Archive for 'Surf Report'
July’s Best Bet: West Oz
Posted onJul 07, 2010 by Landon.
Are you feeling like it’s time to do some traveling in the near future because the NW heat has you cooking in your shoes? Well July’s best bet for surf travel is easy. Western Australia is the place to be. It’s as wild as the wild west was in the cow boy days, only in [...]
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Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro
Posted onMay 04, 2010 by Landon.
In light of the big changes that took place this year on the ASP World Tour, all of the lower seeded Star and PRIME contests have been filled with the top guys from the dream tour, which has really shaken things up. The ASP wanted to draw more attention to the less noticed events on [...]
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What the Hail?
Posted onJan 21, 2010 by bedientphoto.
I moved to California at the tail end of 1997, which was my first El Niño experience. Now, more then ten years later another El Niño season is upon us and we are experiencing some interesting weather. Yesterday afternoon I was greeted by a hail storm. This picture is a pretty good representation of the [...]
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More Massive Surf
Posted onDec 08, 2009 by Landon.
This is a big week for the surf on the North Shore of Oahu. We’ve started to see the first part of a massive two-day swell generated by Typhoon Nida in the Western Pacific followed by more swell, and then more. It’s been forecasted that the waves this week will be the largest surf to [...]
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Eddie Might Go
Posted onDec 08, 2009 by Landon.
WAIMEA HITS 40-FEET, QUIKSILVER READIES FOR TOMORROW Australian Legend Carroll Suffers Serious Injury, Now Out. Contestants of the Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau, fueled by Monster Energy, were calling the waves at Waimea Bay today bigger than any contested the past three times this event ran. But organizers opted to employ patience and wait [...]
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Big Tuesday Night-ish
Posted onDec 07, 2009 by Landon.
Hawaii got pounded with swell over the weekend. They are seeing the largest surf then they have seen in over ten years. Forecasting swell reports are predicting up to 50 foot waves in the outer reefs of Hawaii on Monday-Tuesday. Just in time for the Eddie too, which might be on tomorrow. We should be [...]
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Massive Swell heading our way
Posted onNov 04, 2009 by Landon.
The buoy’s are reporting a massive swell on it’s way starting this Thursday and lasting through Monday. Reports are calling for a 27.5 foot swell at 16 second intervales. That should result in wave heights up to 36 feet, or even bigger. Probably not going to be the cleanest waves for surfing though because the [...]
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Super sick secret spot was going off this weekend
Posted onNov 02, 2009 by Landon.
I had checked this spot a few times already this year – with no luck. But then I saw the Northwest light-up over the weekend and I thought that just maybe there was a chance that this right point would be breaking. So I took a drive out, over and beyond my usual spot to [...]
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El Nino holding pattern
Posted onOct 31, 2009 by Landon.
As winter approaches fast I could feel the water temp drop with each week. I haven’t had to bust out the gloves yet but I could feel it coming on strong. I’ve actually never worn gloves in my life, and I hope I never have too. Everyone is pulling them out early, but yesterday surprisingly [...]
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