for the dawn patrol at the popular Maui break about 300 yards from shore when … Continue reading
Shrink
In a suitably Canadian fashion, Shrink is low-key about some pretty heavy surf. This short video is little more than promotion piece for Sepp and Raph Bruhwiler, but it is also a beautiful document about surfing Canada’s wild west, Vancouver … Continue reading
Pacific Tsunami Day 2
Just 48 hours after a tsunami slammed into the south shore of the Samoas, the death toll is approaching 200. Roughly 10 minutes after an 8.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the Samoas Wednesday morning, a tidal wave inundated the south shores … Continue reading
Pacific Tsunami?
Early reports of a quake between American Samoa and Western Samoa have a tidal wave striking American Samoa. New Zealand is on alert. Here’s the AP report: 7.9 quake hits South Pacific, tsunami alert issued (AP) – 43 minutes ago … Continue reading
Wave-Finder’s Central America
This compact guidebook (measuring less than 5 X 3.5 inches) provides detailed information on the better known spots in Central America. It covers Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in clear, well-written prose. This guide to Central America … Continue reading
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Stylemasters
Greg Weaver and Spyder Wills were two of the premier surf filmmakers in the 1970s. The duo was responsible for some of the landmark works in the surf movie genre. Weaver and Wills shot The Forgotten Island of Santosha, Pacific … Continue reading
FBI warns of kidnappings in Tijuana
I was talking with a surfer who had been living in SoCal recently. He told me that the Marines at Camp Pendelton has made northern Baja off limits to recruits on leave. You have to wonder about traveling to an … Continue reading
A Week in Maui
I got worked pretty hard. My body was being
violently shaken in all directions. I had no idea of where the surface was
anymore, when luckily (!!!) my back hit a rock on the bottom quite hard. At
least I knew where to swim after that. Continue reading
Save Sunset Beach
[ This is the complete version of a speech John Orr delivered at an ASP awards ceremony in Hawaii before the new year. Orr had been asked to give Cheyne Horan's acceptance speech for winning the ASP Masters, Under 40, … Continue reading
The Wharf, Santa Cruz, California
Story and photos by Keith Johnson Cowells Cove is a pretty mellow longboard spot, a rolling break known for long rides. A classic learning spot. You don’t think of hollowness, barrels, or extreme when you mention Cowells. But in the … Continue reading