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Michael Woodsmall

Michael Woodsmall

Editor at Everup

Business & Media

Kelly Slater Leaves Quiksilver: Why The Hell Didn’t This Happen A Decade Ago?

4 min read Apr 1, 2014

Growing: Fergal Smith Digs In and Gets Back to His Roots

10 min read Mar 11, 2014

Coming Up For Air: A Meditation on Cold Water Surf

6 min read Mar 10, 2014

Of Motorcycles and Men: Surfing’s Moto-Madness

5 min read Mar 4, 2014

Business & Media

The Big Wave World Tour: The Best Thing for Surf Right Now

6 min read Feb 19, 2014

He wasn’t even sure he wanted to go. Tracking the swell, big-wave surfer Andrew Cotton, known more commonly as Cotty among friends and fellow surfers, was considering the outer banks of the nearby Emerald Isle instead.

Business & Media

Andrew Cotton’s Big Break: On Being an “Average Surfer,” Garrett McNamara, and the Wave that Almost Wasn’t

11 min read Feb 13, 2014

We go wild for impossible feats, and seemingly wilder when that impossibility is realized. And with each additional view, the business models of the GoPros and Red Bulls receive affirmation. It’s not too many shades away from torture porn.

Business & Media

Limitless: Viral Video Pushes Extreme Sports To Dangerous, Sometimes-Fatal Levels

6 min read Jan 23, 2014