Month: December 2015

Shane Dorian Ride of the Year Winner plus The Billabong XXL Award Nominees from 2015

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Billabong XXL 2015, Shane Dorian Ride of the Year

I can’t believe I missed posting this, the Billabong XXL Award Nominees from 2015 🙂  Plus, Shane Dorian, Ride of the Year Video!

 

Video of The Return to Nazare of Maya Gabeira after drowning, possible Glassy chest high surf at the Pier Monday morning 12/07, posted Sunday 12/06 at 6:20 PM

by oldwaverider, posted in Big Wave Video & Photo Locations, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Brevard Surf Predictions Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach, Nazare

Maya Gabeira actually went unconscious in the waters of Nazare, back in 2012 or 13.  Carlos Burle rescued her.  She snapped an ankle, and passed out a couple times.  In this video, she faces her fears head on, by getting back in the water in Nazare.  After having two hernias in her back repaired also.  See the video below:

Monday morning should be chest high glass at the Cocoa Beach Pier.  I don’t know how this swell is breaking, as Johnson Avenue is not, even though it has size.  We got a lot of sand dumped here, and even in Hightowers which has been breaking really poorly on a number of swells, including last week.  But hopefully, Monday am at the Pier will be fun 🙂