Still carving his home break at North Narrabeen

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Great water shot of Simon on his Energy thruster at Dee Why Point in 1978:

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Kelly Slater at the Pipeline Masters 2001:

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We've been finding uncrowded powder in N. Tahoe this year, despite holiday crowds.

Snow surfing at 1:00 in the afternoon:

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So I'm scopeing for some vintage ski gear, came across Yvon Chouinard stuff (Patagonia founder, Black Diamond, FC Designs, etc.) but of course, he was an avid surfer and maybe still! Haha.

Anyhow, here he is stylin' (jump to the 5:50 mark)

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You can catch the rest of it on Youtube, if into climbing, back country skiing. Scott

More: http://www.fcdsurfboards.com/

check out the movie 180 degrees south, great story with lots of surfing and climbing

It's on!!!!
 

Sure hope they get some waves.

Sure enough a few breaks, three are up and the live RedBull feed is messed up. Hopefully will have a decent edit version.

Hey Scott - very cool - thanks! There's a lot of soul in that video!

Will watch the rest of the segments later but very interesting so far!

Imagine you are surfing this by yourself. Nice little beach break.....huzza wuzza!

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That's Makua Beach .. a great bodysurfing spot that my friends and I rode as teenagers.

^^ I think you are right Geary. I camped there at the beach park for a couple of months in the early 70s when I first moved to the Islands. Its funny how we were practically adopted by the Local guys there and yet saw them run off many Houlie sp? campers after a weekend. I don't know if it was that I stripped an old board there and shaped and glassed it on a picnic table there in the park, or the fact that I had some herb that they could use with their oil, all they had at the time. I suspect its the later:-)

When I saw your name on the thread, I thought we would see some more of your beautiful first track pics.

Clark Little has made a name for himself with those shore break tube shots., lots of sand in his every thing I would guess.
2013 Calendar: The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little

Cheers Richard

That's a west swell catching Makua, but just a couple miles toward the point was Yokohama, possibly Oahu's biggest south swell spot. Many days spent on that side of the island.

Richard and Geary - native son doing well so far......


Florence Delivers Performance of the Winter at Volcom Pipe Pro

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John John Florence, scoring one of four 9-point rides in his heat.

PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Friday, February 1, 2013) - All eyes were on Pipeline’s favorite son John John Florence at the Volcom Pipe Pro today, as a perfect pairing of phenomenal waves and supernatural talent unfolded before a highly charged beach crowd. It fast became a 25-minute Florence super session as he clocked up four incredible tube rides in succession: 9.3, 9.53, 9.73, and 9.97. His top two scores delivered the highest heat total of the competition so far – 19.7 points out of 20. But the only Electric Perfect 10 of the day went to Santa Cruz’s Nat Young, in his competitive debut at the Banzai Pipeline. Wave face heights were consistently around 15- to 20-feet today, and there were more than a day’s worth of horrific wipeouts.

In his first competitive appearance of the 2013 ASP season, this is just the beginning of a long year already loaded with expectation for Florence. Having come so close to a world title in 2012, he is prepared for the pressure but focused on surfing. If today was any indication, it will be a devastating year for his peers. Florence, 20, is the top seed and defending champion of this event.

Asked if he felt like any of his barrels today should have been a 10, he replied with a laugh: "That's a hard one to say when you're the one riding the wave, but they all felt pretty cool. I think there's probably some better waves out there."

Better waves perhaps, but not better surfing. From his dominant positioning and late take-offs, to his knife-edged bottom turns and foam-ball barrels, it was a saltwater soliloquy that left the other three surfers in the heat adrift.

"That was a really fun surf session," Florence said, all smiles on the beach. "Just being there and having no-one out, it firing like this with wave after wave after wave.... it's a pretty special feeling. I think this is one of the better days of Pipe all (winter). It was really hard to come in."

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LIVE COVERAGE CLICK HERE

Thanks Baz. Been watching off and on all day. Going into the semi finals soon.
Some great barrel riding! And scenery!

Cheers Richard

Very cool. Thanks for the heads up.