Patagonia Surf Ambassador, Mary Osborne, product testing the new women’s reversible Jane wetsuit on a gorgeous fall sunrise in Ventura, CA.
Follow Mary as she journals about her recent adventures! Read about the culture, people and waves she discovers all year long.
Check out this great video and article on ESPN.com about my latest trip to the Qiantang Tidal Bore to surf the Silver Dragon. http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog/_/post/7132398/a-river-bore-runs-it The Silver Dragon doing it’s thing. Perfection, approximately 50 miles from the coast.
Mary Osborne, Wingnut, Curren Caples, Pato, Sergio Laus, Colilin Harrington, Sergio Laus, Nick Taylor and Chloe Calmon surfing the Qiantang River Tidal Bore in China, 2011.
I am off from skydiving and shark diving in Fiji to China to surf the Silver Dragon Tidal Bore. Is this life for real? We have a great group of surfers from around the world joining us. It should be a blast! Here’s a link to a Transworld Surf article and video from when we were out there last year. Surfing China 2010 from Glenn Brumage / Wabsono on Vimeo. Twice every year the Qiantang Tidal bore thunders down the river from the Hangzhou Bay almost 30 miles past the city of Hangzhou. Since 2007 Surfing China and Wabsono, with the permission of the Chinese government, has invited Pro surfers to surf the bore known as the “Silver Dragon”. This year the team included Jamie Sterling, Mikala Jones, Robert Wingnut Weaver and Mary Osborne. Mary had the honor of being the first woman ever to have surfed the “Silver Dragon”…
Skydiving onto Tavarua was the most beautiful thing I have ever done. I want to go again. Then our crew surfed 4-6ft Cloudbreak followed by swimming with reef sharks, bull sharks and a giant 15 foot Tiger shark. I think I might be stuck in a dream. Video & pix soon. Cross your fingers Liquid Life TV show gets picked up in OZ.
I just went open water shark diving in Fiji. It was an amazing experience. Check out this video of a Tiger shark my friends got to pet:
Mary was recently featured on the Patagonia website in the Pic of the Week from a surf trip in Sumatra, Indonesia. You can view the image and download a high resolution wallpaper image from Patagonia’s website by visiting the following links. View the image on Patagonia’s website. Download a High Resolution Wallpaper Paper Image.
Mary Osborne is an icon in the international surf industry. At her young age, she can already look back on a 10-year career as a competitive surfer, fashion model, writer, and environmental advocate. Traveling to remote places many of us only dream of, she has become an ambassador for environmental causes as well as female empowerment. Read more…
If you missed our Summer Splash Festival Fundraiser event, now is your chance to watch it online.
These clips our from the final week of 2011 summer surf camps with our mini campers. View the video on YouTube.