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On 30 March 2012, Rowley was a finalist in the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards 2011/2012, in the Ride of the Year category with his rides at Jaws Peahi in Maui, Hawaii on 30 January 2012, placing him 4th place in the world of elite big wave surfers and meriting the respect of the big wave surfing community.
Jeff Rowley (born 6 April 1979) is a professional big wave surfer from Torquay, Victoria, Australia. [1] He grew up at Bells Beach, a popular surf location in regional Victoria. [2] Jeff Rowley surfs the "Jaws" break at Peahi, Hawaii
On 30–31 January 2012, Jeff Rowley and a number of international big wave surfers including Greg Long, Shaun Walsh and Albee Layer spent two days paddle-surfing Jaws, on the Hawaiian island of Maui, as part of their ongoing big-wave paddle-in program at the deep-water reef, further cementing the new frontier of paddle-in surfing at Jaws. [15 ...
After training for a year, McNamara and tow-in partner Rodrigo Resende won the $70,000 purse at the Tow Surfing World Cup in Maui at Jaws in 2002. [3] Later that year, he posed for the cover of major surf magazines around the world after being photographed in a dramatic barrel shot off of the coast of Teahupo'o in Tahiti.
That's because waves must reach at least 40 feet to meet competition criteria. Hawaii’s Landon McNamara, 28, won with a three-wave point total of 135.8 points. That included a perfect score of ...
Billabong XXL Big Wave Award. Awarded $66,000; the highest prize ever awarded in the history of professional surfing [12] [4] 64 feet (19.5 m) Mike Parsons: Jaws beach, Peʻahi: Wave was filmed by helicopter and used as the opening scene of the 2003 film Billabong Odyssey [12] 63 feet (19.2 m) Aaron Gold Jaws beach, Peʻahi: 15 January 2016 [4]
TIL huge rogue waves were dismissed as a scientifically implausible sailors' myth by scientists until one 84ft wave hit an oil platform. ... almost 10% of US military recruits were rejected ...
Dave Kalama is a big wave surfer/tow-in surfer, stand-up paddle (SUP) surfer and racer, surf and SUP board shaper, windsurfer, outrigger canoe racer, private adventure guide, and celebrity watersports enthusiast. Kalama, his wife, 2 sons and 1 daughter live in Kula, Maui.