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Over a year ago, Robbie Maddison made his dream of riding his dirtbike on the ocean a reality. Since then, he’s spent his time perfecting his bike and working towards a bigger goal: riding some of the biggest waves in the world. We set out to the legendary “Killers” break off of Isla Todo Santos to ride with Robbie as he attempted to catch 30+ foot waves.
Dans ce nouvel épisode, retrouvez Kai Lenny, le waterman 2.0. L’invité de la semaine est Laird Hamilton, légende vivante des sports extrêmes ! La rubrique “En Mode Freestyle” revient avec une nouvelle discipline : la joute médiévale en BMX avec Raphaël Chiquet et Remy Dunoyer.
Almost every surfer has been there. On the paddle out or in a wipeout, at least one wave has pushed each of us deep underwater and held us down too long, so long that a little panic crept in: “I need to breathe. I have to breathe.” And if the hold-down continued, “Am I going to drown?!”
That time underwater can feel like an eternity, but in fact, most hold-downs last only five seconds. In large surf, that may stretch to 12 seconds. Even a big-wave surfer subjected to a two-wave hold-down will be underwater only for about half a minute. Objectively, it’s not that long … More