by The Editors on November 3, 2013
Surfing lost one of its most its most influential surfers on Saturday, November 2, 2013 when Hawaiian legend Buttons Kaluhiokalani died in California after a long battle with lung cancer, according to the blog on the Buttons Surf School. He was 55.
Buttons Kaluhiokalani was a former Hawaiian Pro Surfer and is well known for his radical and stylish surfing. In 1973, at the age of 13, Buttons traveled to the US Championships in Malibu, California, as an amateur, where he placed second. Seven years later, Buttons won the Sunkist Open at Malibu. . . During the 70′s Buttons really perfected the progressive style of surfing he is so well known for. Uncle Eddie Rothman calls him “the Innovator of Modern Day Surfing.” Buttons was the first to perform a carving 360 on film. A true Style Master, Buttons is renowned for his pocket surfing, switch foot and skateboard inspired maneuvers.
Our thoughts are with the Kaluhlokalani family.
[Link: Buttons Surf School & Surfer Magazine] [click to continue…]
by The Editors on November 2, 2013
by The Editors on November 1, 2013
Corey Duffel, Bo Mitchell, Rob Brink and a big, hairy Erica Yary impersonator star in this week’s episode of the Weekend Buzz. Ouch.
by The Editors on November 1, 2013
by The Editors on October 31, 2013
Tow-in legend Laird Hamilton discusses Monday at Nazaré, Portugal with the mainstream media and has a few interesting things to say about Maya Gabeira and Carlos Burle world record attempts.
“Maya, she doesn’t have the skill to be in these conditions,” Hamilton says. “She should not be in this kind of surf and I feel like it’s Carlos’ responsibility to take care of her and make sure she doesn’t drown.”
From the comments around the net Hamilton does not appear to be alone in these opinions.
[Link via Tracks]
by The Editors on October 30, 2013
The legend of Tom Sims gets another nice boost in the form of a Mazda car commercial which somehow ties Tom’s innovative spirit to that of the Mazda CX-5. If the jocks at the world’s finest snowboard site Yobeat hadn’t been watching some pro sports balls and bats game we would have never known about it.
[Link via Yobeat]
by The Editors on October 30, 2013
Happy Halloween for sure, but where are all the bikinis?
by The Editors on October 30, 2013
Apparently, Mr. Blanco isn’t the only snowboarder in the world who has sponsors who can kick down a private halfpipe. Apparently, Danny Davis and Torah Bright also have the hook ups. Here, let them show you. . .
[Link: ESPN]
by The Editors on October 30, 2013
AOL, the company that can’t figure out what it is in the post-dialup world, still has a lot of money and they’ve been giving it to people who can do interesting things with it. One of those things is a new show called My Ink in which sporting stars take us all on a tour of their bodies via their tattoos. Episode two stars Ryan Sheckler, who from the looks of him, is nearly out of canvas space at this point, but that doesn’t mean he’s not nice to everyone he meets because he is. We know this.
[Link: My Ink]
by The Editors on October 28, 2013
Maya Gabeira had another near drowning today (October 28, 2013) while hunting a world record wave at Nazaré, Portugal.
She was unconscious when she was finally rescued. Her team mate, Carlos Burle rescued her from the sea and performed CPR.
Maya soon recovered her consciousness and was taken to a hospital. She is fine now.
According to Transworld Surf Gabeira suffered a broken ankle but is otherwise fine.
[Link: Transworld Surf]
Surfing lost one of its most its most influential surfers on Saturday, November 2, 2013 when Hawaiian legend Buttons Kaluhiokalani died in California after a long battle with lung cancer, according to the blog on the Buttons Surf School. He was 55.
