The Coastalwatch Isolation Salvation – No.4
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How are you holding up? About four weeks now of locking down at home and it's certainly not an easy time for anyone. Regardless of your situation, we hope you're managing to stay safe and look after the wellbeing of yourself and those around you. To help, we've pulled together another bunch of things to check out and keep the stoke burning. Some pumping Cyclone Oma tubes, an iconic rock-off fail, a goofy podcasts, and some classic reading all from Coastalwatch's archives. Stay home, stay safe, and do your best to stay stoked. We're all in this together. – CW
Froth An All-Time Swell
Oma Sends Monsters To Currumbin Alley
From February 2019, Mick Fanning, Damon Harvey,Wade Carmichael, Corey Ziems and a bunch of other committed humans took on massive Currumbin Alley over the weekend with Cyclone Oma producing some of the biggest, thickest barrels of the swell.
Have A Laugh
An Iconic Novelty Rock-Off
When novelty waves pop-up it's hard to work out how to approach them, right? Maybe try a novelty rock-off? See how it worked out for this guy at Neilson Park in 2016.
Something To Listen To
Deadset, It's a Puberty Blues Podcast
Yes, that Puberty Blues! For this special episode of The Dooley, Mike and Danny rewatch the iconic and controversial 1981 film formed out of the raw late 70s Cronulla hedonistic surfy culture and quiz through all sorts of perf questions about fish face molls, gutless wonders, and a legendary Mark Occhilupo cameo.
Surf Books You Mightn't Have Read Yet
Review: "Richo The Terry Richardson Story" and "Surfing Lennox, From Then To Now"
Nick Carroll takes us through two differnt books, working-class Aussie surfing legend Terry Richo and an icon surf zone of Lennox Head. Read the review here.
Master Surf Gaming
True Surf – How To Drop In
The official mobile game of the WSL is a pretty damn good way to kill an hour or ten. If you want to get onto it you can download it for your iPhone here, or for your Android here. For this week, the vid below hits us with when and how to drop in.
A Classic Read
Nick Carroll Reports From Day 1 of the First Ever Wave Pool CT
"So at EXACTLY 9am Hiro Ohhata caught the first wave of the first real event at the Ranch – this place that seems somehow perfectly suited to pro surfing, yet at the same time so alien to everything else we think of as 'surfing', it could almost pass for our version of the Moon.
It wasn’t exactly a Neil Armstrong moment."
Photo: WSL/Cestari
Stay Fit, Stay Sane
Surf Strength Coach – Core
Surf strength coach Cris Mills wants to help you stay surf-ready by offering up an ab workout specifically aimed at keeping your core tight so you’ll be ready to hit the water when the time is right.
Timeless List
Breaking Down the Life and Times of Joel Parkinson
With The Hold Down hosted by Ronnie and Vaughan Blakey, we run through the five biggest moments in the surfing life of the icon, the man, the 2012 World Champ, Mr Joel Parkinson. Sit back, relax, and soak in surfing greatness.
Craving more distraction?
Check out Isolation Salvation No.1, Isolation Salvation No.2 and Isolation Salvation No.3
A Ripping New Rage Vid, Pete Mel's Stoke Is Everyone's Stoke, and Maverick's on Skis? What?
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 15 2021
Photos and Highlights From the '21 Burleigh Single Fin Festival
The Most Core Surf Comp of the Year
Margaret River Starts 2021 on the Pump
One of the better summer swells in recent memory hits the Southwest
A Ripping New Rage Vid, Pete Mel's Stoke Is Everyone's Stoke, and Maverick's on Skis? What?
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 15 2021
Photos and Highlights From the '21 Burleigh Single Fin Festival
Margaret River Starts 2021 on the Pump
WSL's Horror Run Continues, Mason Finally Meets the Reef, and Waves Glorious Waves
Nick Carroll: The Big Surf Stories of This Stupid, Glorious Year
A Ripping New Rage Vid, Pete Mel's Stoke Is Everyone's Stoke, and Maverick's on Skis? What?
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 15 2021
Margaret River Starts 2021 on the Pump
One of the better summer swells in recent memory hits the Southwest
WSL's Horror Run Continues, Mason Finally Meets the Reef, and Waves Glorious Waves
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 8 2021
WSL's Horror Run Continues, Mason Finally Meets the Reef, and Waves Glorious Waves
This Week In Surfing: Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was January 8 2021
Padang Comes to Life as Late Season Swell hits Bali
Golden hour at perfect Padang Padang - it's been a good week to be in Bali... Photo: Childs
Daydream The Indo Season with Riley Laing & Crew's Swell Expedition
Offshore barrels and dreamy setups
Video: The Fizzlot kids – SW Grom Bash
A stoked out portrait of Australian Junior Surfing in the year 2018.
