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All-female big-wave surfing event ups the ante with $50K prize purse

Shane Dorian Talks Near-Drowning at Oahu Outer Reef Dorian on an early foray into deep water with Todd Chesser and Brock Little Presented By Link copied to clipboard “I remember getting hucked over the lip, and trying to get a big breath of air as I went down…” Yeah, you can guess where this story is going. Before Shane Dorian was the big-wave superstar he is today, he was a grom. And while he was a grom, the late legends Todd Chesser and Brock Little took him out to one of Oahu’s Oute...

Keala Kennelly Wins Red Bull Magnitude Checking in with KK after this historic season KK, Outer Reef, Oahu on February 13, 2021. Photo: Christa Funk/Red Bull Content Pool Dashel Pierson Link copied to clipboard The first-ever all-digital, all-female Red Bull Magnitude big-wave event window has come to a close, and Keala Kennelly has won the top honors: the veteran Hawaiian hellwoman took home the award for Overall Performer. As a refresher, Magnitude was a three-month event, challenging female...

Video recap from the last hurrah of the Red Bull Magnitude event

Gallery: The Best Images From Pipeline Valentine Photographic highlights from four days on the North Shore Flynn Novak. Photo: Jeremiah Klein Marcus Sanders Link copied to clipboard As mentioned more than a few times already, we’ve seen some amazing images and videos from the Pipeline Valentine swell along the North Shore. We reported on it in realtime right here. We have three days of cam highlights from Pipeline right here. We nominated a Photo of the Swell right here. This was not a gian...

Expert forecasts Our team of meteorologists are North Pacific forecast experts. Try Premium for free and we’ll help you know before you go. This latest round comes from yet another hurricane-force low in the North Pacific. It developed off of Northern Japan early this week, flanked by fairly robust high pressure off of Southern Japan. Satellites verified peak wind near 70 knots and seas of almost 50’. The strength of this storm is in line with the one we saw just over a week ago that sent t...

Watch: Oahu’s Outer Reef Super Session Koa Rothman, John John Florence and more tackle the biggest Hawaiian swell in years Dashel Pierson Link copied to clipboard It’s hard to imagine that you missed it, but in case you did, Oahu’s outer reefs did their best impression of XXL Cloudbreak over the weekend. (See our coverage of the Super Swell Saturday across Hawaii here, here, and here.) And while Jaws and Waimea Bay went absolutely bonkers, the Outer Reefs were a standout during the histor...

Pre-Game Swell Hits Hawaii; “Preheats Oven” for Saturday’s Super Swell Nathan Florence, Jaws, 01/14. “It was a good day based one what we came for — warming up for Saturday and Sunday,” Florence said. “Get on your board and get the feet in the grip. Had some fun, big, tall north ones. Almost got a really good wave but the wind was pushing lips down and I got worked. All in all, ready for the next few days!” Photo: Aaron Lynton The thing about most sports is that you can practice...

Pre-Game Swell Hits Hawaii; "Preheats Oven" for Saturdays Super Swell Waimea, Jaws light up Thursday -- in advance of weekends XXL swell Joe Azuchi, Waimea Bay, 01/14. Photo: Pedro Gomes Marcus Sanders Link copied to clipboard Editor’s Note: Stay tuned right here for realtime coverage of Super Swell Saturday. The thing about most sports is that you can practice as much as you want. The thing about big-wave surfing is that — most years! — there are only a handful of XXL swells. And even wi...

Jaws, Outer Reefs, and Waimea on Saturday -- and then more macking days at Maverick’s Jamie Mitchell, Jaws, Photo: Fred Pompermayer Charlie Hutcherson Link copied to clipboard The North Pacific is ready to pull us all back in. (Not that we ever really left.) Over the past couple weeks, we documented North Pacific Overdrive — back-to-back-to-back-to-back North Pacific swells — with realtime coverage from Pipeline, Mav’s, and countless other breaks. When it felt like things were coming ba...