The new season of Alana Blanchard: Surfer Girl started yesterday, and it came out of the gate with a fair over reach in the video description… “The world’s most famous professional surfer.” Sure, she’s got a name but ‘most famous’? I believe one Mr. Slater might be more likely to …
Dragon’s ‘Congrats Fanning’ Pipe Clip
This clip is only 45 seconds long and only about five of that is surfing but I like seeing Mick Fanning win so here’s Dragon’s congrats clip for his title win. Nice.
Mick Fanning Claims Third World Title
Mick Fanning has claimed his third world title at Pipe over the weekend. He secured it in three-to-five metre waves in the quarter final against Yadin Nicol where he battled for 20 minutes before catching a deep backhand barrel. On the title win he said, “I was never worried myself …
MySURFtv – Not As Shit As It Sounds
Brand New Media have launched an IPTV channel dedicated to surfing called mySURF.tv. When I caught the press release, I was pretty excited that I was onto something terrible – the way it was written made it sound truly awful, for example, “mySURF.tv uses Brand New Media’s ChannelPLAY platform, which …
Out In The Line Up Looks Awesome – Needs A Little Cash
A massive thanks to Boardistan for the heads up on this one – Out In The Line Up is a film about being gay in surfing. Two friends, Thomas Castets and David Wakefield, set out across the world to explore why being homosexual is so hidden in surfing and what …
Rip Curl’s ‘Cause We Can’ Clips
Rip Curl have released a series of clips to promote their new My Bikini range called Cause We Can. The clips feature Pauline Ado, Alana Blanchard, Nikki van Dijk, Tyler Wright and Bethany Hamilton. There’s individual clips for each of the girls which you can check out here, or the …
ASP Inks ESPN, Facebook and YouTube Deal
The ASP has announced a deal with ESPN, Facebook and YouTube for broadcasting the tour in 2014. It’s a change from the model previously used where event sponsors were responsible for the broadcasting. It’s also not the first time ESPN has locked in for tour coverage – when Kelly Slater …
Roxy Gets Sexy, Finds Trouble
I don’t know what exactly to make of this… Roxy has been torn apart in the press over the last couple of days for a promo for an online promotion around the Roxy Pro in Biarritz. It features the below video. And while the only water in it is in …
Mac’s New OS ‘Mavericks’ Name Explained
Mac announced their new operating system last week, and aside from the shiny new features it was also the first in a while to move away from the big cat names. They are now moving …
Michael Jordan is the Kelly Slater of basketball: Daily Beast
I’m sure you’ve all caught the news from the Fiji Pro by now – for those that haven’t, Kelly Slater beat Mick Fanning for the win in what looked like some pretty great conditions. You can …
Sam Page And Velvet Sea Release Trailer
Sam Page And Velvet Sea have released a trailer for a new surf film due out in the coming weeks. The full feature will be on the cover of the June 12th issue of Waves …
New Show Surf House Is Bad Reality TV
I should start this by letting you know that there’s little in the world I hate more than reality TV. It’s a violent hatred reserved for a type of content that is so mindless and pointless …
Dragon’s Mansfield Launch Party
Last Saturday Dragon held a launch party for their new Mansfield frame. Held at Left of the Rocks in Torquay and with Ace Buchan and Taylor Knox along for a few beers, it looks like things …
Oahu Training & Surfing With Kelly Slater In the Latest Alana Blanchard Ep
Here’s the latest episode of Alana Blanchard Surfer Girl, this time featuring a little of her training regime and a bit of a surf session with Kelly Slater… Or at least, Kelly Slater is nearby while …
Alana Blanchard Surfer Girl Season 2 Teaser
Here’s the teaser for the second season of Alana Blanchard’s ‘Surfer Girl’ web show. Full of epic scenery (I’m talking about Hawaii’s North Shore of course) and co-starring Leila Hurst and …
Kelly Slater Says Drug Use In Surfing ‘Rampant’
I know this may come as a shock to some of you but in the weekends Courier Mail, Kelly Slater has given an interview where he says that recreational drug use in surfing is ‘rampant’. The article goes into the ASP talk of testing (and the minimal follow up on that talk) as well …
The Last Year Of Mick Fanning
Rip Curl have put together a rad clip of Mick Fanning surfing in France, Fiji, Hawaii and Australia. A really neat one to watch.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Shoot With Alana Blanchard
The latest episode of Alana Blanchard: Surfer Girl is out this time taking us behind the scenes of her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition photo shoot and then back to Oahu for a surf. I had you at swimsuit shoot.
Oakley Big Wave Awards 2013 Photos
The good dudes at Little Red Jet sent me through a tonne of photos from the Oakley Big Wave Awards. Marty Paradisis took out the main prize and you can get all the details on the awards …
Kai Otton 2012 Compilation Clip
Kai Otton worked with the crew at Velvet Sea to create this compilation clip from his last 12 months work. The blurb with the clip describes it as a “mix of monster pits, nosedives, backside sshhnaaps and bloopers.” Something a little different.
Beau Foster and Noa Deane For The Final Dragon Tales
This is the last in the Dragon Tales series, with Beau Foster and Noa Deane featuring for the ender. It was filmed by Nathan Foster and Mikey Mallalieu with editing by Nicholas Damen. A pretty nice …
Dragon Tales With Jacob Willcox And Shaun Green
Here’s a quick clip from a couple of guys from out at that foreign land known as Western Australia. The latest episode of Dragon Tales features Jacob Willcox and Shaun Green shredding – I would say that this …
New Dragon Tales Featuring Jordy Lawler And Luke Hynd
Here’s the latest episode of Dragon Tales, this time featuring Jordy Lawler and Luke Hynd surfing on the Gold Coast. The clip was filmed and edited by Nicholas Damen and Darcy …
Mick Fanning’s ‘MF1’ Boardshort Clip
Rip Curl have put out this little clip for Mick Fanning’s ‘MF1’ boardshort. The clip montages through Fanning’s training activities as well as some banger surf clips. The way it’s been shot and edited is actually …
Dragon Tales With Raditya, Putra And Jeren
Here’s the latest episode of Dragon Tales this time featuring the Bali trio, Raditya Rondi, Putra Hermawan and Jeren Kiring …
Exploring The Na Pali Coast With Alana Blanchard
Here’s a new episode of Alana Blanchard’s series this time exploring the Na Pali coast in Hawaii. Leila Hurst is along for the ride and they get to see some epic …
Second Ep. Of Alana Blanchard’s New Series – Exploring Kauai
Here’s the second episode of Alana Blanchard’s new web series called, Alana Surfer Girl. This episode is all about exploring Kauai with her friends. There’s no actual surfing in this one but there’s some pretty epic scenery… I’m talking about the …
Dragon Party To Launch The Regal
Dragon held a party at Bucklers Canteen in Bondi to launch the new Regal sunglasses. They had the good dudes at Life Without Andy along to take a few shots of the night. Looks like it was a …
Sneak Peek Of Alana Blanchard’s New Series
A sneak peek of the new series featuring Alana Blanchard has been released. The clip is amazingly shot and very slickly edited – also has as much appeal for the guys as it does for the girl surf fans. Just …
Jay Davies Loves Bali
The good dudes at Rusty sent me through this rad clip of Jay Davies in Bali. Filmed by Shano Dawson and edited by Wyatt Davies – combined with yesterdays awesome weather in Melbourne I am now hanging out …
Teaser For Riley Blakeway’s Welcome Stranger Short Film
Riley Blakeway has created a short film called Welcome Stranger supported by the guys at Wrangler and Thrills Co. The film, with an original score by Ali Helnwine, is going to be released on the 20th September and was shot on the Red Epic. Please don’t ask …
Dragon’s Frame of Mind With Evan Geiselman
Dragon have released the latest episode of their series, Frame of Mind. This one features Floridian Evan Geiselman and follows him over to catch some big waves in Teahupoo… Not considered natural territory for him …
Riley Blakeway’s Chromatic Teaser
The teaser for Riley Blakeway’s Chromatic film has been released. The film features Nathan Fletcher, Fergal Smith, Benny Godwin and Chippa Wilson – the film will be available in …
Anastasia Ashley Makes Airwalk Look Good
Anastasia Ashley has been featured in this new clip from Airwalk. Ashley, who also rides for Rusty, has been getting a lot of hype recently. The clip was taken during the 2012 catalog shoot – check it out below.
Sydney’s Surf Sucked, But Vivid Looks Cool
I’m a little slim on info for this video but it came to me from Gabe Roxburgh and I believe it was created because they were there to film surf but the waves sucked … What they turned out is a quick clip of the Vivid festival and it’s a pretty cool watch. There’s no riding in it, just a nice look at the city. Worth a watch.