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The Biggest Wave Ever Surfed
Garrett McNamara has set a new world record, for The Biggest Wave Surfed in Nazare, Portugal. This record was previously believed to be held by Mike Parsons and was recorded 100 off the coast of San Diego at a place called Cortez bank. This wave in Portugal is estimated to have been 10-20 feet…
Andy Irons Tribute Video
We have held off here at Memoires with an AI tribute until we could find something befitting of the man, the champion. Thanks to the crew over at SurferMag we now have it. Check out this extremely well put together short video showcasing some of Andy’s best surfing and words of remembrance from some of…
Surfing The Mountain
We love seeing what we like to call crossovers, where you take the skills or equipment form one sport and make it functional in another. Recently we watched Chuck Patterson skiing big waves with specially designed Wave Ski’s. Today we bring you the opposite end of the spectrum as the Corey Smith and the boys…
Shaun White- The Greatest Multi-Sport Athlete of All Time
I know, I know. I already know the arguments. Jim Brown, Deion Sanders, Bo Jackson, Michael Jordan, and of course Jim Thorpe. A lot of ball focused sports there and I am not knocking that, I come from those sports, played them for years. I also grew up skiing and snowboarding and trying to skateboard,…
Chuck Patterson Wave Skiing
You gotta love Chuck Patterson. Surfer, skier and all around waterman, Chuck is one of the guys pushing sports to a new level. So it should come as no surprise when your out tow-in surfing and Chuck wizzes by you on a pair of…..yup, you guessed it ski’s. For a few years now, Chuck has…
Go Pro HD Hero Video Camera Review
It’s official. I’m addicted. When I first heard of the Go Pro Camera, i though it was a cool idea, but never though much else about it. Then I watched some other people’s actual videos and realized the obsession, and ironically, its all right there in the name…..Go Pro. Everyone wants to Go Pro and…
Free Soloing With Ueli Steck & Alex Honnold
What does it mean to be the world’s most elite climber? In the past it might have meant multi-day big wall ascents in a 3rd world country where only few people have ever been. Some would argue this is still the mark of the best climbers, always reaching into the unknown and finding new unclimbed…
Rip Curl’s – The Seven Ghosts Video
The 7 Ghosts Video from Rip Curl Tip 2 Tip- Leave it to the folks over at Rip Curl to continue pushing the limit. A few days ago they released a trailer for an upcoming video called “The Seven Ghosts.” The Seven Ghosts is a wave so perfect, so imagined so strange that most can’t…
Indian Cove Rock Climbing
It’s March 2011 and there are only a few weeks left before the rocks get too hot to climb at Joshua Tree National Park in California. Not to mention the most campsites in the park are booked months in advance, so where do you go? You go to a place where the beer flows like…
Mark McMorris – Backside Triple Cork 1440
Progression, that’s what its all about. We love to showcase the athletes taking things to new heights all across the globe. From the park to the backcountry. From new waves to riding giants they are the ones pushing the sports forward to new heights and inspitring new generations of riders across the globe. Today we…
