Professional kiteboarder Hannah Whiteley riding at Pro Kite Brasil – Uruaú – Ceará in december 2011.

“I was so happy when we finally arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil! Gigi from Pro Kite Brasil kindly picked me up and we headed to Uruau, an hour’s drive from the airport. The spot at Pro Kite Brazil looked insane! Windy and a big butter flat empty lagoon all for me and I woke up just 5 steps away from this all! I felt like I needed to wake up, it did not feel real. I had some awesome sessions!!! The night life was almost non existent there, everyone was in bed asleep by 9:30pm!!! But I didn’t mind this as I could just really focus on my kiting for my 2 week stay. “

Shot and cut by Andre Magarao

Song by Two Door Cinema Club

A short clip presenting Bethany Hamilton who after surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm managed to return to professional surfing. She wrote about her experience in the autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. The book later was turned into a film. Have a look at the video and share the inspiring story.

In this episode Quiksilver Ambassador Stephanie Gilmore meets Casandra “Defy” Rivera and they talk about what inspires and drives them and how dancing relates to surfing.

Austrian filmmakers Illuminati have recently released the teaser for their new film “Hike3″.

It sees riders including Mitch Toelderer, Stefan Häusl and Bibi Pekarek spurn their home mountains and head to Norway in search of some powder.

Without lifts, snowmobiles or helicopters, the groups hiked all their own lines in the dramatic coastal scenery.

“The mountains up there are insane, some of them stick right out of the ocean and are about 2000m high. It can be quite a mission to reach the lines you want to ride so beside some experience and knowledge, it’s good to bring everything you need for exploring. As days get longer and longer so far north, once we had our last run at 10pm before getting up at sunrise at 3am to hike up for our next mission!”

Filmmaker Jo Tyrell has just released a new surf documentary, “Watching Water”.

Filmed in Southern California and on the North Shore of Oahu, “Watching Water” sets out to explore the visceral essence of surfing. The sounds, the solitude, the friendships formed, the experience of being in the ocean and living ultimately by its rules.

From that first turn, to the first win. The local break and being far from home. The changes, the moments – and the courage to face them. Being with friends – and losing them. This is a story, about what it means, to be out there.

” I came to California with a small idea and a borrowed camera that I’d never used. I didn’t know anyone, or what to ask. From a series of small coincidental events and people believing in the idea I began to create a film. I had grown up wanting to know what they did out there, I’d see them sitting for hours in car parks or on beaches staring out to sea. What were they looking at, what could they see out there that I couldn’t? What made them keep going back?

I finally rode a way the other day, I’m still learning, but I get it. “ by Jo Tyrell.

To watch the film and for more information go to watchingwater.com

Episode 2 of Colbie Caillat trip to Tahiti. Enjoy!

Patagonia have just released this short snow film, Last Light.
There is an undeniable magic in the final seconds of a day’s light that give mountains impossible texture and life before falling into shadow.

Made by Sweetgrass Productions, it sees riders Stephan Drake, Forrest Shearer and Johan Jonsson go in search of big lines in the Glacier Bay National Park near Haines, Alaska.

Quiksilver Ambassador and world champion surfer Stephanie Gilmore meets Tiler Peck, New York ballerina to learn what inspires and drives her and how dancing relates to her passion of surfing.

A short video showing Colbie Caillat on her trip to Tahiti. Something for us to remember that after the winter come warm, spring days. Colbie Caillat and Ellie-Jean Coffey on Tahiti, enjoy!

The Water Dancer is a series of short films in which Stephanie Gilmore meets and has a conversation with premier dancers to learn what inspires and drives them and how their dancing relates to her passion of surfing. In this episode Quiksilver Ambassador meets Noemie Lafrance.