Wipeout: dumped by a 40ft wave

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Times Online features a rather impressive photo today.

It was a “dark, evil wave” that almost killed him, but for Australian surfer Kerby Brown, riding this 12m (40ft) monster in his own backyard was one of the highlights of his surfing career.

The 25-year-old surfed the enormous break at an outdoor reef in the Southern Ocean “somewhere between Margaret River and South Australia” on the southwest coast of Western Australia (WA) last August.

Local surfers discovered the break – the exact location of which they want to keep secret – after deep-sea fisherman alerted them to the amazing waves they had seen about 15km (9 miles) off the coast.
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I watch the documentary film "Riding Giants" a while back... some amazing stuff on there.
 
Think i will stick to surfing St Agnes , theres always risk but i couldnt deal with that sort of danger , i can only imagine the power of that thing.
 
Looks like good stuff, love all the big wave surfing vids out there. It'd be brown pants time for me if I was to ever be anywhere near one of those.
 
mp3kla said:
Ouch, he was less than 1ft above a rock shelf according to the caption on the 2nd photo.
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That's how the big waves generally get formed :)

Big brass ones needed for surfing that sort of stuff, I've been in some 8ft surf before now and that was quite enough thanks, especially when you have a bloody great board leashed to your ankle :)
 
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