During the last days of his final term, President Barack Obama expanded the California Coastal National Monument (CCNM), protecting six locations along the coast that make up 6,230 acres of California shoreline. The move was part of a larger conservation and commemoration effort that involved the establishment of three civil rights monuments in Alabama and South Carolina, and the expansion of […]
Mick Fanning and Mason Ho teamed up recently and embarked on a transformational surf trip to the mesmerizing, wild, and vast icy paradise that is Alaska. The following short film documents the duo SUPing through ice fields towards marginally surfable waves made by melting glaciers, enduring ice cream headaches so bad they ended sessions, and surfing a couple really […]
The International Ocean Film Festival (IOFF) held annually in San Francisco is in its 14th year of operation. The festival features films with themes ranging from conservation to coastal culture to ocean sports and exploration to progressive uses of ocean based technology. IOFF is currently seeking submissions for the film student competition component of the festival with an extended deadline […]
Paul Nicklen’s photographs are raw, taking his viewers to locations and settings most humans will never go, offering an intimate look at unique species few people are likely to encounter. Massive ice caps melting in the far reaches of Norway, narwhals in the Arctic, leopard seals hunting penguins below ice sheets, and divers swimming beneath massive waves in Hawaii […]
Growing up surfing in cold water inspires an appreciation for quality wetsuit innovation. Thanks to Jack O’Neil and the procession of wetsuit companies and pioneers that followed him I’ve never had to think too hard about what I wear in the water. There was always an easy litmus test – if it kept me warm and […]