Welcome to paradise. EP.1.

Welcome to paradise. EP.1.

Welcome to the tropical paradise that is Hawaii… swaying palms, sunny skies, warm sand, blue water… and perfect waves. For the past few days, this is where the Rip Curl Women have found themselves – situated in one of the most iconic houses on one of the most wave-rich stretches of sand in the world. The Rip Curl House at Off The Wall, smack dab in the middle of Oahu’s North Shore.

The women are here with one goal – to take on everything that The North Shore throws their way. So far the Pacific Ocean has been a mixed bag, with changing swells and strong winds making it tricky to find those diamonds in the rough. But the women were up for the challenge, and between the protected corners of Freddyland through to the daunting and shallow break at Off The Wall, the ladies found gold.
With the help of fellow Rip Curl team rider Rosy Hodge, and local legend Rip Curl Hawaiian Team Manager Kekoa Bacalso, the ladies had a crack and dug deep on their first days of the trip.

In this episode of Rip Curl Women Take on Hawaii, you’ll get to meet the ladies and learn a bit about the surfers that make up the Rip Curl Women’s team. Stay tuned, because swell is on the way and we’ll be dropping a new episode very, very soon.

Needlefish impales teenager!

Needlefish impales teenager!

I once witnessed a small fish jump out of the wave face on the right at Lakey Peak, hit a helmeted man who was deep in the barrel in the head and knock him off. I assumed it was the accomplice of a particularly territorial parrot fish who lived the reef below the boil who used to wait and try and eat your feet… But I have never seen anything like his.

Muhammad Idul, was fishing in Buton waters, South East Sulawesi on Saturday, January 18, when a needlefish fish jumped out of the water and… this happened…

He underwent surgery to remove the fish… two days later! Two days with a fish stuck in his neck!

It took a two-hour operation with three surgeons and two anaesthetists on the job.

Needlefish can make short jumps out of the water traveling at up to 60 km/h (37 mph) and often leap over the decks of shallow boats rather than going around.

Generations – 82-50-18.

Generations – 82-50-18.

Born and bred in Redhead. Connor Lee. A young Newcastle lad, who is cutting his teeth on high performance surfing and charging his way into 2020. A 3rd generation surfer, where the influence of not only his dad, but his nan and pop is there as well. A home town boy who's finding the Aussie mongrel within, to step out and take it on.

Film and edit - Billy Lee Pope.
Music - White Tail - by the Froot Luips.

Maurice Cole: The First Wave

Maurice Cole: The First Wave

Maurice Cole: The First Wave. A compelling story of a gifted Aboriginal surfer's battles with the law, mental health and himself. This intimate portrait of one of the great characters of surfing is testament to his determination to make peace with himself and the world around him, eventually coming out the other side a work in progress but one that is a better version for the lessons learned and rocky roads traversed throughout his life.

Cole was a co-founder of the environmental organisation Surfrider Foundation Europe back in the early ‘90s and continues to be politically active as well as fighting for Indigenous issues. Cole who took his son at an early age to protest against the French nuclear testing in the pacific once again joined his now older son Damien for the protest and paddle out Fight For The Bight. The proposal by the Norwegian company Equinor to drill in the waters off Australia’s southern coast has galvanised surfers across the globe to stand up and be counted in protecting mother nature and her oceans.

SARDINIAN CREW

SARDINIAN CREW

The crew was in Portugal, a big purple bubble was heading to Sardinia. Roberto, the Italian local made the call: Only one night before Gony Zubizarreta, Marlon Lipke and Aritz Aranburu said yes. The trip started flying to Rome first where Roby lives, dropped some staff at home, drove back to the airport and we flew to Sardinia. Crazy winds but me managed to find some clean corners, along the search we met local boy Francisco Porcella and filmed Nicola Bresciani who helped us with filming and some surfing too.

Filmed by Leonardo Paparusso ( Junglefilm )
Nicola Bresciani
Edited by Alessandro Dotti