Sea Monster

Category: Ocean Sports

  • What makes a great surf break

    Surfline has a really cool article on The Mechanics of Malibu that explains the history of the iconic surf break and why it works. Like so many breaks, it is all about the supply of sand and cobbles that form the bar that the waves break on.  Hat tip to Randy Olson.

  • How to get completely out of your depth

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdxLgiJHUU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Getting into and then out of my depth.   There are all sorts of ways to get out of your depth. You can buy too many things you don’t need on your credit card, teach a class on a subject you know nothing about (ahh, the sweet sound of silence…), or run up to…

  • Solo kite boat

    Crossing the eastern Pacific in a kite-powered boat! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54eDe1px8_o[/youtube]

  • Ian Alldredge kitesurfing Rincon

    [vimeo width=”500″ height=”300″]http://vimeo.com/22451159[/vimeo] From TDZ

  • no fins, no suit… just one breath

    William Trubridge swims through the Arch at the Blue Hole in Dahab (an infamous spot, deadly for scuba divers) with no fins, no suit, and just one breath of air. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrXQbucZUDA[/youtube] It’s 60m (196 feet) down and 30m (98 feet) across. Insane. Pure and simple. (But also very awesome). And here’s Natalia Molchanova doing the same thing…

  • Jumping the shark

    I love this phrase. My favourite definition from Urban Dictionary goes “when something stops getting better and starts getting worse”. It comes from a Happy Days episode where the Fonz goes waterskiing and jumps over a shark (presumably in a desperate attempt to boost ratings). Everyone agrees it was the lowest point of the show. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDthMGtZKa4[/youtube]…

  • Parko wins Bells!

    Aussie Joel Parkinson has won the 50th edition of the Bells Beach surf competition. The video below highlights the best heats from the final day. The final heat between Parko and Mick Fanning is at the end. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO0LrAZusMY&[/youtube]

  • Modernist Basque Surfing teaser

    this looks neat: Modernist Basque Surfing teaser from debolex films on Vimeo.

  • These girls can REALLY surf

    [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/21603768[/vimeo]

  • Freedivers Are Testing the Bounds of Human Endurance

    Photo credit: DeeDee Flores By Tammy Kennon from the NYT here Bahamas — Shouts of “Breathe! Breathe! Breathe!” pierced the tropical air and echoed off the limestone precipice around Dean’s Blue Hole, a vertical cavern plunging 660 feet, a cobalt blue pool of seawater surrounded by crystal-clear shallows and white sand. Bathing-suit clad spectators stand in…