Author Archives: Gary Kewley

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

BILLY KEMPER & PAIGE ALMS WIN 2017/2018 BIG WAVE TOUR TITLES!

…ALMS DEFENDS BIG WAVE CROWN FOR BACK-TO-BACK TITLES …KEMPER EARNS FIRST BIG WAVE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP …Ian Walsh & Makuakai Rothman Round out the top 4! …Read More »

Nini Narvaez | Prizm Surfboards = Fun

Ever Graceful, Nini Narvaez gliding on her new Prizm Surfboards single fin…Thanks to Dan for sharing the sesh.

Life’s A Beach | North Shore, Hawaii 2-23-18

Let’s watch some playful country while we wait for the next real swell Monday the 5th Music: The Kinks – I’m on a Island

Be a Friend to Sunset Beach…

Let’s help raise funds for Sunset School Art programs! Fred Patacchia’s Mom Julie Patacchia is the featured artist. Donations can be made at the website …Read More »

COCO HO & MIKEY WRIGHT WIN AT NEWCASTLE SURFEST QS-6,000

TYLER AND MIKEY WRIGHT MAKE HISTORY AS FIRST SIBLING FINALISTS IN A WSL QS EVENT – COCO HO (HAW) WINS HER SECOND SURFEST TITLE – HAWAIIAN BARRON MAMIYA …Read More »

His Legend Grows as Ross Clarke Jones Stars in Surviving Nazare Moments

Frame grabs & Vid of a guy who know about taking chances He’s hiding behind the rocks like he did when he was a child …Read More »

Dylan Graves makes friends with some ‘Stranger Waves’ of Puerto Rico

A compilation of unused novelty wave footage sitting on my hard drive and ideas that will prove to be either good or bad. DISFRUTA xxx

Beach Community News: The People’s Park?

Is this cover shot a warning shot? The growing number and size of the high rises are getting ominous… Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell wants to …Read More »

While we’re socked in with weather and some small WNW…let’s get out & hit the desert

The Typhoon | Mason Ho & Tom Curren on #TheSearch by Rip Curl

Tom Curren, Mason Ho and one week spent scouring the coastline of a wave-drenched, storm-ridden island in the North Pacific… This is #TheSearch

WORLD SURF LEAGUE TAHITI QS LEG

IT BEGINS WITH AIR TAHITI RANGIROA PRO  – REGIONAL ATHLETES TO CONVERGE AT RIGHT-HAND BARREL IN TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO – DEFENDING EVENT WINNER HEREMOANA LUCIANI (PYF) …Read More »

Hawaiian up-and-comers stand out in Round One at WSL QS6000

Burton Automotive Pro launches in cyclone remnants at Merewether New South Wales Australia. Front page image: Current World Junior Champion Finn McGill posts highest heat total …Read More »

The Waves here are challenging to ride & challenging to measure: G. MacNamara

Revisiting The UK’s Heaviest Charger, Andrew Cotton at Europes Heaviest Big Wave. “It’s like a super dome for Big Waves”: G Mac

Revisiting: If this isn’t the classic of them all…The Best Surfer commenting spontaneously on the Best Big Wave session.

John John charged this epic day as judged by the cover This wave would be nutz at 5′, 10′, 15′, 20’…this is somewhere between 25-30′ Hawaiian-Fijian …Read More »

It’s ON for tomorrow! The 42nd Annual Buffalo Big Board Surfing Classic presented by Quiksilver

Don’t miss the Legendary Event starting this coming Presidents Day weekend! Come on out the wild west side… Surf will be small but Stoke and Aloha will …Read More »

OTW: You win some and you lose some. Dans Surf Video

Surfing at Off The Wall on Oahu’s North Shore. Emerick Ishikawa attempts to surf OTW on his double-ender single fin 7’6″ leashless. Surfers include Ezekial …Read More »

Occy & Curren: Both these guys are classics…and legendary

In episode 29 of the Occ-Cast, Occy is joined by former rival and fellow legend, Tom Curren. The two talk about their epic head-to-head match …Read More »

WSL STATEMENT ON UPCOMING HAWAII EVENTS…2018 SET… 2019 NOT.

THE WORLD TOUR AND HAWAII WOULD BE EMPTY (SORTA) WITHOUT THE PIPE MASTERS. SNN   LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Thursday, February 15, 2018) – Yesterday, the City …Read More »

Dusty’s coming back…here’s his first Instagram post

Dusty Payne Speaks out about his near-death, life-changing experience at Backdoor back on Jan 8th “Thank you again to everyone who played a role in …Read More »

Big Wave Legend Greg Long describes a Cortes Bank strike mission

One of the most articulate and talented charges on the planet talks about the place that nearly killed him in 2012

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