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Jack Coleman caught up with Derrick Disney in his shaping bay while working on his flex tail series of boards. Hit play to watch Derrick explain his building process of the flextail bonzer from Start to Finish.
In a herculean effort Laird Hamilton has spent days getting up at 4am to rescue families, groups of girls, bison, and all manner of animals, not finishing his heroics until dark.
Severe rain struck Kauai last weekend causing huge floods, mudslides and strandings with more to come today.
In a break from his Noah-like effort Hamilton told CNN he had been involved in more than 75 rescues, but did not want credit. So far he has rescued families on vacation, 15 girls from the home Leila Hurst, lent his boat launch to the National Guard, support farmers with livestock, helped people off their roofs and got them supplies.
“If you have compassion, this is what you do. These are opportunities to make a difference, when it really counts.”
Laird and friends also rescued 80 bison they found in the flood.
“We were just going around in boats, tying them and towing them, trying to get them back into pasture,” he said.
“People don’t know the level of intensity of what’s happened here. There are people who have lost everything. The power, the length and the strength of this: It’s unlike anything that I’ve ever seen.”
“In Hawaii we have a word called ‘ohana.’ It means family. Family and friends banding together. It’s a pretty wonderful thing. This would have been much worse had we not all banded together here. That’s ohana.”
After a frankly grim start to winter for the south west things turned around just after Christmas and it hasn’t stopped pumping since. This session is a result of the huge spring low that has sent swell right around the Atlantic.
The WSL has cancelled Margaret River after two shark attacks and shark activity in the area. The decision came after a meeting with the surfers and posts on Instagram from Medina and Italo.
Footage has also emerged of one of the attacks. Great work by the surfers by the way.
Press release below. What happens next is in the air as there are sharks at a hell of a lot of WSL events. So what constitutes acceptable risk will have to be decided. Probably by insurers…
“The WSL puts the highest premium on safety,” Goldschmidt wrote. “This cannot be just talk, and it cannot be compromised. Surfing is a sport that carries various forms of risk, and is unique in that wild animals inhabit our performance environment. Sharks are an occasional reality of WSL competitions, and of surfing in general. Everyone associated with our sport knows that. There have been incidents in the past – and it’s possible that there will be incidents in the future – which did not (and will not) result in the cancellation of an event. However, current circumstances are very unusual and troubling, and we have decided that the elevated risk during this season’s Margaret River Pro has crossed the threshold for what is acceptable.”
Following two separate incidents that occurred at nearby Gracetown on Monday, April 16, approximately 6 kms away from primary competition site at Main Break, the WSL actioned safety protocols and met with a variety of stakeholders for feedback over the past 48 hours before making the decision to cancel the event.
“Safety is our top priority and this is the right call given the circumstances,” Kieren Perrow, WSL Commissioner, said. “We’ve closely assessed the situation, spoke with the athletes, Water Safety, local authorities and reviewed as much information as possible. Margaret River is a fantastic part of the world, but the presence of actively aggressive sharks and beached whales this season have convinced us that this is the correct course of action.”
“It’s a really difficult decision as the surfers love coming here,” Sage Erickson, WSL CT Surfer and Women’s Representative, said. “It’s beautiful, the waves are amazing and the community is very supportive of professional surfing. That said, the situation this season is really challenging and a number of surfers don’t feel safe. I know it isn’t an easy decision, but we really appreciate the amount of information and discussion that went into it.”
“Sharks are something we will continually deal with every time we surf and we accept that risk,” Adrian Buchan, WSL CT Surfer and Men’s Representative, said. “Given the extenuating circumstances of dead whale carcasses, multiple attacks and increased sightings, I’m fully supportive of the WSL’s stance to put Surfers safety before all else. South West WA is one of my favourite places to visit and part of its allure is the raw beauty and feeling of being close to nature. I’m really feeling for the local community and look forward to to being back soon.”
The cancellation of the Margaret River Pro will see points distributed per the WSL rulebook, but organizers have not ruled out potentially completing the events elsewhere during the season.
Margaret River Women’s Pro Quarterfinal Matchups:
QF 1: Carissa Moore (HAW) vs. Tatiana Weston-Webb (HAW)
QF 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) vs. Bronte Macaulay (AUS)
QF 3: Nikki Van Dijk (AUS) vs. Johanne Defay (FRA)
QF 4: Tyler Wright (AUS) vs. Lakey Peterson (USA)
Margaret River Men’s Pro Round 3 Matchups:
Heat 1: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Keanu Asing (HAW)
Heat 2: Kolohe Andino (USA) vs. Jesse Mendes (BRA)
Heat 3: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Michael February (ZAF)
Heat 4: Italo Ferreira (BRA) vs. Michael Rodrigues (BRA)
Heat 5: Sebastian Zietz (HAW) vs. Conner Coffin (USA)
Heat 6: Julian Wilson (AUS) vs. Kael Walsh (AUS)
Heat 7: Gabriel Medina (BRA) vs. Jack Robinson (AUS)
Heat 8: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Connor O’Leary (AUS)
Heat 9: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Willian Cardoso (BRA)
Heat 10: Filipe Toledo (BRA) vs. Yago Dora (BRA)
Heat 11: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Joan Duru (FRA)
Heat 12: John John Florence (HAW) vs. Mikey Wright (AUS)
