Surviving Giants / Second Generation Waimea Bay Charger, Emi Erickson
A Big Wave Series by Shannon Reporting
The unofficial queen of Waimea Bay, Emily Erickson has followed in her legendary father’s footsteps as one of the North...
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If you could travel back in time and see surfing in its infant state, what do you think you would...
By Andrew Oliver “The Season,” as it’s known on the North Shore, roughly corresponds to the six weeks of competition, events, freesurfs, parties, and shenanigans during the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing window. A global pilgrimage of competitive warriors, heavy-wave chargers, freeloaders, hanger-ons, and everyone in-between converge on this storied...
By Shannon Reporting Aussie Jack Robinson’s prowess on the North Shore this year is unmatched. The nickname “Jack Robo” has...
Odi Schlossberg
The SurfAid Cup Series Artist
By Taylor Phelps Odile ‘Odi’ Schlossberg grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, spending vacations along the Uruguay coastline where she developed an irreplaceable passion for the ocean. “We’d spend our summers in Punta del Este, where I learned how to surf and became immersed in the surf culture.” Odi’s pleasant...
Hidden in Plain Sight / Benji Brand
The Freesurf Interview
By Andrew Oliver With social media’s infinite broadcast of the banal, the tragic, the triumphant, and everything in between, it’s...
Surviving Giants / A Big Wave Series
Talk Story with Pioneers Shane Dorian & Keala Kennelly
A Big Wave Series by Shannon Reporting Sleeping giants begin to awaken from their summer slumber, as thunder and lightning electrify the northern shores of the Hawaiian Islands. The rainy season warns us of potential for record-breaking storms on the horizon, and all the training leading up to this very...
By Brent Bielmann “Shooting fisheye photos in waves of consequence makes me feel alive; I love the rush it gives...
Catching Up with Imaikalani DeVault
Vans Triple Crown Threat
Written by Shannon Reporting Traveling around the globe on the WSL Qualifying Series, Maui’s Imaikalani deVault is clocking his share...
Rainos Hayes
The Trained Eye
By Andrew Oliver One of the more familiar faces of the Vans Triple Crown is the perpetually stoked Rainos Hayes, Billabong Hawai‘i Team Manager and personal coach to WSL athletes Seth Moniz and Courtney Conlogue. Rainos has well over two decades of experience coaching junior and professional athletes in Hawai‘i...