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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.
Professional big wave surfer Garrett McNamara begins "tow surfing," using jet skis to be able to get on taller and taller waves. After McNamara is filmed riding the barrel of a 20-foot wave at Hawaii's famous Jaws surf site, the video gets shared around the world and a resident of Nazaré Portugal reaches out to Garrett to try to get him interested in the mammoth waves that crash onto Nazaré ...
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
More than 20,000 spectators showed up at Waimea Bay for the world’s most prestigious big-wave competition on the waves that exceeded the height of three-story buildings.
Mark Robert Visser (born 9 March 1983) is an Australian professional big wave surfer, author, keynote speaker and ocean adventurer. Visser is best known for being the first person to surf Hawaii's most dangerous wave Jaws, Maui, at night in 2011. It was documented in a film called 'Night Rider'. [1] [2] [3]
Feb. 14—A high surf warning has been issued for the north- and west-facing shores of most isles, effective as early as midnight and lasting through 6 p.m. Friday. The National Weather Service is ...
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.
SLO County piers pounded by huge swells Surf pounded the pilings and topped the decks of piers across San Luis Obispo County on Thursday. The Pismo Beach and Cayucos piers were both closed due to ...