Video: In pursuit of the big wave

by Mathew on September 13, 2007 · Comments

In their eternal quest for a bigger wave, surfers have been known to fly out into the teeth of oncoming monsoons — and apparently they also go to the Arctic, where they wait until building-sized pieces fall off 800-foot-tall glaciers and then surf the resulting waves (while dodging the pieces). In places, the water they are surfing in is only 18 inches deep.

 

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  • oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! i want in!
  • mathew: you are an evil man. i won't be able to get this out of my head now and i am going to have to try it. this is insane. i already watched the video 3 times. ultimate surfing!
  • Sheer insanity. I did a series of photos at The Wedge in Newport over Labor Day weekend. The waves were 20+feet -- the highest I've seen, and I thought bodysurfing those were the height of insanity until I saw this.

    Chilling. ;-)
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