Tag: Bodhi
Garrett McNamara Surfs Biggest Wave Ever Ridden
You don’t really equate Portugal with massive waves, but big wave rider Garrett McNamara knew a sick wave when he saw one. So, he pulled a Bodhi and rode it. Now the video’s making the rounds, the general consensus is that the wave is 90 feet high and…if that’s true, you’re lookin’ at the biggest [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2011 under Surfing.
Tags: big wave, biggest waves ever surfed, Bodhi, Garrett McNamara, glacier surfing, Portugal, surfing in Tofino, world records
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Warner Bros. to Remake Point Break?
This is kinda like Andy Warhol re-painting the Sistine Chapel. Some things are perfect as they are. And therefore, let them age gracefully.
Rumors have swirled for years about a Point Break sequel, and the casting had already been done, shortly before the financial crisis of 2008. Back then, the sequel was going to be called [...]
Posted: September 14th, 2011 under Inspiring.
Tags: Andy Warhol, Bodhi, Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Point Break, Point Break Indo, Point Break remake, Sistine Chapel, Warner Bros to remake Point Break
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Two Brits Kite Surf the English Channel
Most people either fly across the English Channel or do the chunnel in a high-speed Eurostar train. This is a video of two Britons, Wayne “Worsil” and Tom “Tiny Tops” who, like many Brits to each year, flew the distance from England to France. What’s different about these guys? They braved some seriously choppy waves [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2011 under Kite Surfing.
Tags: Bodhi, cojones, English Channel, kite-surf the English Channel, Point Break, Richard Branson, Richard Branson kite surf the English Channel, two brits kite-surf the English Channel
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Zoltan Torkos, Surf Magician, Does Insane Triple Kick-Flip
Even if you’re not a surfer, you gotta see this. Zoltan Torkos, aside from having a seriously cool name, now has the distinction of performing the first ever triple kick-flip. Or at least the first one caught on film. This is just nuts. He took home 10K for that little move. [...]
Posted: May 17th, 2011 under Surfing.
Tags: Bodhi, Zoltan Torkos, Zoltan Torkos does triple kick-flip
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Dean Potter, World-Record BASE Jump
Any video with Dean Potter, high altitudes and no safety harness is gonna be good and this one doesn’t disappoint. Dean Potter is the American daredevil I blogged about a year ago, and he has a curious habit of climbing mountains without safety equipment, and either jumping off it, or slacklining it (tight-rope walking without [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2011 under Air Extreme, BASE Jumping, Get a Rope!, Rock Climbing.
Tags: Bodhi, daredevil, Dean Potter, Dean Potter Vs Felix Baumgartner, Felix Baumgartner, Point Break, slack-lining, wing-suit, world records
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D.B. Cooper For Team Extreme
Long before Patrick Swayze made it cool to jump out of a perfectly good airplane with a bag o’ cash strapped to your chest, another extreme skydiver made the leap. For those of you not familiar with the story, Dan Cooper, aka D.B. Cooper, hijacked a 727 in November of 1971 and demanded $200,000 in [...]
Posted: March 29th, 2010 under Respect Your Elders, Skydiving.
Tags: Bodhi, cojones, D.B. Cooper, Point Break
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