Red Bull Minor Threat pairs four veteran, elite surfers with four junior surfers on remote surf breaks in the Mentawai Islands. Based on the Indies Trader IV boat, both young and old push one another to progress their skill level in surfing. Join Bruce Irons, Kolohe Andino, Jamie O’Brien and more as they explore the Mentawais and conquer its high performance waves.
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NBC’s World of Adventure Sports show with segments from Recent Red Bull Trip to the Marshall Islands
Schedule and Info at World of Adventure Sports
Surf exploration is nearly as old as surfing itself but no matter how far we look, the next frontier is still on the horizon. This winter, Red Bull athletes Levi Siver, Jason Polakow and Kai Lenny joined legendary boat captain Martin Daly and the rest of the Oxbow Waterman Team in the wild and remote Marshall Islands. Equipped with windsurfers, kites, stand-up boards, long and shortboards no waves went unridden.
WOAS 2011 broadcast schedule on NBC*:
DATE TIME
July 16th 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
September 10th 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (NEW DATE AND TIME)
October 9th 5:00 – 6:00 PM ET
November 13th 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET
December 18th 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET
For the airing schedule of WOAS on VERSUS and Universal Sports please click here
*Show times are subject to change*
-According to Martin Daly
1. A bit of research goes a long way. Get marine charts of the area you are interested in. The British admiralty pilot for the area will also have lots of interesting historical data on wind direction, frequency, and strength, as well as cyclone tracks, when they occur. Remember cyclones and hurricanes push swell ahead of themselves generally not so much in their wake. Look for areas where the wind is frequently offshore and coastline features like points and river mouths. Look at the water depth and the seabed gradient near these features. If the water is really deep right up to the coast…[read the full article]
The Marshalls is one of the most isolated nations in the world. For the watersports enthusiast the Marshalls offers more than almost any other destination.
A couple photos from RedBull’s latest trip on the Trader 4 ….
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Dispatch 1 / Dispatch 2 / Dispatch 3 / Dispatch 4
Dogtooth Tuna, Marshall Islands
Timelapse from the Back of The Trader 4.
Check out More of Dave’s Work at his website http://davecollyer.net/
The first time I had a chance to go to the Mentawais was way back in 1992, the trip Tom Carroll, Ross Clarke-Jones and some mutual friends did on the Indies Trader before it was a charter boat and when only a handful of people knew about the waves up there. The crew on that original trip were the only surfers in the Mentawais at the time, experiencing a sense of isolation and adventure that few surfers will ever share, surfing perfect waves, never knowing what lay around the next corner.
Full Article on SurfingWorld.com.au
So, Martin, you’ve got yourself an island surf sanctuary in the Pacific. Sounds nice.
I was trying to keep a lid on it. I didn’t want a repeat of what happened in the Mentawais. For the last five years, I’ve been lurking around there trying to get something going. I’ve got a bit of a mission going forward. I don’t want to be looking backwards. I’ve got a picture of myself sitting on a beach in the Marshalls, with a fishing line in the water and my son surfing by out front.
You’ve leased an island there? How long for?
Yeah, I’ve leased an island there, for 90 years. That should see me and my son out. It’s a fantastic place. I want to try and do it right, apply what I’ve learnt over the years in my travels around the world. The environment’s what attracts me. Hopefully we can keep it that way.
