All-Time: Mavs & ‘The Biggest Swell of the Decade’ by Drone Thursday May 13, 2021
, we’ve collaborated with videographer Abe Alarcon, who spent much of this historic winter documenting the action at Mavs by drone. The following is Abe’s firsthand account of filming “the biggest swell of the decade,” his anticipation and nerves the night before, and what he’s taken from the experience.
It was close to midnight on January 9 when the swell fully hit buoys outside of California. I vividly remember sitting at the table with photographer Ben Schutzer inside our hotel room, looking at the charts reading 42.7 ft @ 15.0 secs, averaging about 20 to 18 feet in each period band. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.
New Documentary Inspiring Consumers to Shop Smarter for the Planet Debuts on Earth Day
Seeding Change explores how businesses are working to create positive change
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SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ This Earth Day,
Seeding Change, an award-winning, thought-provoking documentary will give an inside look into how large corporations affect climate change, inspiring consumers to shop smarter. Directed by renowned filmmaker Richard Yelland, the film takes a first-hand look at mission-based businesses that are working to fight poverty through Fair Trade job creation, protect the biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest and regenerate topsoil through organic and sustainable agriculture.
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Last year, just before the world shut down, I was in Portugal for one of the best events I’ve ever seen. It was the Perfect Chapter, a roving one-day event that focused solely on the tube ride. I was there for a little over a week, and since the event itself was a single day, I spent a lot of time simply riding a bicycle around the wonderful little town of Cascais.
On one particularly memorable day, I hopped in a van with Anthony Walsh, Cory Lopez, and Balaram Stack. Since the Perfect Chapter runs on the best day of the Portuguese winter, the waves were next-level good it was a day or two after it ran, and the swell was still pulsing.
Koa Rothman Needed Spine Surgery After Years of Countless Big Wave Beatings Wednesday March 31, 2021 Staff
Over the years, Koa Rothman has put his body through the wringer. Countless wipeout on countless waves have taken their toll, and finally, Koa Rothman needed spine surgery to fix it. Pro surfer take serious beatings just recently Jamie O’Brien may have seriously injured his knee at Pipeline.
For years now, Rothman has been dealing with neck pain. Big swells would come, he’d force himself to surf, he’d hurt his neck, and then take a few days or weeks off to heal. But now, after the North Shore winter has come to an end, he decided to have a specialist take a look. And it turns out it really was something serious.