Tag Archives: surf
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
Link Dump October 2009
Surfing and Sailing Links Until we catch up with all the sites we’ve been bookmarking, this low-tech list of bookmarks will have to do. AfricaSurfSites ((( Welcome to African Soul Surfer ))) iafrica.com weather Le Surf au Maroc Surfing in … 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
Posted in Caribbean, Central America, Feature, Guidebook, Pacific, Review
Tagged centro, costa rica, guidebook, surf
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Young Guns 3
Quiksilver rounds up the latest batch of team surfers for this promotional video. Presumably following the formula of Young Guns 1 and YG2 (haven’t seen them, so I couldn’t tell you) Quik packs the young reps off to locations like … Continue reading
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
Tasmania Report
Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state, has received a bit more attention in the surf media of late. Tas has a rep for being big, burly and cold. That cred has not been diminished by recent disclosure of “Fluffytonka”, a reefbreak off … Continue reading
South of the Rising Sun: Surfing in Japan
“Where are you going,” the guy in the shop asked me as he pulled down the double padded board bag from the shelf, “Indo? Australia?” “Japan,” I replied. “Right … ” There it was again, that nod of the head … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Contributor, Environment, Feature, Japan
Tagged Japan, surf, temple, Travel
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Up The Skeleton Coast: Surfing in Namibia, Part Three
We took a couple of diversions where we could find them to the beach, looking for a point as good as Cape Cross, but we found nothing but wind-rattled waves. A few places showed potential, but not that day. We … Continue reading
Up the Skeleton Coast: Surfing in Namibia, Part Two
Back in the car and northward ever onwards, looking for the perfect combination of good waves and no one fishing. It seems weird to be somewhere where there is absolutely no chance of running across crowded surf, but still having … Continue reading
Up the Skeleton Coast, Surfing in Namibia, Part One
“Namibia? Yeah, I’m up for that.” Having agreed to Stuart’s email that I’m in for a trip, and persuading my boss to let me have three weeks off, I figured I’d better find out where Namibia actually is. Ah Namibia. … Continue reading