I was on the beach at Pipeline in front of the Quiksilver house during Kanoa's quarterfinal heat against Jordy Smith. It seemed all of the Hawaiians on the Nort...
On the afternoon of the World Surf League Big Wave Awards, former Big Wave Commissioner Pete Mel sat down with (soon to be) award winner and super charger Jamie...
“Nate Fletcher stands up on his jet ski from the safety of the channel and watches closely as a man on a dark green board strokes into a massive wave outside the bowl at Mavericks. After a perfectly executed ride (as seen at 2:30) Nate screams:“That’s not the commissioner, that’s the Executioner!”As is evident from Kyle Buthman’s edit of Pete Mel’s NorCal winter, the WSL commentator made the most of the off- season. From his home base of Santa Cruz, Pete took advantage of pumping waves at Steame...
