Tag archives for surfing
Behind the Shot: Big-Wave Surfer Mark Healey Catches a Monster Wave at Teahupoo
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on May 22, 2013 
Learn how the photographer got the shot and see more images like this in our Extreme Photo of the Week gallery: http://on.natgeo.com/i3409T Adventure: What were you thinking at this moment? Mark Healey: I was thinking that falling wasn’t an option! A: Tell us about this wave? What was it like to ride it? M.H.: This wave…
Film: Surfing After Sandy – Rebuilding Rockaway Beach, NY
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on January 1, 2013 
Beach 87th St. / Surfing After Sandy from Lukas Huffman on Vimeo. The film Beach 87th St. / Surfing After Sandy tells the story of surfing and recovery at the closest wave to New York City. Focusing on the stories of two surfing families who weathered Hurricane Sandy and are now rebuilding their lives and…
Photographer Chris Burkard on Shooting Surfing in Iceland and Norway – Stunning Photos
Posted by Sarah Polger on August 2, 2012 
See more photos like these in our Extreme Photo of the Week gallery. “We wanted to experience winter at its fullest,” recalls photographer and surfer Chris Burkard on shooting in Iceland and Norway’s bitter, icy conditions. “We thought spring was the coldest time of year, and we were right. It was brutal, but it also meant…
Mark Mathews on Surfing “The Right” in West Australia – Unbelievable Photo
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on February 28, 2012 
For our Extreme Photo of the Week, photographer Ray Collins was awarded the 2012 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year award for his image of Australian surfer Mark Mathews riding the wave known as “The Right” in West Australia. The award recognizes the “best of the best” in the Australian surf photography industry.“This day was…
Adventurers of the Year 2012: Surfer Carissa Moore
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 24, 2011 Over the next two weeks we will introduce each of the new Adventurers of the Year here on our blog. Be sure to cast your vote every day for the People's Choice Award. See photos of all the Adventurers of the Year! Surfing likes its legends. When the surf media started comparing a teenage girl from Hawaii with…
For World’s Coldest Surf Competitions, Surfers Take on Frigid Swells in New Zealand, Scotland
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on April 6, 2011 By Tetsuhiko Endo; Photograph courtesy Cory Scott, O'Neill When you hear the term “surfing competition” what images come to mind? California, palm trees, tropical blue water, guys with blonde hair who begin every sentence with “dude…”? That’s pretty spot on. However, wetsuit company O’Neill works on a slightly different paradigm. Every year they run the…
Surfer Anastasia Ashley on Big-Wave Surfing Hawaii’s Waimea Bay
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on February 8, 2011 Photograph courtesy Daniel Russo January 20 and 21 saw the biggest waves of the winter to pound Hawaii so far. Those surfers who were skilled enough and brave enough waxed up their big boards and headed to spots like Jaws in Maui, Outer Log Cabins, Oahu, and, of course, the spiritual home of big wave…
Surfing Photographer Chris Burkard on Capturing That Incredible Shot (Photos)
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on January 12, 2011 By Tetsuhiko Endo; Photographs courtesy of Chris Burkhard What were you doing when you were 24 years old? While most people are entering the work force or moving into their first apartments, photographer Chris Burkard is winning the Red Bull Illume contest. The Illume is a yearly competition that endeavors to choose the best action…
Adventure Photography: About the Shot – Surfing Wamberal, Australia
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 18, 2010 Photo by Nathan Smith, Red Bull Illume Contest Winner, Category: Close UpAbout the Shot The shot here is of one of my mates and fellow central coaster Andrew Mooney. He’s one damn charger on a surfboard and he’s got all the tricks. He now mainly concentrates on free surfing and is always great to shoot.…
Champion Surfers Stephanie Gilmore and Kelly Slater on Books, Travel, and Losing Andy Irons
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 8, 2010 By Tetsuhiko Endo, reporting from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico for the Rip Curl Pro Search competition Last week was one of the most momentous in the history of competitive surfing. In seven wild days near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, 22-year-old Stephanie Gilmore claimed her fourth world title in as many years (a feat unequaled in the history of…
Photograph by Chris Burkard, Red Bull Illume Which photo is your favorite from this year's collection of Red Bull Illume adventure photo contest winners? Here's one of ours from the "Illumination" category. Click through to see the photo gallery >> About the Shot It was a last-minute decision to go to Chile. We sat in…
Adventure Photography: Tips From a Top Surfing Photographer (Photos)
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on October 21, 2010 Text by Tetsuhiko Endp; Photographs and video by Mickey Smith An often overlooked fact of adventure is that outdoor photographers are often the same calibre of athlete as the men and women they capture on film. From the early Himalayan masterpieces of the Italian mountain maestro Vittorio Sella to Ansel Adams’ striking portraits of the…
Big-Wave Surfer Maya Gabeira on Fear, Beauty, and Her Favorite Surfing Spot
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on September 27, 2010 By Tetsuhiko Endo; Photograph by Dove Shore, Redbull Photofiles. See more surfing photos of Maya Gabeira >> In her short, but brilliant career, Brazilian big-wave surfer and a 2009 Adventurer of the Year Maya Gabeira has made very few missteps. Discounting the slew of broken noses she has sustained, she is a four-time Billabong…
Hurricane Season Surfing Report: How to Chase Swells
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on August 31, 2010 By Tetsuhiko Endo; Photograph by Ron Dahlquist, My Shot Contrary to popular belief, the summer is not a great time to be an American surfer. The sun is out and the water is warm(er), but the beaches are crowded, testy lifeguards limit access during certain hours, and most important, the waves simply aren’t that good. Atlantic…
Best American Adventures: Kiteboard Maui’s North Shore
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on August 16, 2010 We've just updated our popular America's Best Adventures feature with 50 new trips, bringing our grand total to 100 iconic escapes (see the map, state-by-state list, and photo gallery, too). So no matter what your pleasure—hiking, heli-skiing, surfing, climbing, biking, or paddling—we've got the perfect adventure for you. Check in each day for a new,…
Adventure in 60 Seconds: This Week in Exploration
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on May 14, 2010 See more Everest photos by Jake Norton here. MOUNTAINSThere is no doubt that mountaineering is one of the great adventure sports. It puts people in concert with the forces of nature in a way that few other pursuits can. However, what the triumphant summit pictures and unforgettable stories often fail to depict is the crushing…
Gear Review: Better Spring Surfing With Quiksilver’s Heated Wetsuit Vest
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on April 30, 2010 By National Geographic Adventure Contributing Editor Steve Casimiro, editor of The Adventure Life When it comes to surfing, cold water has little to recommend it. Other than the plus of heralding the typically larger waves of winter, it also means thicker, more restrictive wetsuits, the addition of booties and hoods, and—sometimes—creepy, bitey swimming things. But…
Get Lost: Four Must-Do Hawaii Adventures
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on February 3, 2010 Photograph by Michael Dyches, My Shot, see more island wallpaper like this.Last night ABC aired the highly-anticipated two-hour premiere of the final season of Lost. Shot on the island of Oahu, the show stirred a large amount destination envy as the survivors of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 hacked through dense jungle, hiked impossibly steep cliffs…
Meet the Adventurers of the Year: Surfer Maya Gabeira
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on December 2, 2009 Wave of the Future: Surfer Maya Bobbing in the South Atlantic, her partner, Carlos Burle, 42, still half unconscious after losing a battle with one of the first waves of the day, Maya Gabeira considered turning back. From the seat of her Jet Ski, the 22-year-old Brazilian watched as South Africa’s Dungeons break swelled to…
Best New Trips in the World: Surf, Hike, and Mountain Bike Pristine Sri Lanka
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on November 19, 2009 For our annual Adventure Travel issue, we scoured the globe to find the 25 Best New Trips in the World for 2010, complete with a Best Trips photo gallery. Today, we present Sri Lanka. The world’s far corners are now well within reach. SRI LANKA: MIA No More After the tsunami of 2004 and the resolution of a…
Video: Surfing the Arctic Circle
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on September 23, 2009 Last spring, we followed Ed Viesturs and the Fist Ascent team as they powered their way up Everest (see the photos, videos, and dispatches). Meanwhile, First Ascent was also sponsoring a very different group of trailblazers who were pushing into just as forbidding territory, not in search of summits, but of waves. This summer, an…
Two Historic Rides By Big Wave Surfers – And They’re Women
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on August 18, 2009 The last two weeks have seen historic rides by two of the best big wave surfers in the world. Oh, and, by the way, they’re both women. First, Californian Jamilah Star (one of our 2007 Adventurers of the Year) went to Mexico in hopes of catching a monster and ended up at the famous Playa Zicatela on one…
Smackdown: Top 10 Outdoor-Sports Rivalries
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on March 16, 2009 Text by Andrea Minarcek As March Madness kicks off this week, talk around ye old office water-cooler will likely revolve around NCAA basketball. But that doesn’t mean college hoops fans should have all the fun. So we decided to give you ADVENTURE crowd your own bracket-like list to debate: a run-down of the best modern…
The Adventure Life with Steve Casimiro: Fall Surfwear Review
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on October 6, 2008 Text and photos by West Coast Editor Steve Casimiro Empty shores, empty waves, the cold tang of your first October session, warm afternoons and mellow evenings—there’s nothing like sense of seaside solitude during autumn on the coast. Whether you’re in Indian summer or the perma-summer of Southern California and Florida, the beach culture never really…
Headliners: Adventure in 60 Seconds
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on July 14, 2008 A roundup of the latest adventure news, by Mindy Zacharjasz Looking for the next "hot" surfing spot? Pro-surfer C. J. Kanuha caught some 200-degree waves just 20 feet from lava at what is perhaps the world’s most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii. A little melted surfboard wax and peeling feet (and photog Kirk Lee Aeder’s…
