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Surfing leashless is sort of like going maskless in a pandemic. You might find the leash slightly uncomfortable, but your slight discomfort pales in comparison to the possible consequences of your actions.

The Team Edit Is Alive And Well Episode 2 of O’Neill’s ‘Hawaii Live’ series inside. cinema // Feb 4, 2021 Words by Zack Raffin Team houses on the North Shore of Oahu have been a ubiquitous facet of any self respecting pro surfers’ career. I don’t know when the first legitimate ‘team’ house was formed, but I do know that this tradition has been running strong for the better part of 3 decades (with many fruitful c...

Watch: 12-Year-Old “Baby Steve” Roberson on XXL Jaws Theres a bright future for this Maui young gun... Dashel Pierson Link copied to clipboard What were you doing when you were 12 years old? Probably not this. During Super Swell Saturday — full coverage here, here, and here — Maui local Steve “Baby Steve” Roberson decided he was ready to play with the big boys and girls, towing into a few of the day’s biggest waves. And needless to say, this kid is way beyond his years. “I tr...

The World Surf League even estimated the waves could have reached 60 feet. The gigantic swell was triggered by a massive north-west swell that had closed out Waimea and turned Jaws into a monster. Some of the most daring big-wave heavies took on the swell, including Nathan Florence, Kai Lenny, Makuakai Rothman, Brad Domke, Justine Dupont, Albee Layer, Ian Walsh, Shaun Walsh and, incredibly, a 12-year-old by the name of Steve Roberson. For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclus...

d) Tank the penguin from Surf’s Up. 3. Azores based Nazaré charger Hugo Vau has taken a lower key approach to garage/HQ/base camp at the port, opting for an old shipping container and a rickety yellow camper van. What classic surf vehicle serves as both Hugo’s accomo and kitchen? a) Ford Transit b) VW Transporter c) one of those Lada truck thingies usualy found in carparks in the Algarve with the chimney pot, proprietor with one long dread and undone clompy leather boots, full quiver of ...

Staff There are obvious reasons why not wearing a leash in the lineup can be hazardous. If you’re not an absolute expert, lose track of your 50-pound, water-logged board and it can easily go smashing into the teeth of some hapless young grom sitting on the inside with no idea why they’re now on the way to the dentist. But on the other side, not wearing a leash can make one be less likely to go for it, to unleash the beast (pardon the pun), to absolutely tear into a wave without wo...

The East Coast Is Set to Pump, the WSL Gets Rolling, and Was This the Best Mavericks Ever? Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was December 11 2020 Photo: Billy Watts Link copied to clipboard 1. Maverick’s Was Perhaps the Best It’s Ever Been Here’s one way to know that Maverick’s is kind of a big deal: it’s one of the only surf spots to have a big Hollywood movie made about it. I mean, have you seen Gerard Butler on the big screen surf South Curl Curl? (No, you hav...