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September, 2005 BIG SURF IN RIO Rio isn't all small, scrappy beachbreak and half-naked beach people; last September, the swell of the year swept into Macumba Beach and Canto do Recreio and local surfers were on it. Video & Editing: Tiago Garcia, www.5starcore.com
Winter, 2004 NORTH SHORE FLASHBACK Highlights from last year's North Shore season -- check out Bruce Irons, Wardo, Occy and more tear into epic Pipeline and Off the Wall. Video & Editing: Brian Townsend, StubTown Media; look out for their new film, As the Pavement Drowns
November 12, 2005 HIGHWAY ONE: NORCAL When LOLA's maxing out in reds and purples, it's time to hit the road. Follow ace videographer Graham Nash on Saturday, November 12th as he bounces from Westside Santa Cruz to Maverick's, back to Eastside Santa Cruz in time for lunch, and a secret spot before dinnertime. Surfers include Noi K, Jason 'Ratboy' Collins, Matt Meyers, Sean Peterson and others. Music: Epicure Video & Editing: Graham Nash
October, 2005 SPIT! We promise these will be the last October East Coast clips we subject you to. We just couldn't help it. After watching Noah Snyder, Matt Beacham, Billy Hume and friends pull into perfect, sand-dredging barrels -- even VB went off! -- we almost started booking plane tickets back east. Until we realized the water was going to plummet to 45 degrees any day now. (Low blow, sure, but the west coast has had plenty of time to envy the east coast this fall.) Music: Josh Garrels Video: Brian Townsend (StubTown Media); Daniel Pullan, Jason Andre
October, 2005 WARDO SCORES MIAMI Hurricane Wilma generated one day of perfect barrels at Miami's South Beach. California kid Chris Ward put on a tuberiding clinic and airshow for the locals. Read the full story. Music: Ben Harper Video & Editing: Bam Bam Extreme Sports Productions
November 3, 2005 TIM WEST INTERVIEW Maverick's surfer describes being hit from underneath by a 12- to 14-foot great white shark. Video: Curt Myers and Eric Nelson/Powerlines Productions. Also, watch Tim West, Chris Loeswick, Ian Schweikert, Ion Banner and the rest of the Half Moon Bay locals -- plus, the full interview with Tim and Sean as they pull out the tooth -- in Powerlines Productions newest DVD, Down the Line, available December 1st. Special thanks to Sean R. Van Sommeran and Callahaghan Fritz-Cope. More shark info: www.pelagic.org
2005 CALIFORNIA GOLD Tim Curran, Rob Machado and Kelly Slater remind us that occasionally, the West Coast gets good surf. From the upcoming 'Tim Curran Short Film'. Music: Rise Against Video & Editing: JP Taylor
October 20 - 24, 2005 MORE WILMA The Hobgood brothers tear into pumping surf on the Florida Panhandle while Josh Sleigh follows Wilma to Texas (!) -- and scores. (South Florida is still recovering from Hurricane Wilma; Our hearts and prayers go out to those affected -- you can help by going to redcross.org.) Music: Shawn Lee, Me In The Park Video: DANGVU media, John Russell
October 23, 2005 MAVERICK'S: OPENING DAY Dozens of Maverick's regulars dusted off their rhino chasers after a long summer's nap and tackled the first solid NW swell of the season at NorCal's most famous big-wave spot. Charging hard were Anthony Tashnick, Nathan Fletcher, Ryan Chapman, Colin Dwyer, Tim West and Ian Schweikert. Music: 'Waltz' by Waveland Video: Curt Myers, Powerlines Productions, check out the trailer for their new movie Down the Line
October 15, 2005 HATTERAS: WHO NEEDS HURRICANES? Last weekend the Outer Banks saw some perfect, spitting barrels, all from a non-tropical low pressure system sitting off Bermuda. Will Skudin and Jesse Hines dominated the shifty, dredging tubes. No property damage and lots of broken boards and smiles. Music: Backside Slappy Video & Editing: Ben Stinson, Abstract Video Design
September 11, 2005 PERFECT TEAHUPO'O The big swell, Round One: Part II. The Monster Down Under growls into Teahupo'o. Hold onto your seats: Garrett McNamara pulls under Malik Joyeaux in the tube and other death-defying stunts. It doesn't get much better then this out there. Music: 'The Cheques in the Mail' by Arkham, courtesy of Volcom Entertainment Video: Ryan Casey, Deepwater Films Editing: Marc Beaty
September 16, 2005 BIG FRIDAY AT THE WEDGE Nowhere likes a long-period south swell as much as Newport Beach's infamous Wedge. Check out Christian Fletcher making some macking drops and local spongers launching, spinning and gyrating at one the best man-made waves on the planet. Music: 'Truth and Rights' by Thievery Corporation from their album, 'Babylon Rewound' which can be purchased at www.eslmusic.com and other digital music retailers Video & Editing: Joel Corral
August 29, 2005 KATRINA COMES TO WEST FLORIDA Cory Lopez, Pete Mendia and Baron Knowlton enjoy the first stirrings of Hurricane Katrina on Florida's Gulf Coast. Our hearts and best wishes go out to those in her path. Video and editing by Tony Coleman; more coverage on aurasurf.com the footage is from Tony's soon-to-be-released vid Habitat
2004 DOWN AND DIRTY WITH PUERTO ESCONDIDO Tamayo Perry, Pete Mendia, Sam Hammer, assorted friends and other visitors get shacked at macking Puerto last summer. Stay tuned to Surfline for full coverage of this year's Surfing X Games, set to go down in Puerto on August 1st and 2nd. And no, it won't be this big, but some there will be some extreme surfing going down. Trust us. Puerto One Video & Editing: Brian Townsend, Stubtown Media Check out their latest video, Back to Front Puerto Two Video & Editing: Paul Housley, Vince Alessi, Straight Out Productions
June, 2005 MEX ONE San Diego pro Eli Mirandon pointed his car south at the beginning of last month and isn't stopping till he reaches Puerto Escondido. Here are a few gems he's found along the way. And no, we're not telling you where. Read more about Eli's travels.
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March, 2005 THE KERR-UPT FLIP Marcos Sifu is a young air extraordinaire from Brazil. While down in Mexico he was working on a new maneuver by Josh Kerr called the Kerr-upt flip. Kerr himself remarked he's yet to complete one like this. Apparently it's both a mute and stalefish grab, alley-oop, but not much else. Marcos says it's rather easy. Sure it is. Video: courtesy of VolcomQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
June 1, 2005 FLOWRIDER MAYHEM Christian Fletcher, Jamie O'Brien, Bill Bryan and friends tear into their own slice of the chlorine dream on the Bruticus Maximus at the new Wavehouse in San Diego. Read the full story. Inside the Flowrider Video & Editing: Premier Productions The Pros Video: Marc Beaty
December, 2004 TUAMOTUS MAGIC Tahiti's Northern Islands offer a wintertime alternative to the North Shore. This trip was taken in December '04, which made believers out of Sean, AJ
and Tyler Collins; captain Chris O'Callahan and Moana David were already converts. Special thanks to wavehunters.com; read the full story. Video: Sean Collins; Editing: AJ CollinsQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
2005 WEST COAST SECRET SPOT Somewhere between Ensenada and Vancouver, Rusty Long and Brian Conley find a pumping righthander that's a cross between Makaha and the Ranch -- with no grumpy locals except for a few seals and the occasional aggressive strand of bull kelp. Video & Editing: DANGVU MediaQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
January, 2005 NEW DISCOVERY IN FIJI Rob Machado, Pat O'Connell and Ross Williams pit themselves silly in perfect, empty reef-pass surf. It doesn't get bluer than this. Check out the full story and photo gallery. For more info on the area, check out Narewa.com and the May 2005 issue of SURFER magazine. Music: 'Sexy Beast' by Shawn Lee courtesy of Ubiquity Records Video & Editing: Craig HoshideQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
May, 2005 MAYDAY IN TAHITI Raimana barely escapes death under partner Reef McIntosh's
PWC, while Keala Kennelley is towed into the biggest wave ridden by a woman
at Teahupo'o and CJ Hobgood strokes into one of the thickest paddle-in
Teahupo'o waves to date. Video & Editing: Billabong
April 17, 2005 GIANT SOUTH FLORIDA The April 17th super session went down with CJ Hobgood, Jeremy Saukel, Matt Kechele, Baron Knowlton and the Williams Brothers towing in at an undisclosed spot that was pushing double-overhead and beyond. Video: Rodrigo Miranda Editing: Eddie Toy, Florida Atlantic TechnologiesQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
January, 2005 KEEPING IT QUIET Gerlach, the Long brothers, Brian Connelley Dino Andino and Snips demonstrate what to do if you find a secret spot in 2005 -- figure out when it's good, pull in till it's over and then get out before anyone knows where you went. Read the full story. Music: 'Dirty Birdy' by Shawn Lee Video & Editing: DANGVU MediaQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
March, 2005 URBAN JUICE NYC Regulars Paul Treacy, Shayne Boyle and Jimmy Dowd plus a few visitors brave rough city streets and 38 degree water to score some tube time and carve into the late March urban juice. Music: 'New York State of Mind' by Beastie Boys/DJ Green Lantern
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2004 BAHIA DE TIBURON Dino Andino, Mike Parsons, Brad Gerlach and Jodie Nelson follow Sean Collins to edge of the Baja desert to an undiscovered open ocean wavezone fit for a king -- as long as you have a PWC. Click here for the full story. Music: 'Collie Man' by Slightly Stoopid, 'Elevator Boy' by Sprung Monkey, music provided by SurfDog Records Video: Sean Collins Producer: AJ Collins
March 9, 2005 SURF CITY NORTH Santa Cruz, mid-March. Late season swells march into the Westside's little nooks and crannies, leaving Huntington's claim as "Surf City" in the dust. The HB Pier never gets like this. Music: The Expendables Video & Editing: Graham NashQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
March 10, 2005 MORE CALIFORNIA MADNESS The swell of the year pulses into this secret spot on March 10th, with Tom Curren, Aaron Ernst and Pete Muzio using fancy edgework to make it through the frothy double-ups. Music: 'A System for Shutting Everything Down' by The Distortions Video & Editing: Josh Pomer, The Surf Lab Check out Josh's latest film TK7 on DVD or download.Quicktime VideoWindows Media Player
March 9, 2005 GHOST AND THE MACHINE Don Curry, Ed Guzman, the Smith brothers, Skindog and a few other hearty, well-armed locals take on heaving, ugly Ghost Tree in Monterey. Music: 'Full Version' by The Expendables Video & Editing: Graham NashQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
March 9, 2005 MAVERICK'S: TWO VIEWS Mav�s goes all wild and woolly on March 9th with Jeff Kafka, Matt Ambrose, Zac Wormhoudt, Josh Loya, and Jeff Clark captured on tape from the helicopter cam and the cliff. Music: 'Triad' by Tool Video & Editing: Powerlines Productions Helicopter Angle: Curt Myers, Land Angle: Eric W. Nelson Look for the summer release of their next film, Down the Line, which documents the '04/'05 NPAC winter season. More Maverick's photos at TonyCanadas.comQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
March 10, 2005 PADDLE OR TOW? The day after NorCal and Cortes Bank got bombed, Todos Santos roared to life for a squad of SoCal tow and paddle-in surfers. In the lineup were Adam Cohen, Ian Pancer, Brian Carson, Evan Slater and Hans Hagen. Music: Ron Artis Video: Tim Montag Editing: Tim and Sandi Montag, calsurfpix.comQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
March 8, 2005 CASHING IN Gerlach, Snips, the Long brothers, Carlos Burle and Jamie Sterling tackle giant surf at Cortes Bank on March 9th. Music: 'Out of Reach' by Echo Brain Music provided by SurfDog Records Video: Marcus Sanders, Sean Collins Editing: Christian AnthonyQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
February 4, 2005 WINTER WONDERLAND New York may not be anyone's idea of Surf City, but when the right conditions come together on Long Island -- like they did on February 4th -- you'd be hard pressed to find more perfect beachbreak tubes. Who needs Puerto Rico? Just strap on the 6-4-3mm and some mittens. Music: 'Corner Stores' by The Defog Video & Editing: Clark Lipton, Grem67Quicktime VideoWindows Media Player
December, 2004 DRIPPING WET A water's-eye view of Pipeline and Backdoor, with AI, Brucey, Michael Ho, Jesse Merle Jones and other North Shore locals getting up close and personal in perfect eight-foot tubes. Music: 'Lost In A Fun House' by Mumbles Video & Editing: DANGVU Media Check out DANGVU media's latest film
'Pico to Basilone' which comes out next month.Quicktime VideoWindows Media Player
January 17, 2005 DORIAN MEETS JAWS Despite the fact that the mid-January swell was super west and many of the bigger sets missed the reef, Shane Dorian did manage to snag the biggest
wave of the day on Monday, January 17th at Peahi. Which was a heckuva lot bigger than anything that reared up in California. Click here for the whole story. Video & Editing: Ivan van Vuuren/Premier Productions Over 10 years in the making, 'Crazy Days Surf Mayhem' features the best of big surf extreme wipeouts. Its available now on dvd.
January 19, 2005 HEPATITIS HEAVEN After all the rains earlier in the month, it was inevitable that one or two fleeting rivermouth sandbars would show up in SoCal. Couple that with a solid WNW swell and offshore winds and you've got hepatitis heaven for a hardy few. The local crew got gamma globulin shots on the way out. Video & Editing: John CoctostanQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
January 19, 2005 SECRET CALIFORNIA Everyone knows there are no more secret spots in California. The entire coastline has been mapped, remapped, paved over and sold to Starbucks. But sometimes, with the right combo of sandbar, swell, wind and tide, little windows pop open just long enough for those in the know. If we told you where this was, we'd have to destroy the whole internet. Suffice to say it may not break again for a long, long time. Where will you be? Click here for the full scoop on California's epic swell and here for a slideshow of the recently-formed sandbars. Music: Azure Ray, 'New Resolution'; Video: Lee EddingtonQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
January 20 & 22, 2005 WELCOME TO RINCON Weaving through Rincon's 200-board pileup requires a great deal of patience, skill and local knowledge. Oh, and rocket blasters on the bottom of your board don't hurt either. Bobby Martinez demonstrates during last week's swell. Video & Editing: Josh Pomer, The Surf Lab. Check out Josh's latest film TK7 on DVD or download.Quicktime VideoWindows Media Player
December, 2004 CURREN AT PIPE While attention has shifted over recent years -- Kelly, the Irons brothers, Kauai's Wolf Pack -- watching Tom Curren surf Pipeline will always be a very special thing. This year in particular, he was all over the North Shore, paddling out in death-or-glory closeouts one day and styling through perfect tubes the next. Hey, you don't get to be three-time world champ for nothing. Video & Editing: DANGVU MediaQuicktime VideoWindows Media Player
