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When six surf filmmakers get their cameras, in six different countries, you'll find one journey with different paths. Those are the "Se7en Signs", an experiment in collaborative filmmaking, signed by Innersection.

Nathan Myers, Ben Gulliver, Saul Garcia, Joao Rito, Adam Chilton, and Nat Lanyon are our eyes in the field. The surf movie visits outstanding spots, exotic cultures and uncrowded line-ups.
The film features Peter Devries, Asher Pacey, Ozzy Wright, Torrey Meister, Joel Fitzgerald, Harrison Roach, Otis Carey, Daniel Jones, Chris Del Moro, Eli Steele, Noah Cohen, Gavin Gillette, and Kiron Jabour surfing mysterious waves.

Indonesia, Tasmania, Taiwan, West Coast USA, and more are explored in experimental mode. Don't know what it is? Ask Nathan Myers, the brain behind the project.
"Se7en Signs" will hit the world's best movie theaters, and will be available on iTunes. The DVD edition will also include "Innersection Black".


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Big wave surfer Greg Long has been included in on National Geographic's annual list of Adventurers of the Year.

Long is featured alongside prominent mountain climbers, swimmers, skiers and kayakers, and adventure fans are being asked by National Geographic to vote in their favorite for the People's Choice Award.

The surfer from San Clemente, California, is a six-time winner at the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards.

He was surfing a massive swell at the Cortes Bank (100 miles off the California coast) with an elite crew on December 21, 2012, when he suffered a multi-wave hold-down and blacked out underwater.
Greg Long, 30, was rescued and revived by fellow surfers, stabilized and airlifted from the deck of their support ship by a US Coast Guard helicopter and transported to a hospital in San Diego where he was treated and released the following day.

"When you start to think about your friends and family. I know that I'm always going to ride big waves in some form or another. How, when, why, what's my motivation is still settling into place", Long tells National Geographic.

Despite the physical and mental trauma, Long soon resumed his quest for big wave performance, placing in the finals of the Mavericks Invitational, just a month after the accident.

Long quickly thereafter emerged as the Big Wave World Tour points winner in March, and in May took the Best Overall Performance Award at the Billabong XXLs, for the third time in his amazing career.

Past Adventurer of the Year honorees include base jumper Felix Baumgartner, surf legend Kelly Slater and astronaut John Grunsfeld.

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It may be considered the Eighth Natural Wonder of the World. Welcome to the surf cave, a secret spot literally surrounded by rocks.

When surfers believe to have unveiled all surf spots of the world's continents, there's always another one ready to be discovered. This time, we bring you an exclusive surfing experience.
A surfer nicknamed Ericsurf6 has ridden a wave that breaks in a cave, somewhere in Japan. The "cave surfing" experience, as he calls it, is short but intense.

Surrounded by steep cliffs, you can actually see two surfers taking off near the cave's entrance, and then riding the wave all the way through to the small rocky beach that lies ahead.

The access to the surf spot is pretty unusual, but the experience looks fun. The new Natural Wonder of the World has been named "Green Room". Find out why.

Cave Surfing - Natural Wonder of the World

A new bodyboard design promises a revolution in the art of catching waves.

Simon Moore, inventor and designer from Blackburn, United Kingdom, believes he has developed an innovative bodyboard that will help you catch waves easier.

"I had been working on an underwater parachute braking system designed to help slow down ships and yachts, in storms. This helped form the basis of my new invention", explains Moore on his Wave Catcher plea, at Kickstarter.

"Universities and marine institutes study wave motion and this information has helped with the design of our board. Their studies show us how waves rotate tumbling forward towards the shore.
With its premium Ripstop pockets located on the board's bottom, you'll be pushed in the same direction of the wave, with additional power.

Simon Moore says that the pockets don't stay open all the time, for example, when the board is already moving fast over the water.


The Wave Catcher is made with a premium polyethylene core, approximately at 2.2 lbs per cubic foot. Are you willing to test it out?

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For 48 hours in Oahu, big-wave surfers will rack their boards and enter the classroom for a study in safety—a summit to assess the risks of big-wave surfing today. The class will cover rescue techniques, breath training, emergency reaction situations, CPR, and other scenarios they might be face. Kohl Christensen, Danilo Couto, and Liam and Jodi Wilmott are spearheading the campaign, encouraging big-wave surfers from around the world to take notes, so that when shit hits the fan, they’ll know how to react.

Christensen and company hail from a long line of hellmen who surfed big waves before the era of paddle vests, inflation bladders, and safety teams. But the advent and increased availability of this technology, coupled with the tragic loss of close friends, was enough incentive for them to change their approach to big-wave safety.

“I didn’t wear a paddle vest in big waves for 10 or 15 years,” said Christensen. “But there wasn’t that consciousness that we have now where everyone is wearing them. Garrett [McNamara] was the only guy wearing them. We all thought he looked kind of funny, but he’s still around for a reason. It probably wasn’t cool back then, but today, fuck it. You don’t see a single skater riding a half pipe without a helmet. It should be the same thing with big-wave surfing. It’s a dangerous sport.”

Big-wave surfers clearly aren’t risk averse, admitted Christensen, but he’s adamant that’s no reason to make riding big waves even more dangerous by ignoring the available advancements in safety. The summit is in its third iteration now, adapting each year while sticking to themes of awareness and responsibility in the water. “We talk through scenarios and make sure everybody is on the same page when it comes to handling dangerous situations,” said Christensen. “Some guys know CPR, that’s pretty basic, but a lot of people don’t have much water safety knowledge beyond that. I’m no lifeguard—I’m just a surfer who’s seen a lot happen in big waves—but I’ve learned enough to possibly save someone in a bad situation.”
These last twelve months have been rough for big-wave surfing. The cost of the sport’s progression has never been so clear, with the near-drownings of Greg Long and Maya Gabiera, and the recent death of Kirk Passmore. In the rescues, Christensen said he saw the lessons from these classes applied. In the loss of Passmore, he saw some of the fundamental flaws of the sport revealed. He saw surfers pushing themselves beyond their means of safety.

“You want to be responsible,” said Christensen. “You want to have good equipment and wear your safety vest, not just for yourself, but for those out there that might be trying to help you. For your friends. There’s no reason not to. Big-wave surfing is an extreme sport. A lot of people have died. A lot of people have had friends die or come close to dying. How do we prevent it? We can’t totally, but we can do our part to manage the risks.”

For Christensen, the loss of close friend Sion Milosky in 2011 was the catalyst to start the class, and its evolution has continued with every swell event since. He’s adamant that there’s no reason the safety of big-wave surfing should progress any slower than the sport itself. “Hopefully it will bring awareness and make the whole big-wave season safer for everyone. We’re going to push it out there in the water. Guys are hungry, and that’s fine—that’s the way of our sport. But let’s just be safe and have fun doing it. Let’s enter the lineup knowing what to do if your buddy goes down, because whether it’s 2-foot or 20-foot, any wipeout could be their last