The Best Swells of 2021
Because surfers are just producers — the swells themselves are the rock stars.
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Because surfers are just producers — the swells themselves are the rock stars.
O'Neill Wave of the Winter: February's Eight Best Rides John John Florence, Griffin Colapinto, Mark Healey, Mason Ho and more pull into a few heart-shaped boxes Flynn Novak. Photo: Jeremiah Klein Presented By Link copied to clipboard Yeah, we know it’s March, but Valentine gifts can be tough. It’s great to go big one year — but the problem with that, is you’re expected to top that the next. And sometimes, that just ain’t tenable. You gotta start small, sweet, and from the heart. Cards. Flowers. Work your way up there. Keep the ceiling low. Of course, you know who totally disregarded...
"That was the biggest backside barrel of my life."
What’s a Five-Wave Beatdown Feel Like at Jaws? Mikey Redd walks us through his recent Peahi wipeout and the pounding that followed Photo: Jeremiah Klein Link copied to clipboard When a massive swell hits, it’s easy to put the blinders on – to only focus on the action and the epic rides that went down. That’s it, move onto the next one. But after the dust has settled from a swell, and you peel back a few layers, you uncover the stories that went into those epic rides, the stories that led those surfers to be there in that specific moment.
Staff Waimea Bay is not a place for the faint of heart. It’s big, it’s heavy, and it’ll hurt you if you don’t know what you’re doing. Luckily, Mark Healey, Ikaika Kalama, Mikey Redd, and Kaeo Abby know what they’re doing, because when Waimea got giant recently, they decided they’d take out a canoe to try their hands at canoe surfing. He’d been surfing (on his birthday) an outer reef all day, and he decided it was about time to come in before anything went wrong. But when they rounded the bend on the ski and looked at Waimea, they saw something that surprised them: a ...