Archive for the ‘Surfing & SUP’ Category
Laurie Towner (Agourie, New South Wales, Australia) paddles into a late drop and pulls into a stunning backhand barrel at Cloudbreak, Fiji on May 22, 2018. Video by Greg Parker. An entry in the Ride of the Year Award category of the 2019 WSL Big Wave Awards.
Grant Baker (Durban, South Africa) paddles into a beast, drops in late and pulls into a cavern for the ages at the Jaws Challenge at Pe;ahi, Maui, Hawaii on November 27, 2018. Angle 1. Video by Marcus Rodrigues. An entry in the Ride of the Year Award category of the 2019 WSL Big Wave Awards.
Not since the late great Andy Irons has a single ride at Teahupo’o generated so much chatter along the coconut wire. This wave — this ridiculously big, thick, wide and… basically impossible wave — has officially launched Nathan Florence into the annals of surfing history. At least as far as Kelly Slater, Sebastian Zietz and anyone else who witnessed the feat in person is concerned. Which makes perfect sense, as Seabass pointed out: “He’s a Florence.”