2012 Billabong XXL Ride Of The Year winner Nathan Fletcher breaks down the swell that hit Teahupoo, Tahiti last year, the ride that changed his life and changed the face of big wave surfing forever. Barely escaping death in one of the scariest looking waves of the day, Nathan gets completely barreled before getting sucked violently over the falls
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Chelsea Tuach (BRB) 19, has won the Women’s QS6,000 Pantin Classic Galicia Pro over Leticia Canales Bilbao (EUK) 20, in a low scoring final disputed in the early evening Pantin sun.
Avid surfer Jade ‘Red’ Wheatley’s entire life changed when a horrific workplace accident caused him to lose both his legs.
At just 19-years-of age Mr Wheatley was driving a road roller at his construction job in Townsville, Queensland when the ground gave way, causing the cab to fall on top of him, snapping his ankles and crushing below his knees.
And while many would despair, the now 34-year-old’s resilient attitude and positive outlook led him back to the ocean to do what he has always loved to do – surf … Video and more
A few fun tubes the last couple of swells here in Indo.