Stand Up Paddle Boarding is a sport that might not look as flash or fun as regular old surfing, but after 10 years of SUPing, i feel like I’m just beginning to understand the magic of the sport. During a recent 4 day camping mission to a secret surf spot, (to protect it, lets just call it: Bailey Road, Pungarehu, Taranaki – google it!), I had the most truly epic four days of surfing of…
Continue readingOk here is something that Kelly Slater has been working on for 10 years! The perfect wave pool. This wave is so perfect that when he gets barrelled it looks like time is standing still! Nice one Kelly!
Continue readingHO HO HO AND A BIG FAT MERRY XMAS FROM VERTIGO! It’s that time of year again and here at Vertigo we have you covered for all your christmas needs our shop is bursting at the seams and our online store is being updated with new stock daily. So come in and see us or shop online , Santa has been kind to us this year so we are going to spread some christmas joy!!!…
Continue readingSeven Ghosts Ep1 – Tidal Fantasy – The footage you’ve been waiting for… When the first pulses of the tidal bore showed, Bruno Santos, Dean Brady, Tyler Larronde, Oney Anwar, and original Searcher Tom Curren were there to greet the chocolate barrels of the Seven Ghosts. Witness the greatest river bore tubes ever surfed.
Continue readingI’ve never understood what the fascination is with running. Since the invention of the automobile in the late 1800s it’s always boggled my mind why people would run anywhere when there’s a perfectly good car take them wherever they want to go. While attending a half marathon in Kerikeri north of Auckland to support my brother-in-law I saw one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen. It was your typical New Zealand day with sun,…
Continue readingThis day at Teahupoo- Aug 27th 2011 during the Billabong Pro waiting period is what many are calling the biggest and gnarliest Teahupoo ever ridden. Chris Bryan was fortunate enough to be there working for Billabong on a day that will go down in the history of big wave surfing. The French Navy labeled this day a double code red prohibiting and threatening to arrest anyone that entered the water. Kelly Slater described the day…
Continue readingTwo thumbs up for us our new website has finally arrived after no less than about 6 months in preparation! With this new site we hope to bring you a whole bunch more product, videos, deals, free stuff, snowboarding, surfing and paddle boarding action from around the world. The new site has some really cool features on it and we hope to be introducing some more webcams down the track to enable you to keep checking the surf. It all…
Continue readingHere is a short film on the Xcel TDC wetsuits that explains the technology behind the suit.
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