“We take our sport seriously and we want to be at that elite level. We’re not beach bums. We train. We want to win.”
What a powerful quote from Makuakia Rothman, the 2015 WSL Big Wave Tour champion. This video provides a great look into the life and motivations of a pro surfer, and a champion one at that.
This was surfer Mikey Bruneau’s submission to the GoPro of the World contest, showcasing a perfect day of surfing big pipelines in Hawaii
Pro surfer Harley Ingleby heads to the Telos Islands in Indonesia to take on some beautiful barrels with a longboard. I love the style of this video, as it includes not only perfect surf footage, but also details the process involved with traveling to the destination.
Pro surfer Jamie O’Brien recently took to the legendary waters of Oahu’s North Shore, where he pulled off a flawless pipeline board transfer. Beautiful stuff to watch right here.
Legendary big wave surfer Shawn Dollar shares his thoughts on the incredible display of surfing from the young athletes at Mavericks on December 20th. Some phenomenal footage here, and some inspiring words from Dollar about doing what you love.
On June 8th, 2012, a massive storm sent a 50+ swell straight toward the South Pacific archipelago of Fiji. It just so happens that there was an ASP World Tour surfing event happening at the time. In this documentary, ‘Thundercloud,’ hear from and watch the world’s best big wave surfers rise to the challenge of the ocean.
This is a quick edit featuring Kelly Slater from April 12th, 2013 at Shipstern Bluff in Tasmania. Despite a broken foot, Slater crushes it.
In this episode of Alana: Surfer Girl’s second season, professional surfer and model Alana Blanchard takes us to Oahu, Hawaii, where she surfs Hawaii’s famous North Shore.
Rob Machado documents the amazing talents of people who surf. In this episode of Through the Lens, he interviews Jay Nelson, a San Francisco-based artist who specializes in a unique kind of automobile customization.
A film by Sarah Lee and Jeff Dotson, Kainos explores the edge of the sea, where beauty unfolds between human interaction and the uncontrollable forces of nature.