Tow-in surfing is a surfing technique which uses artificial assistance to allow the surfer to catch faster-moving waves than was traditionally possible... 5 KB (660 words) - 15:22, 24 January 2024 |
Buzzy Kerbox (section Tow-in surfing) co-developing tow-in surfing with Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, and a handful of other surfers in the mid-1990s. Kerbox was born in 1956 in Indianapolis... 5 KB (465 words) - 10:04, 18 August 2023 |
Big wave surfing is a discipline within surfing in which experienced surfers paddle into, or are towed into, waves which are at least 20 feet (6.2 m)... 35 KB (3,043 words) - 07:22, 20 January 2024 |
Laird Hamilton (category Tow-in surfers) born March 2, 1964) is an American big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, and an occasional fashion and action-sports model and actor. He is... 30 KB (3,334 words) - 20:30, 11 March 2024 |
Teahupo'o (category Tow-in surfing) Billabong Pro Tahiti surf competition, part of the World Championship Tour (WCT) of the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour surfing circuit, and used... 14 KB (1,295 words) - 00:10, 2 May 2024 |
Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of... 85 KB (10,635 words) - 13:59, 14 April 2024 |
Cortes Bank (category Tow-in surfing) also creates a renowned big-wave surfing spot recognized as capable of producing some of the tallest surfable waves in the world. Historically, the Cortes... 19 KB (2,311 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023 |
Peahi, Hawaii (redirect from Jaws (surfing)) surfers such as Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama using the tow-in surfing method of big wave surf riding they co-invented (with Darrick Doerner and Buzzy... 17 KB (1,887 words) - 03:47, 24 November 2023 |
Doerner is a big wave pioneer in the sport of tow-in surfing, in which personal water craft are used to tow surfers into large surf. Also known by the nickname... 5 KB (566 words) - 19:38, 15 January 2024 |
Martin Potter (surfer) (category World Surf League surfers) He began surfing off the beaches of his hometown Durban at age 10. By the age of 15, he was surfing 20+ foot waves at the Banzai Pipeline surf break on... 4 KB (397 words) - 22:18, 4 August 2023 |
The Endless Summer (category Surfing in New Zealand) Revisited, later directing Step into Liquid, in 2003, documenting tow-in surfing. Bruce Brown started surfing in the early 1950s. He took still photographs... 46 KB (3,958 words) - 07:25, 13 April 2024 |
Praia do Norte (Nazaré) (category Surfing locations in Portugal) Beach’) is a beach located in Nazaré, portuguese West region, which due to its giant white breaking waves is famed for its surfing conditions. Nazaré's waves... 5 KB (378 words) - 15:04, 27 January 2024 |
Dave Kalama (category Tow-in surfers) and 1 daughter live in Kula, Maui. Kalama is credited with the co-development of the big wave surfing technique of tow-in surfing, along with Laird Hamilton... 8 KB (874 words) - 05:14, 20 November 2023 |
Giants, a 2004 documentary of the history of modern big wave surfing and tow-in surfing. Following that, Peralta wrote the screenplay for the dramatic... 11 KB (880 words) - 13:12, 19 February 2024 |
Justine Dupont (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia) female big wave surfer in the world since 2019. Her performance in tow-in surfing allows her to rival with the best male surfers in the discipline. Stand... 10 KB (1,012 words) - 21:06, 26 February 2024 |
Eddie Aikau (category Missing person cases in Hawaii) and became famous for surfing the big Hawaiian surf, winning several awards including the 1977 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship. The Eddie... 16 KB (1,696 words) - 22:03, 9 April 2024 |
Nazaré, Portugal (category Big wave surfing) Brazilian professional surfer Márcio Freire died whilst practicing tow-in surfing. Nazaré is twinned with: Badajoz, Spain (since 1987) Nogent-sur-Marne... 20 KB (1,812 words) - 13:25, 14 January 2024 |
Kiteboarding (redirect from Kite surfing) His Bering Strait Kite-Surfing Adventure". Forbes. Retrieved 28 March 2017. Detroit Free Press, 12 January 2014, KITE-SURFING TEAM CROSSES ATLANTIC, by... 107 KB (11,791 words) - 18:56, 10 April 2024 |
The Endless Summer II (category Australian surfing films) of the surfing scene since the first film, which presented only classic longboard surfing. O'Connell rides a shortboard, which was developed in the time... 3 KB (227 words) - 08:46, 27 January 2023 |
Garrett McNamara (category Tow-in surfers) his brother Liam was more well-known in the surfing community. Tow surfing caught on among the surfing community in the early 2000s, and McNamara was one... 13 KB (1,337 words) - 02:03, 28 November 2023 |
Pete Cabrinha (category Tow-in surfers) Buzzy Kerbox started to experiment in big surf on the North Shore of Maui and invented a spin off called tow-surfing. They called themselves the "Strapped... 12 KB (729 words) - 14:54, 26 January 2024 |
Mathieu Schiller (category Sport deaths in France) Schiller pioneered the practice of tow-in surfing with jet skis. On 19 September 2011 at approximately noon Schiller was surfing along with over a dozen other... 6 KB (616 words) - 13:42, 1 March 2024 |
Waimea Bay (category Surfing locations in Hawaii) has clear and calm water. The surf break at Waimea Bay was significant in the development of Big wave surfing. Larger surf at the bay went unridden for... 7 KB (844 words) - 22:51, 20 April 2024 |
Nelscott Reef (category Tow-in surfing) only place on the Oregon Coast with the right conditions for big wave surfing. It is named for the former community of Nelscott, which is now a part... 1 KB (120 words) - 03:03, 13 January 2021 |
Riding Giants (category American surfing films) big-wave surfing (surfing waves that can reach up to 70 feet (21 meters)). The documentary chronicles the evolution of riding at Hawaii's Waimea Bay in the... 5 KB (483 words) - 12:39, 21 April 2024 |
This is a list of people associated with surfing or surf culture. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z References Reno Abellira... 23 KB (2,417 words) - 19:34, 4 May 2024 |