Torrey Meister claimed the O’Neill Coldwater Classic title today earning the enviable winner-take-all yearlong O’Neill sponsorship worth $50,000. Meister beat Avoca's Wade Carmichael in a seesawing final.
Relentless traveller, Indo pioneer, ex-professional surfer, surfboard shaper, and musician, Jim Banks will be presenting an evening of images, stories and performing songs collected from over thirty years exploring some of the world's most remote and challenging waves.
A free afternoon to chase waves, a kick in new swell and all day offshores. The first glimpse of the ocean coming down the hill revealed pumping 3-5ft waves on a quiet South Australian beach.
A free afternoon to chase waves, a kick in new swell and all day offshores. The first glimpse of the ocean coming down the hill revealed pumping 3-5ft waves on a quiet South Australian beach.
After opening the selection process up to peer polling for another year, there has been much movement on the Alternate list, but only one newcomer to the Invitee list.
Have you seen the O'Neill clip that's floating around the Internets this past week? Featuring Jason 'Salsa' Salisbury, it's all Indonesian exotica, casual styling, and hearty barrels. While watching the clip my inner tyre-kicker came to life: "What is that board he's riding?"
Surfers may come in all kinds and constitutions but it takes elemental desire to chase waves big waves. It's a desire common to all heavy water surfers, and that seems the most natural path for Sam to take.
Surfers may come in all kinds and constitutions but it takes elemental desire to chase waves big waves. It's a desire common to all heavy water surfers, and that seems the most natural path for Sam to take.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" - postscript to a number of feedback emails over the past two weeks.
Any website that undergoes changes that force users to alter their habits will provoke some kind of response. Swellnet's owner, Ben Matson, explains why they had to happen.
