James R. Bramlett, 65, landed a 70 pound striped bass from the Black Warrior River near the Gorgas Steam Plant Thursday February 28, 2013. The fish was weighed on certified scales and officials and a fisheries biologist with the Alabama Department of Wildlife and Natural Resources were at Bramlett's home today to make it official. The fish is 45.5 inches long and has a 37.75 inch girth. It tops the previous state record by 15 pounds that has stood since 1959. That fish wa…read more

      A massive swell hit Teahupoo, Tahitit this week and a top crew of professional surfers including Mark Healey, Shane Dorian and Peter Mel charged the barreling left hand reef break at the end of the road.    

    300 participants had the chance to run the classic athletics distance of 400 meters almost vertically up to the Planica ski jumping hill. Check out the highlights from the prestigious event!      

    Professional surf cinematographer Chris Steblay produced a documentary about the Volcom Pipe Pro one of the more important surf contests in the world, which takes place at the venerable North Shore of Hawaii. To vote click here.    

    New Zealand athlete Ben Brown revisits his old friend, Huka Falls. The falls run off the Waikato, New Zealand's longest river. Watch Ben Brown kayak down the falls, much to the surprise of the spectators.      

Tiger sharks are common in these waters. SAINT-DENIS, France (AFP) — A French honeymooner was attacked and killed by a shark on Wednesday while he was surfing not far from the beach on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, authorities said. The 36-year-old was in the sea off the popular beach of Brisants de Saint-Gilles when a shark charged at him twice, prompting a nearby swimmer to raise the alert when he saw blood on the water, the local prefecture said. Lifeguards jumped in the water …read more

    After participating at the "2012 Aizhai Bridge BASE Jump Festival, Xiangxi" with some friends, Ramón Rojas and his friends decided to jump from the Tianmen mountain. For this jump they used the new adidas Apache Rebel wingsuit. This is just the beginning!      

    "CBS This Morning" contributor Michio Kaku, a physics professor at City University of New York, explains how one man managed to fly through a narrow gap in a mountain wearing a wing suit.  

    In this clip sport diver/fisherman Rick Coleman ventures out on a kayak just before the sun sets to catch lobsters by night. Using only a bright light and his hands, watch as he scuba dives for spiny lobsters off the coast of California. Video includes appearances of other creatures encountered such as: octopus, pacific electric ray, swell shark, mating crabs, horn shark, cormorant feeding, California halibut and more.    

    In an interesting BBC One episode a fisherman descends 20 metes to the sea floor and spear-fishes on one breath. Strangely he remains negatively buoyant enabling him to walk along the seafloor without weights. This fisherman has been known to dive like this for more than 5 minutes.