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Surfing - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch Surfing is a popular recreational activity and sport in which individuals are propelled across the water by the force of waves, whilst standing on, predominantly, GRP ("fiberglass") s. Surfing has a unique and often powerful appeal, which probably derives from an unusual confluence of elements: adrenaline, skill, and high paced maneuvering are set against a naturally unpredictable backdrop—an organic environment that is, by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable. Other surfing equipment includes leashes (to keep a surfer's board from washing to shore after a 'wipeout'), wax and/or traction pads (to keep a surfers feet from slipping of the deck of the board), interchangeable "skegs" (also know as fins), and of course in warmer climates surf trunks or board shorts. encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /surfing.htm   (1872 words)

Surfing DVDs and surf videos Tow-in surfing would be realized on one of the biggest waves in the world, and you#ll be there to see it all! This Surfing dvd came out in theatres last year and the opening sequence, with Mike Parsons riding a 70-foot wall of water, was possibly the most exciting beginning to any film I have ever seen. Learning to Surf with Surfer Joe is a three part series intended to take you from solid ground (with information you need before you jump in the ocean and invest in equipment) through basic surfing skills and finally to advanced surfing in Part 3. www.saltwater-dreaming.com /shopping/surfing-DVD.htm   (1823 words)

E's Surf Report: glassy... smaller Ruffo was at motor-assisted surfing's new frontier, known as "tow-at" surfing to distinguish it from the big-wave sport called "tow-in." Both involve personal watercraft pulling surfers toward waves. A key drawback to tow surfing, however, is the expense. The advent of towropes coincided with a boom in the sport of surfing. www.niceness.org /new_surf/archives/001003.html   (3840 words)

Danger Woman General Information 1/03 - the K-38 Rescue course to prepare for tow-in surfing Central Surf Longboard Tube Riding Contest (Puerto Escondido, Mexico) 3/03 Puerto Escondido Central Surf Longboard Tube-riding Contest www.dangerwoman.com /general_info.shtml   (467 words)

Haleiwa Tow In - Home Page The "2nd Annual North Shore Tow-In Surfing Championships 2005-2006" is slated for the upcoming WINTER SURF SEASON on Oahu with a tentative Holding Period from 12-21-05 until 3-31-06. Tow-In Surfing has allowed surfers to catch waves on outer reefs that most times would be too big to paddle in to! Tow-In Surfing has been developing since the early 1990's. www.haleiwa-tow-in.com   (1260 words)

Tow-in Surfing Tow-in World Championships The innaugural 1997 tow-in surfing world championships have been postponed till later in '98 due to money matters (boo, hiss!) There are those who argue that tow-in is artificial and not legitimate surfing. Darrick Doerner Originally one of the old-school longboarders, Darrick is pioneering the tow-in movement at Peahi. www.geocities.com /Pipeline/1597/tow-insurfing.html   (305 words)

[TowSurfer.com] Dedicated to extreme surfing and those who dare! The sport of extreme paddle surfing and tow-in surfing should not be attempted without extensive training, experience and professional assistance. This is both a high risk and dangerous sport and may result in or cause serious injury to oneself or another and may even cause death. www.towsurfer.com   (151 words)

[TowSurfer.com] Dedicated to extreme surfing and those who dare! Tow-In Surfing establishes bonds between partners not unlike a marriage and allows each partner to feel a part of the successes of each wave. Big Wave Tow-In Surfing is a dangerous sport that requires the level of mental and physical conditioning that only year round conditioning and training can provide. When the surfer drops the rope he uses his momentum to catch waves that are generally un-catchable by paddle in surfers. www.towsurfer.com /towin.asp   (151 words)

www.waveski.info - Tow-Ins Are Happening Now ! But then there are those in other parts of the world that have already been out there testing the dynamics associated with tow-in surfing on waveskis. The Quicksilver Standup Pros were also out having their own tow-in session filmed and the film crew couldn't help but swing their cameras over to a couple of crazy waveskiers having a ball with new found speed & confidence on their waveskis. ......and you are right about the golf ball ski being the weapon of choice but the boys also said that they have to negotiate a bit of chop from the jet ski's wake. www.waveski.info /nuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=166   (717 words)

Maverick's Books Matt Warshaw Big-wave surfing meanwhile advanced way ahead of where I'd left off in late 1999, particularly with the latest tow-in developments; the revised edition of Maverick& has a lot to do with the fact that local surfers in 2003 were riding waves at least 15 feet bigger than they had been in 1999. A detailed and richly illustrated history of big-wave surfing is told in the even-number chapters, while a spectacular and deadly five-day swell from late 1994 is recalled in the odd-numbered chapters. Tsunami waves travel in sets, like regular ocean waves, and as the second enormous swell lifted up, Holaua allegedly ripped a plank from the side of his house, positioned himself beneath the curl, shot down the face, and rode to shore. www.mattwarshaw.com /books/mavericks   (532 words)

INVITE: Thur Oct 28 BIG WAVE Surf Benefit @111 Minna Gallery (SF) A powerful big wave rider, lip attacker, and talented tube-rider, Pauline Menczer is one of the winningest pros in the history of women's pro surfing with 28+ world tour event wins. In the mid '90s, she had already become the first woman to paddle and tow into the massive waves of Hawaii's Outer Reefs, under the tutelage of legendary big wave rider Ken Bradshaw and her future husband, Mike Gerhardt. See spectacular surfing by both men and women, from Santa Cruz to Mavericks. www.cooleremail.net /users/wcgi/Tribal_2004SG.html   (712 words)

Laird Hamilton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Laird has been credited with innovating and popularizing tow-in surfing, which has met with mixed reactions from the surfing community, some of whom feel that it is cheating and polluting. Laird's explanation is that tow-in surfing is the only way to catch the really big waves such as those seen at Jaws (Peahi) off the coast of Maui. Laird used tow-in to conquer the Tahitian surf spot Teahupoo. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laird_Hamilton   (619 words)

Surfline Billy Hamilton (August 27, 1948- ) In 1976, Hamilton was chosen to do the surfing for Jan Michael Vincent's character, Matt Johnson, in John Milius' Big Wednesday, as well as the scene in which lifeguards abandon their small boat in the pit of a giant, oncoming wave. In 1959, Hamilton was introduced to surfing by way of a Hobie double-ender, and his playground would soon extend from Rincon to Baja. Stepson Laird has established himself as the sport's premier big-wave rider, leading the tow-in revolution around the world. www.surfline.com /surfaz/hamilton_billy.cfm   (683 words)

2005 BILLABONG PRO TAHITI: FINAL DAY Then, in what is now regarded as one of the most momentous surfing sessions ever, Teahupoo pulsed at its powerful best for two solid days with giant 6m waves offering ideal tow-in surfing conditions for the world’s top ranked and best big wave surfers. As the world’s spotlight turned on Teahupoo for a marathon month of surfing, the reef break turned on the full range of elements from perfect spitting barrels to heart thumping 6m mountains, to the on-shore rain drenched days of unsurfable slop. It was 'game on' from the opening minute of the final with the pair of 'Teahupoo Specialists' putting it all on the line with late drops and super deep barrel rides to post nine point plus rides. surfingthemag.com /news/surfing-world-championship-tour/tahiti_051805   (1469 words)

a few Words with Raph Bruhwiler on Vancouver Island tow in surfing and the Pororoca tidal bore on the Amazon - Surfing Vancouver Island.com ..... cold water surfing in Canada When the river runs low, the big tides around the full and new moons, rush up the river and its tributaries in a muddy wave that has been recorded as far as 200 kilometers inland. For as long as people have lived in the Amazon basin they have known there's something different about that river and its tributaries, something that sets it apart from other rivers. In the spring during the rainy season, around the full moon, the river sends out a "great boom" that reverberates through the low land jungles. www.surfingvancouverisland.com /surf/st404.htm   (2115 words)

Spirit of Aloha - Aloha Airlines' in-flight magazine with information on Hawaii vacations, Hawaiian island maps and the best places to travel in Hawaii. Beachley has traveled the globe and ridden many of the big-wave venues, both tow-surfing and paddle-in surfing. An Australian, Beachley is a frequent visitor to the North Shore and a big-wave hunter who has claimed the world surfing title the last four years running (and in December, as this magazine was going to press, she was in Hawai'i vying for her fifth title). Beachley's talk is big, far bigger than her slender 5-foot-5-inch frame. www.spiritofaloha.com /features/0103/surf.html   (1318 words)

Spirit of Aloha - Aloha Airlines' in-flight magazine with information on Hawaii vacations, Hawaiian island maps and the best places to travel in Hawaii. Beachley has traveled the globe and ridden many of the big-wave venues, both tow-surfing and paddle-in surfing. An Australian, Beachley is a frequent visitor to the North Shore and a big-wave hunter who has claimed the world surfing title the last four years running (and in December, as this magazine was going to press, she was in Hawai'i vying for her fifth title). Beachley's talk is big, far bigger than her slender 5-foot-5-inch frame. www.spiritofaloha.com /features/0103/surf.html   (1318 words)

Maverick's Books Matt Warshaw In late December 2000, Maverick's went to #9 on the Bay Area Best-Seller list, and was Amazon-ranked was #1 in my hometown of Manhattan Beach, and I guess that's part of the reason I jumped so confidently into the Encyclopedia of Surfing production cycle thinking I could wrap things up in just 18 months. Big-wave surfing meanwhile advanced way ahead of where I'd left off in late 1999, particularly with the latest tow-in developments; the revised edition of Maverick's has a lot to do with the fact that local surfers in 2003 were riding waves at least 15 feet bigger than they had been in 1999. Maverick's took about 10 months to make, and everything about this project just got better and easier as it went, until by the end it seemed like none of the people involved could put a foot wrong. www.mattwarshaw.com /books/mavericks/index.php   (532 words)

Gravity Grip - The Buzz Continued 5) If you like variation in your surfing, then Gravity Grip is perfect for TOW-INS, SKURFING and learning to KITE SURF. Go surfing, find a boostable shore break section and just keep pumping out the “hands free” large airs. Go skurfing with a couple of mates, skurfing with Gravity Grip behind a powerboat is heaps of fun. www.gravitygrip.com /aboutthebuzz2.php   (314 words)

DVD Rental Divine Intervention DVD - Image Entertainment Inc - General DVD Join Garrett McNamara, 2002 and 2003 Tow-In Extreme Surfing World Champion and the XXL Billabong Best Overall Winner as he gives testimonials on one of the heaviest surf trips of all time. Go on the boat to watch some of the best surfing in history, with footage from Teahupoo, Jaws and Pipeline going off! DVD Rental Divine Intervention DVD - Image Entertainment Inc - General DVD hitflix.com /GeneralDVD/gr208770D1.htm   (314 words)

[TowSurfer.com] Dedicated to extreme surfing and those who dare! Surfriders support of a PWC ban is now endangering the lives of human beings due to the extreme intent on their desire as an associate body to rid the Sanctuary waters of Personal Watercraft and Tow Surfing. Currently there is no tow surfing associate body that has a set guideline for operational laws and rules of conduct that pertain to Personal Watercraft use and also coincide with all regulatory laws and regulations pertaining to recreational boating activities. Because of the advance in technological designs for small vessels, this sport is an offshoot activity derived from other on-water sports, and therefore many of the original laws that were drafted for waterway use do not incorporate new technology use. www.towsurfer.com /archives/editorials_091703   (314 words)

MJ FEATURE: Last Man Standing - Surfer Laird Hamilton He'll just let you know: 'You better get out of my way.'" Which is what happened to his wife in mid-1995, when a cable sports TV show, The Extremists, with Gabrielle Reece, came to Maui to film a segment on tow-in surfing. He conquered the most dangerous wave in surfing history, he's married to fantasy girl Gabrielle Reece, and this month the new movie Riding Giants is going to anoint him as the greatest surfer ever. He seems to be, for once in his life, relishing what he has, not what he could have -- standing in the Maui sunshine like Odysseus back on Ithaca, his trials behind him, the suitors slain, and his wife and child his own again. www.mensjournal.com /feature/0407/lairdHamilton.html   (4865 words)

EXPN.com - Story Even current world surfing tour stars are anxious to take part; Australia's Luke Egan has confirmed as has Hawaii's Shane Dorian, who has recruited six-time World Champion Kelly Slater as his tow-surfing partner. Project organizers have invited an elite group of renowned big-wave surfers to participate on various legs of the Odyssey, including Californians Peter Mel, Ken Collins, Brad Gerlach and Darryl Virostko, Hawaiians Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, Ken Bradshaw, Brock Little and Brian Keaulana, and Australians Tony Ray and Ross Clarke-Jones. Billabong Odyssey plans call for three expeditions each year, two in the Northern Hemisphere between October and March and one to the Southern Hemisphere during its winter, June-August. expn.go.com /lifestyle/s/010712_billabong_oddyssey.html   (4865 words)

International Games News May 2004 The Gravity Games Water event in Perth in October will feature wake boarding, kite surfing and tow-in surfing, and an H20 festival with a skate park, climbing wall and BMX course and concerts. Diamond, an Olympic shooting champion for Australia, was involved in a domestic dispute, and while that case was in the courts, had his gun license suspended and was not able to compete in Australia's Olympic Trials. The next Summer European Youth Olympic Festivals are scheduled to be held in Lignano, Italy in 2005 and Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro in 2007. www.internationalgames.net /may2004.html   (4865 words)

Something Requisitely Witty and Urbane: Stacy Peralta Peralta turns his camera on the Big Wave surfers, first in Hawaii, with Mark Fu, to Southern California, and then finally to tow-in surfing with Laird Hamilton. "Riding Giants" is not a stretch for Peralta, as skateboarding cropped up out of surfing to begin with. Stacy Peralta was one of the original Venice Beach skaters, and he made his name by becoming a pioneer of the Skate Video craze. www.srwu.net /index/2005/09/stacy_peralta.html   (718 words)

Stacy Peralta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia His still-lingering love of the board manifested itself in Dogtown and Z-Boys, an award-winning documentary and autobiography film regarding his early days as a skateboarder, and Riding Giants, a 2004 documentary of the history of modern big wave surfing and tow-in surfing. Peralta also wrote the screenplay for the dramatic retelling of the Dogtown days in "Lords of Dogtown" (2005). Stacy Peralta (born October 15, 1957 in California) is an American director, as well as a former professional skateboarder, skateboarding videos ever made. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stacy_Peralta   (165 words)

Surfing DVDs and surf videos - surfing movies In August of 2000, Hawaiian big wave waterman Laird Hamilton, one of the creators of tow surfing, was pulled into the largest wave of the day by jet ski in the sleepy town of Teahupo'o. From letting go of the two rope to rocketing into the channel in a gale of compressed air and spray, the apex of one man's life all came together in a mere ten seconds which shook the surfing world. Hamilton's feat including being sling shot over a thick ledge where the wave hit the reef and almost tripled in size, which would have ended in severe injury or death if not successfully executed. www.saltwater-dreaming.com /shopping/surfing-DVD.htm   (1942 words)

Laird - Big Wave Tow-In Surfing - Laird Hamilton Surf DVD Learn about the origins of "Tow In" surfing and a whole lot about waterman Laird Hamilton. Laird - Big Wave Tow-In Surfing - Laird Hamilton Surf DVD The footage is awesome and even if big wave surfing isn't normally your thing, this one is still a must have. www.wavejammer.com /videos/shortboard/short031.shtml   (67 words)

Surfing Experts: The Willis Brothers Big wave tow-in surfers, Ross Clark Jones and Tony Ray, started their tow-in surfing careers with the Willis Bros. and World Surfing Champion Cheyne Horan on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Ross Clark Jones, Tony Ray, Milton Willis, Michael Willis, and Ted Schmidt made big wave surfing history by surfing some the of the world's largest waves ever paddled into to this date. This year the Willis Bros both were Surfing magazine’s unofficial $50,000 big wave challenge winners. willisbros.com /willis/aboutBios.html   (67 words)

Big Wave and Tow in Surfing Specialist - Garrett McNamara Garrett's Extreme Challenge in Chili Results are in! It doesn't matter if I am carrying a shortboard, a longboard or a big wave gun, these are absolute best surf board bicycle racks you can get!" 2005-05-06 Tahiti Pics of Garrett Coming in from Tim McKenna www.garrettmcnamara.com   (67 words)

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