Author Archives: Gary Kewley

CSO (Chief Surfing Officer) of SNN (Surf News Network). Reporting surf for over 3 decades for the Aloha State.

D#%@! IT…John John is done for the last 2 events of the season

WSL. John John Florence Withdraws From Final Two Events Of 2021 Championship Tour Season The prodigy takes the long view: to take care of his …Read More »

Watch out Eli’s comin’!

The answer is no…this isn’t the biggest Bowls in years but hey, you’re watching right? 🙂 Hard charger Eli Olson gets us stoked on summer …Read More »

TAKE 2 SURRENDER TO THE CIRCUS

We had to re-  share…it’s so good. Note: several of these frame grabs start around 8:45 You don’t see launches very often…esp. like this. There’s …Read More »

This guys not on Tour?

You can tell Noah just loves to surf… Energy’s High     Carves are hard and fast… A Crazy Edit From An Unsponsored Surfer | …Read More »

Carissa Moore, Italo Ferreira Win First-Ever Olympic Gold Medals

WSL Ben Collins Italo Ferreira, who learned to surf on a styrofoam cooler lid in Baía Formosa, Brazil, has gone on to become the first-ever …Read More »

WHAT A TIME TO BE A SURFER…DUKE KAHANAMOKU WOULD BE SO PROUD

We didn’t need Sunshine and perfect Surf to be Stoked. Having Surfing debut as an Olympic Sport was enough. Just ask the surfers. The Best …Read More »

OUR FIRST EVER SURFING GOLD MEDALISTS…ITALO FERRIERA and CARISSA MOORE!!!

Both are reigning 2019 World Champs! and now Olympic Champions! Yes, our current Men’s World Champ became the first ever Olympic Champion last night Hawaii …Read More »

Explained: The Historic 2021 Rip Curl WSL Finals Format

This is going to be GOOD! SNN WSL For the first time in the history of the WSL Championship Tour, the 2021 World Champion will …Read More »

USA duo California’s Marks and Hawaii’s Moore advance to Round 3 of women’s surfing competition

By Simon Gibbs Hours after the men’s group tipped off, the first-ever Olympic women’s surfing event followed it up with as exciting a performance as …Read More »

DAY ONE ROUND 1 RESULTS…SO FAR…COVERAGE CONCLUDED 8pm Saturday

Update: 8PM HI TIME and we ran some round2. Most the day saw small mushy surf which required much from the competitors. More News Schedule …Read More »

Men’s round 3 started just after 6pm Sunday…see Women’s results round 3 (began at Noon)

SURFING HIGHLIGHTS SO FAR GO HERE MENS ROUND 3 HEATS HERE HAPPENING SUNDAY NIGHT Saturday: Day one in the History Books. The Olympics kicked off …Read More »

A beautiful Tribute. Everyone could feel the love -and Derek- surrounding his favorite playground

E ALA MAUI LOA KA MO’I NO PIPELINE | LONG LIVE THE KING OF PIPELINE  Derek Ho, 1993 World Surfing Champion passed July 17, …Read More »

HISTORIC SUNDAY (Olympics kicks off today Saturday in Hawaii)

The world’s top surfers will celebrate their sport’s Olympic debut by competing on Japan’s spectacular Pacific coastline at Shidashita (Shida) beach! They are 19 hours …Read More »

Looks like our friends down under are still in the midst of one of the best seasons ever

Here’s just a couple days from Tim Bonython who is always on it. Just like 83′-84′ World Champ Tom Carrol (front page). SNN  “Again, …Read More »

Derek Kaleiki Ho: Celebration of Life and a paddle out for the scattering of his ashes will be held this Friday, July 23, 2021.

Prayer/Kahu 830am and Paddle Out at 9am. Be sure to come Super Extra Early as traffic is bad even on ‘regular’ days. Mahalo SNN. The …Read More »

It’s been a long haul but It’s finally near…This Sunday July 25th!

Surfing to make a BIG splash at Olympics & escape historic stereotypes Surfers have been frustrated for decades about outdated attitudes toward their ‘extreme vs …Read More »

The only thing better than a bottle in front of me is a…Frontal….

LOBOTOMY…The new  surf film by Ryan Thomas As the frame grabs show…this is some of the hardest thrashing a brain can take… California filmmaker and …Read More »

The Moloka’i2O’ahu Paddle Board World Championships!

M2O VIRTUAL 2.0 EDITION – This coming Friday-Sunday JULY 23-25, 2021 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN 2021 VIRTUAL EDITION 2.0 –  OPEN TO ALL PADDLERS: ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, …Read More »

Hurricane Felicia Strong Cat 4 Storm, but No Threat to Land …click Ticker for Video

Hurricane Felicia grew into a strong Category 4 storm far out in the Pacific, but forecasters list no threat to land. Felicia SURF: Not much …Read More »

’77 World Champs inside viewpoint of the Olympic Surfing Experience

Shaun Tomson (Linkedin) “Join me for an Olympic Surfing Experience I am stoked to be partnering up with Airbnb to create a virtual Olympic experience …Read More »

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