Author Archives: Gary Kewley
Sunset Beach Kicks Into Gear On Opening Day Of Sunset Pro
– Kauai’s Cole Frye and Peru’s Sebastian Correa Lead The Way – Correa Throws Down Near-Perfect 9.00 In Round 2 – Big Wave Charger Ian …Read More »
Competition was ON today, Tuesday January 22, at the ‘Sunset Open’… the opening event of the World Surf League (WSL) Hawaii/Tahiti Nui 2019 regional calendar.
Update on the way… Location: Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii Event Window: January 18 – 28 Rating: Men’s Qualifying Series QS1,000 Today’s Conditions: Building 3 – 4ft+ NW swell, very clean …Read More »
Waimea Bay & Mason Ho… & Friends
Frame grab reveals that it’s not just the wave size you have to contend with…
Roi Kanazawa and Gabriela Bryan Win Sunset Pro Junior
– Bryan Defends Her Sunset Title, Continues Regional Dominance – Kanazawa Steals Victory In Dying Seconds For Dramatic Win – Both Champions Post Highest Scores …Read More »
Laureus Nominates WSL Surfers
The full list of Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year nominations is here. What a shortlist! Surfing and snowboarding superstars lead the nominations for …Read More »
Bodyboarder Dies at Pipeline Thursday morning Jan 17th
Let’s Help. See Marcus’ GoFundMe page below. Mahalo. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Marcus’ family and friends. SNN. Respected charger/photographer Marcus Biju passes …Read More »
Dan, at the Bay
Tho’ the surf was just 10-15′ for this session…Sunday the 13th saw the next run of BIG NW surf. It’s been a Happy New Year!
Tyler Newton wins the 2019 Da Hui Backdoor Shootout and 40K
DA HUI & CREW SCORES HARD AGAIN… Congrats to first place overall Team Weed Maps over 4 days of A+ Pipe 2019 Da Hui Backdoor …Read More »
VETERAN NORTH SHORE SURFER, CHRIS OWENS, USES APNEA TRAINING TO SURVIVE A MASSIVE WIPEOUT AT MAVERICKS, CALIFORNIA.
The next Apnea & Surf Survival course in Oahu happens on January 20th and 21st. You’ll find this course priceless when you complete it and …Read More »
Da Hui Backdoor Shoot Out is ON for Monday…NW pumping Spitting 8-12′ & fading slowly. Smooth conditions.
Turn of Spectrum 1020 https://freesurfmagazine.com/2019-da-hui-backdoor-shootout-day-1/?fbclid=IwAR06PDkP2Zb6slq5sQoytTuS3C6fQk1kbEd_WWM2pOzoiJfX_a5qa5ISscU
A Generational Influence
Great respect shown to Parko in this WSL story from WSL’s Zander Morton Monday, January 7, 2019 Joel Parkinson won his first Championship Tour event as an …Read More »
This is Livin’ Episode 36 + “The Da Hui Backdoor shootout “
Frame-grab shows this is the place, this is the life. This is Livin’ 36 with Koa Rothman & Friends Pipeline swell with a little intro …Read More »
New Year, New Tour
Hawaii Qualifying Series Returns to Sunset Beach – Defending Event Winner Billy Kemper, Regional Standouts Hunting Sunset Open/ Pro Junior Titles – Kai Lenny Looks …Read More »
In case you want to reminisce the Winter of 2017/18
Framegrab reveals the deeper view and color. An artistic look back to the 2017-2018 Hawaii winter By Sam Sykes and dedicated to Chas Chidester Aloha …Read More »
‘Decades Later, Slater & Machado High Five Again’ “Bring it, bring it!”
Bonus Clip | Momentum Generation | HBO
Emerick Ishikawa and Foil Boarding @ Pinballs, Waimea Bay
last month was good and looks like January will be too. Dan is always on it…
Professional surfers descended upon AWM’s largest PerfectSwell® installation at BSR Surf Resort to surf and enjoy the beach in the middle of Texas.
Lemore is not the only game in town or country… Wait till you see Seth Moniz’ 7′ Air to Backflip…1:15
Welcome to THE MOMENTUM FILES
“Cleaning out my storage I found hours of behind the scenes, secret videos and lost footage that needs to be seen before the tapes crumble …Read More »
WHITE RHINO…RARE BREED
While we wait for it to roll back into all Islands…the Trailer you can keep watching…again and again…as these frame grabs show. A parallel story …Read More »
Kai Lenny makes his move on Maverick’s in “Black Walls of Doom”
Kai comes of age and is truly leading the way on Big Wave Performance and versatility: Paddle or Tow. Frame grab shows Lenny’s focus. Wait …Read More »
