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Blue Crush
''Blue Crush'' is a 2002 sports film directed by John Stockwell and based on Susan Orlean's 1998 ''Outside'' magazine article "Life's Swell". It stars Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake and Mika Boorem. The film tells the story of three friends who have one passion: living the ultimate dream of surfing on Hawaii's famed North Shore. Plot Anne Marie (Kate Bosworth) and her fourteen-year-old sister, Penny (Mika Boorem), along with good friends Eden (Michelle Rodriguez) and Lena ( Sanoe Lake), live in a small house on the North Shore. They all have been helping raise Penny, since her mother moved to Las Vegas with her boyfriend. While Penny is at school, Anne Marie, Eden, and Lena work as maids in a super-luxury resort hotel, but more important than that, they are surfers. Anne Marie rises every morning before dawn to train for a possible surfing comeback. As a child, she had been a rising star in women's surfing, until she suffered a near-fatal wipeout. This has temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stockwell (actor)
John Stockwell Samuels IV is an American actor, director, producer, writer and former model. For writing the film ''Cheaters'', he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special. Early life Stockwell was born in Galveston, Texas, the son of Ellen Richards and John S. Samuels III, an attorney. Stockwell's sister is historian Evelyn Welch, and his niece is singer and songwriter Florence Welch. He attended Harvard University, and simultaneously began commuting to New York City to appear on episodes of the soap opera ''Guiding Light''. Career He began his career as an international model. During his time as a model, John became a friend of Andy Warhol. His first feature film as an actor came with a small role in 1981's '' So Fine''. His well-known roles came in the 1983 comedy film ''Losin' It'' as Spider; later that year, he starred in the John Carpenter horror film ''Christine'' as Dennis Guilder, and the 1985 co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banzai Pipeline
The Banzai Pipeline, or simply Pipeline or Pipe, is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O'ahu's North Shore. A reef break is an area in the ocean where waves start to break once they reach the shallows of a reef. Pipeline is known for huge waves that break in shallow water just above a sharp and cavernous reef, forming large, hollow, thick curls of water that surfers can tube ride. There are three reefs at Pipeline in progressively deeper water farther out to sea that activate according to the increasing size of approaching ocean swells. Origin of the name The location's compound name combines the name of the surf break (Pipeline) with the name of the beach fronting it (Banzai Beach). It got its name in December 1961, when surfing legend producer Bruce Brown was driving up north with Californians Phil Edwards and Mike Diffenderfer. Brown stopped at the site to film Edwards catching several waves. At the time, there was a construction projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Carroll (surfer)
Thomas Victor Carroll (born 26 November 1961, Newport, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian former professional surfer from Sydney. He won the Australian Junior Title in 1978, the Pro Juniors in 1977 and 1980, the 1983 and 1984 ASP World Tour, and the 1987 Pipe Masters. He became the first surfing millionaire after signing a contract with Quiksilver in 1989. Pro tour highlights Carroll made the finals of the 1979 Pipe Masters as a world tour rookie, finishing 24th in the world that same year. He continued to ascend from 17th to 10th to 3rd before taking the world title in 1983 (winning 6 of 13 events) and distinguishing himself as the first goofy foot world champion. The following year he answered the challenge from veteran Shaun Tomson to win the championship again. In 1985, he boycotted the South African leg of the tour in protest against apartheid and subsequently fell behind Tom Curren. Carroll finished 2nd the following year. In 1988, he made history again by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Keaulana
Brian Keaulana is a well known Hawaiian surfer, lifeguard, and waterman. He played himself in '' Baywatch: Hawaii'' and has provided invaluable support as a stunt coordinator in dozens of major motion pictures. He has extensive experience for water stunts. Relatives Son of the legendary Hawaiian 'Buffalo' Keaulana. Born and raised on the beach at Makaha. His brother, Rusty Keaulana was 3 time Asp World Longboard Champion. Filmography Film *''Point Break'' 2015 stunt coordinator: Hawaii *'' Jurassic World'' 2015 stunts *''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' 2014 stunts *''The Descendants'' 2011 stunt coordinator *''Forgetting Sarah Marshall'' 2008 stunts as Brian Keaulana *''Pipeline'' 2007 stunt coordinator *''Memoirs of a Geisha'' 2005 stunts *'' The Big Bounce'' 2004 as Barry Salu *''50 First Dates'' 2004 as Jet Skier *'' In God's Hands'' 1995 as Brian *''Waterworld'' 1995 stunts *'' Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise'' 1995 as Brian Keaulana *''The Endless Summer II'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Abubo
Megan Abubo (born January 28, 1978) is a professional surfer from Hawaii. Biography Born in Connecticut and raised in Hawaii, Megan Abubo showcases a style honed on powerful reef-breaks and deepwater ocean waves. Growing up in Hawaii, Megan quickly became one of the "beach boys" and worked her way to a spot on the World Championship Tour ranks in 1998. She has been on the WCT ever since and in 2000 she was runner up for the world title. She has had many victories both in and out of the water. In October 2004 Megan won the WCT Rip Curl Malibu Pro and shot from 14th to 9th in the ratings. In 2002, she won the WCT Figueira Pro in Portugal, and in 2001 she won the WCT Roxy Pro in Fiji. Throughout her career she has had 5 other WCT victories. Megan joined a handful of the best women surfers in the world on the first all-female boat trip with Transworld Surf to Indonesia in 2004. Activism Today her work includes being spokesperson on behalf of Roxy for Keep A Breast – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Layne Beachley
Layne Collette Beachley (born 24 May 1972) is a former professional surfer from Manly, New South Wales. She won the World Championship seven times. Currently she is the chair of Surfing Australia. Surfing career At the age of 16 Beachley became a professional surfer. By the age of 20 she was ranked sixth in the world. Beachley became the Women's ASP World Champion in 1998, and won the title again in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2006. She is the first woman in history to win 7 World Championships, and only surfer, male or female to win six consecutive world titles. She shared the woman's record for most World Championships won with Stephanie Gilmore until Gilmore won her eighth title in 2022. In 2004, Layne was given a wildcard entry into the Energy Australia Open held at Newcastle, one of the rare occasions a woman has competed in a men's surfing event. In 2006, Layne was inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame. Beachley announced on 10 October 2008 that she would r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochelle Ballard
Rochelle Ballard (born February 13, 1971) is an American professional surfer and a veteran of the Association of Surfing Professional's (ASP) World Championship Tour. She co-founded International Women's Surfing (IWS) and has appeared in several movies and television shows, most notably, ''Blue Crush,'' '' Step Into Liquid,'' and Beyond the Break. Ballard has been a pioneer for the advancement of Women's surfing over the past two decades. Early life Ballard was born Rochelle Gordines in Montebello, California on February 13, 1971. Her parents moved to the island of Kauai in Hawaii when she was six months old. With the encouragement of four-time World Champion and Kauai resident Margo Oberg, Ballard started surfing at 12 years old. Oberg had been a top surfing professional for more than three decades and was a mentor to Ballard when she was first learning to surf at Kauai's north shore. Career Ballard began surfing local competitions and then advancing to state competitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Philips
Carol Philips (born 1966) is a pioneer of big-wave bodyboarding for women. She was the first woman to compete against the men at the Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore (Oahu). She founded the World Championship of Women's Bodyboarding in memory of Don and Josie Over in 1990. She was the first woman to hold a permit to run a contest at the Banzai Pipeline. Philips is the founder of the North Shore Surf Girls - Surf School. Philips was featured in the book ''North Shore Chronicles'' and was in the film ''Blue Crush''. Philips was appointed in 2005 to a four-year term on the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women by the Governor of the State of Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat .... Records * Vice Champion, Morey World Championships, 1993 * United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coco Ho
Coco Malia Camille Hapaikekoa Ho (born April 28, 1991) is a professional Hawaiian surfer born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She began surfing at 7 years old, following in the footsteps of her family. Early years At age 7, Coco Ho began following in the footsteps of her surfer family. Coco's father, Michael Ho, was a professional surfer (World Cup and 1982 Pipe Masters) as well as her uncle, Derek Ho (1993 World Champion). Her brother, Mason Ho (1st Place Cold Water Classic ASP Pro Jr. 2008), played a major role in Coco's early surfing influences; he inspired her to surf as well as he did. With her parents allowing her to discover the sport of surfing, and with brother Mason there to impress her, Coco was set for a life in the water. Coco earned her first sponsorship at 8 years old and at age 17, she qualified for the ASP Women's World Championship Tour. In 2009, Coco won the Rookie of the Year award. Raised on Oahu's North Shore, Coco spent most of her time surfing the "Seven Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billabong (clothing)
Billabong International Limited is an Australian company focused on surfing, primarily a clothing retailer that also produces accessories, such as watches and backpacks, and skateboard and snowboard products under other brand names. Founded in 1973 by Gordon and Rena Merchant, the company first traded on the Australian Securities Exchange in August 2000. The name "billabong" is derived from the Wiradjuri word ''bilabaŋ'' that refers to a "creek that runs only during the rainy season". As of September 2013, Von Zipper, and Element were two of the prominent brands that Billabong owns. Honolua Surf Company, Kustom, Palmers Surf, Xcel, Tigerlily, Sector 9, and RVCA were the company's other brands. In 2018, Billabong International Limited was acquired by Boardriders, Inc, owner of rival brand Quiksilver. From late 2012 onwards, following the company's decline in the period since 2008, Billabong International has been the subject of several protracted bidding and takeover proc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keala Kennelly
Keala Kennelly (born August 13, 1978) is a professional surfer, DJ, and actress from Kauai, Hawaii. After spending a decade ranked in the top 10 on thASP World Championship Tour (WCT) Kennelly took a break from the tour in 2007 to explore her passions for acting and music, including a recurring role as a surfer in the 2007 series ''John from Cincinnati''. She continues to DJ and compete as a big wave surfer. Surfing career Kennelly turned professional at the age of 17 and soon began surfing in the World Qualifying Series (WQS). After finishing 2nd in the world on the WQS Tour in 1997, she was accepted to the World Championship Tour and quickly began earning victories at some of the tour's biggest events. Kennelly began a string of successful visits to Teahupoo, Tahiti in 1998 when she won the Gotcha Black Pearl Women's Pro. She would go on to win 3 more times in Teahupoo in 2000, 2002, and 2003. 2003 was a breakout year for Kennelly as she peaked at number 1 in the WCT rankin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansion team, the team began play the following year. They are named after the Vikings of medieval Scandinavia, reflecting the prominent Scandinavian American culture of Minnesota. The team plays its home games at U.S. Bank Stadium in the Downtown East section of Minneapolis. The Vikings have an all-time overall record of , the highest regular season and combined winning percentage among NFL franchises who have not won a Super Bowl, in addition the most playoff runs, division titles, and (tied with the Buffalo Bills) Super Bowl appearances. They also have the most conference championship appearances of non-winning Super Bowl teams, with them being one of three (along with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Rams) to appear in a conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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