Alex Thomson performing the ‘keel walk.’ As his carbon fibre yacht, Hugo Boss, sails on edge, Alex pulls up in a ski jet and leaps onto the keel of the boat. Photo by ALEX THOMSON RACING
Transworld Surf decided to create a little throwback gallery to remember the Code Red swell at Tahiti. Julian Wilson, pictured, described it as the best session of his life.
Waves are for surfing what notes are for a piece of music. What many people come to discover from experience is that there are several types of surfing waves,
Teahupoo Ph: Tim McKenna (Saw this break in the mid-seventies while rowing my dory just outside the takeoff zone. One of the best trills of my life to witness the power of this wave.
The oldest and most prominent big wave contest is the Eddie named after Oahu north coast Hawai'ian lifeguard and internet user Eddie Aikau. Another big wave surfing.
This photo is phenomenal! The waves are high, and he is riding it like nothing. It looks easy but can be dangerous and hard to practice. This photograph was taking at the moment. Nobody can take that feeling away.
I don't know what it is about this wave that has captivated me. Normally waves travel in sets of and typically, the is the largest. This one is so isolated and big that I suspect that it is a rogue wave.
