Vibes on Orygen

Some mellow artsy vibes from these two Oregon surf slide shows.

Kelly Slaters Last Heat Ever?

This may just be the rummer mill spinning again but it looks like eight time ASP World Tour champion Kelly Slater is calling it quits.

"The 35-year-old was extremely disappointed after the heat and has booked himself onto the next flight out of Chile to return the United States.

It's believed Slater has no interest in contesting the tour's next event in South Africa and has served his final professional event."

This from The Age "Slater Tipped to Retire"

Watch Slater duck and weave through his last heat against Australian Dean Morrison.

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH ARICA: DAY 6

Andy Irons, Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning and the boys frothing on day six of the ASP world tour stop in Arica, Chile. Congrats to AI on hoisting is second Rip Curl Pro search trophy in as many years.

"They're the best trophies - There epic, I've got one for the living room and one for the mantle now" says Irons. Read the full story today at Surfline.com

Glacier Surfing Looks Super Heavy

An excerpt from DeepwaterFilms -- "As an avid surfer myself, I was enthralled with the consistent perfection of this wave; a perfect 'right-hander', traveling up to 200 yards. And this wave was not like the river waves I had seen before, such as those created by tidal bores, or the standing waves that occur in river rapids. This wave was big; up to 20-30 feet in height. It had immense power, and when it hit the submerged "reef", which was only 18" deep in some places, it jacked up and threw a 'heavy barrel'.

The wave itself was perfect, but the safety conditions were not. Icy waters, strong currents, and the danger of ice projectiles (some as large as Volkswagens) made paddle surfing into this wave a suicidal mission."

Jack Johnson Surfing

Jack Johnson surfing to his own tunes in these clips from the Malloy brothers "a broke
down melody". This film is beautiful, if you don't have it run out and get it.

ASP World Tour Arica Day 5

RIP CURL PRO SEARCH Arica, Chile. I am watching Dean Morrison beat Kelly Slater right now, but for some reason I can't help but wish that RipCurl had sent the boys back to Mexico. Good on ya Dingo!



Heaps of Chilean talent in this video of the Miss RipCurl Chile Search from Rip Curl Pro Search Chile.

The Making of the Rip Curl Pro Search - Mexico

What does it take to run a major ASP event in the middle of Mexico? Where the waves are Kelly Slater, "better then Snapper," Taj Burrow, "The best waves I have ever had in my life." Find out for your self.

Great behind the scenes action, part 1 of 7



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ASP World Tour this Week in Arica, Chile

A few words about "El Gringo" from the boys.



Some local Arica boys in the Trials.



Some filthy barrels in this pre-contest session by Mick Fanning.

The Orignal Pipeline Posse, Ricky Grigg, Mike Stang and Greg Noll

The Realities of Surfing Pipe from the Pipline Posse.

Pipeline Posse - Project 1 set for release June 26th.

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Next Stop on the Men's ASP World Tour Arica, Chile

This short promo video from Rip Curl gives you a bit of location and background information regarding the wave the boys will be surfing in Arica, Chile. The boy's at aspworldtour.com are calling it the South America Pipe and have this to say about the mutant slab.

"The right looks to do it all in one heaving bowl but the left definitely offers those come from behind overlapping bowls that Andy, Kelly, Bruce and the Hobgoods absolutely revel in. The place looks pretty fun at 5-6’, but apparently things can turn a tad nasty beyond this comfort zone. It tends to break on the same ledge so one can imagine the arena shrinking, ala Waimea Bay, considerably on a day of consequence."




Some video of "El Gringo" from the Billabong Odyseey.

Reflections on Santa Barbara

Some of the best years of my life were spent in Sana Barbara. This little project features a few of my favorite spots, sand bar and little rincon. I like to think the little chest high left featured at the end is my favorite depressions peak, we used to call it "our beach."

A couple of blokes reenacting the Point Break climax at Bells

Funny thing about surfers, no matter how bad the movie, if it has surfing in it it's an instant classic

Dynamite Surfing!

Quiksilver giving us landlocked surfers some good ideas.