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Posted by Mathew @ 9:10 pm on September 13 2007 | |

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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Leila Boujnane 11 months ago 1 point
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oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! i want in!

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Leila Boujnane 11 months ago 1 point
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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!

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Karoli 11 months ago 1 point
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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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