One more clip from the swell that hit Jaws on the 21st and 22nd. This time from the lens of Maui master Elliot LeBoe.
It's worth noting how many barrels were ridden and comparing that to past years at Jaws. It's the one area of surfing where the rate of improvement is appreciable; each session seemingly breaking new ground. The paddle revolution is a long way from reaching a plateau.
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nuts!
Nuts is right, I'm amazed the shorts can contain them
That late arvo water footage shows you how challenging it is with those big boards in that stiff offshore!!!
That footage is all from Thursday. I reckon they blew it on the contest, should have run. Wonder what people who surfed it thought. Inco? - looked way big enough. What do you think Brutus?
amazing how clean and seems to be around the 15' Hawaiian mark with maybe a couple of 20's......there has been bigger days this winter......but because of the long waits hard to have a comp.....even the Bay was big enough on some sets but not enough waves for a comp...
love that 1st wave of Kai Lenny on the SUP..........and also was that Albee Layer riding an 8 6????
pretty sure mark visser at 3.00 min.........
Tough conditions and not just for the sheer size. Plenty of bump to deal with.
You don't get much time to go from catching the wave to bottom falling out beneath you. A gentle face becomes a nightmarish drop in the blink of an eye.
This is like a great end section from an old surf movie. Surfers doing things on a wave you wouldn't. Matched to a perfect track.
Stu, I surmise the improvement is surfing these waves is a combo of improved boards and the surfers having more confidence in their equipment. Brutus may have a comment on this one.
One of the days of this Jaws swell 65 yr old Gary Linden of BWWT borrowed a board from Big Ben Wilko and caught a couple.....@ 65 credit to you Gary - ye ha !
Who was the bloke in the black wettie and white board getting crazy pits?