The 2015/16 World Surf League’s Big Wave Tour is looking forward to a spectacular winter season fueled by major El Nino conditions. After releasing the list this week filled with 36 of the best big wave surfers on the planet, it looks like the Big Wave Tour is locked and loaded and merely awaiting the “Green Light” […]
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NY Bender / An NYSEA Collective / Video
NYSEA Presents | NY Bender NYsea | New York Bender from NYsea Collective on Vimeo. What’s a bender? A heavy string of nights and days that turn into a long run. A mix of good times, tired eyes, and sore bodies. A bender involves happy moments, sad moments, and angry moments but when its over […]
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James Parascandola /Photo Gallery & story
Eye candy gallery by professional photographer James Parascandola. Enjoy ! “This swell was well needed here in New York after just coming out of one of the flattest septembers in history. About three weeks ago everyone began seeing a little disturbance down south and started talking about how we could possibly get waves. My fingers […]
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Kealii Mamala / Tahiti Perfection / Video
Kealii Mamala comes from Hawaii. He has found a bond here in NY and has become part of the New York family. When people say, some are born to do what they do. Well, Kealii was born to surf. He doesn’t just surf though, watch this video below and you will understand what we are […]
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Kealii Mamala | November in Nazare, Portugal
Ambassador from Hawaii, Kealii Mamala spent the month of November, 2014 in Portugal chargin the heavy wave of Nazare with Garrett McNamara and the North Canyon crew. Here are some of the highlights. Enjoy ! Filmed by Humberto “Beto” Santos Edited by Etan Blatt Kealii Mamala | November in Nazare, Portugal from Etan Blatt on […]
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Paddle Harder / 1-21-15 / Outer reef, Hawaii
January 21st 2015 saw the biggest swell of the year so far in Hawaii. The Skudin brothers Cliff and Will met up with Kealii Mamala for some Hawaiian power. An amazing outer reef paddle session went down. The brothers were not the only East Coasters in the line up. Fellow NYer, Balaram Stack, NJ’s Rob Kelly […]
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The Nazare Round Up
Heading into Thanksgiving this year was different for the Skudin brothers. They didn’t have the traditional turkey dinner at home with their family, instead Will and Cliff were at Newark International Airport grabbing fast food and boarding a plane to Portugal. “Our eyes have been on Nazare for the past two years, but especially this […]
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Fog is a Factor
When most of us check the surf report, we pay attention to wave size, swell period, swell direction, tide, wind speed and wind direction. Fog, however, is usually an unexpected factor that can sneak up on you and is difficult to forecast. In this case, New York’s Cliff Skudin, Hawaii’s Kealii Mamala and Andrew Cotton out […]
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NYSEA Crew @ Jaws (1-19-14)
NY’s Will and Cliff Skudin join Hawaii’s Kealii Mamala for a heavy session at Jaws.1-19-14, All Shots are frame grabs of video shot by Ricardo Estevez. Footage coming to NY Surf Week Party July 2014 ! From what we gathered it looks like there were some bombs, clean up sets, wipeouts and nuts rides. […]
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NY making history at Teahupoo
New York’s Will Skudin meets up with Hawaiian friends Kealii Mamala and Garret Mcnamara to take part of one of the heaviest sessions to date at the world’s most dangerous wave. Teahupoo Tahiti ! NYSEA got up with him on Skype yesterday to ask him about the swell. NYSEA “Fill us in, how was that session […]
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2012, NYSEA going out with a Bomb !
Bomb equals Big Wave in surf terminology, for those who didn’t get the feature headline. NY’s big wave hellman/brothers Will and Cliff Skudin team up with Hawaii’s Kealii Mamala and friends for an epic New Years Eve big day in Hawaii. NYSEA caught up with Will to get the scoop on what happened out there: […]
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