Slide Mag

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger......... (Is A Stupid Expression)

Think tow-in is easy? Just glorified water-skiing eh? Well watch this clip and then judge. Whilst the skill of paddling and taking off on a wave is removed you still need to be fecking fit and experienced to handle these kind of doughnuts... As for what the dude on the SUP is up to???
Clip after the jump-

ChatRoulette- Genius Or Downright Disturbing Weirdness?

The web has always been a strange place full of weird and wonderful concepts and people. The latest in a long line of freak shows is an addictive/horrifying website that goes by the name of ChatRoulette. The premise is simple, it does pretty much what it says on the tin, in that you can chat with entirely random people. Be they naked, a Nazi, Rick Astley or the more normal regulation bored looking fat guy. Check it out but don't blame me if you see things you might not want too...

Aquatech Waterhousing & Canon 40D For Sale...

I'm selling a state of the art Aquatech D35 waterhousing for Canon 40D/50D and a Canon 40D (with 2 cards, 3 batteries and  540 flash) on eBay. Click the links for the relevant pages, more photos and info...

Surf Photo 101- Line Ups...

Action shots featuring a surfer date. 
A good line up, however, is timeless. This pic from Ireland is over 10-years old and I never get bored of it. It's also sold well, featuring in countless magazines and as the main image for the Quiksilver Masters event in Bundoran.
To take a good line up you don't need fancy wide angle lenses or water housings, nor do you need a crazily expensive big lump of Canon glass. You just need a camera. Any camera. Even a compact...

Come Back With Your Shield... Or On It.

I first saw Michel Bourez (aka The Spartan) surf somewhere in the outer islands of Tahiti on an O'Neill Mission trip. This was before he qualified for the tour. There was no doubt in mind back then as he pulled into crazy kegs and launched air reverses on near dry coral head end sections that he was destined for big things... Click below for the clip-

Fings You May Have Missed...

     

He's Fergalicious...

Here's a sick little clip from the Smith's and Allan Wilson. The in the tube footage is such a hard thing to pull off, on any wave, let alone a deathbox like Rileys...  Makes you wonder what Aileens looks like inside on a big day. I'm sure we'll be finding out soon enough! Clip after ze jump-

Quiksilver's Cypher Vision- A Short Film In Super Slo-Mo...

We've seen the little ad snippets but now here's the full 13-minute short film of the redonkulous super slo-mo project Quik did in Mexico (with some bonus Tahiti). Dane, Julian, Jeremy and Kelly as you've never seen 'em before. It's a rad little clip. Stick it on 720p HD hit the full screen and sit back with a cuppa and enjoy... 

Dion Agius & Mitch Coleborn Loose In Little Wedgers...

Modern Collective hombres Dion and Mitch doing things in a very average little wave that will make you go 'hmmmm'. Dem boys can surf da poopy waves good. Also it looks nice and warm. Wish we could boardy it in the UK more... Clip after de jump-

Young Guns In Hawaii...

Thoroughly depressing grommet ripping. Kids are getting better younger. You can but watch and be impressed. Some will become big names, some will fade but they all surf better than 95% of us every will. Welcome to Monday! Clip after da jump-

How To Not Watch The Mavericks Surf Comp...

You may have read about the awesome Mavericks contest (full Surfline report here) which featured monster waves and a crowd smashing clean up set (BBC News version) but there's other bits of YouTube gold we've found... Clips after the jump-

Surf Photo 101- Sensors Explained Kind Of...

Got a good question from one reader- 
Can you explain for us ignoramuses what you mean when you say Full Frame Sensor? I'm not clear why say the Canon 5DMk2 is 'Full Frame' and the 7D isn't, and why some lenses suit the Full Frame well (e.g. 15mm) but not others? Thanks Professor. These are great tutorials....

Surfing’s Dark Secret… Scheiße ya!

My girlfriend read something I’d written on t’interweb the other day and reacted like a proper Daily Mail reading shocked of Tunbridge Wells- 

“You really piss in your wetsuit?” she exclaimed in horror. ‘Err, yes. Everyone does, what of it?’ I replied. 

“So you mean to tell me that even Kelly Slater pisses himself when he wears a wetsuit?” She -like most hot-blooded females I know- has a bit of a soft spot for The Bald One™ and whilst he may be the King he still needs a wee now and then; although as we all know he pisses excellence…

Let The Froth Commence...

There was a time long ago when surfers forecast what the waves were going to be doing in the future themselves- just by looking at a picture of squiggly lines. They didn't go on the interweb and get spoon fed numbers and stars. These squiggly line pictures were hard to find -the world wide web only existed in Tim Berners-Lee academic brain at the time- and to see them you had to watch the BBC weather religiously...

Julian Wilson, Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds and J-Flo In Slo-Mo...

More stunning visuals stuck around an attempt to make you buy stuff. Don't worry about the boardies (as it is the middle of winter and miserably wet and cold as only Britain can be) and enjoy Dane, Jools Wilson and the Bald Man in super slo-mo... Clips after da jump- 

Ian Walsh On A Whopper..

Okay so this may be an advert but as adverts go it's pretty frickin cool. Ian Walsh, Chopes and one mother of a big wave... Clip after the jump- 

Alan Stokes Is The Internet...

Mr Stokes has a shiny new website that's gone live about 3-seconds ago. It looks right tasty with plenty of photos, vids and his bloggity. Good to see the Brit pro's catching up with the World Tour fellas when it comes to online shenanigans. Mick, Parko, The Goods etc are all doing it so why can't we? It also features a plethora of my photos from all over the place. Go check it. It nice...

Bruce Irons Bum Ride...

It's not quite a classic 'cockroach' (where you lie on your back and wave your arms and legs around) but it's a pretty good bum ride. Especially considering it's at wild, wooly Pipe. The Volcom QS is down to the semi's which will hopefully run this evening our time. John John, JOB, both Walshies, Mark Mathews, Danny Fuller, Kiron Jabour and East coast US surprise Brett Barley are in the frame... Clip is here (Day 3, Rd32, Heat4 apologies their embed code is useless).