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The moment surfer takes on 41-foot monster wave... and lives to tell the tale
DailyMailonline ^
| 07th November 2008
| Wil Longbottom
Posted on 11/07/2008 3:09:53 PM PST by AmericanMade1776
A daredevil surfer is pictured tackling a giant 41 foot wave in a bid to win himself a prestigious award. Kerby Brown took on the monster during a session at a top secret reef, and nearly didn't live to tell the tale. Moments after these pictures were taken, he suffered a devastating wipeout which nearly killed him.
He said: 'Usually the wave never steps out or goes evil like that one, but it just went dry - the hardest wave I've ever had to surf. 'I went straight over over the lip and did about 10 backflips and then pulled a muscle in my shoulder. 'It felt like I ripped my arm out of its socket, my leggie snapped and then I felt like I was the deepest I'd ever been.'
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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: surfing
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Major Wipeout!
To: AmericanMade1776
Yeah, you can see it closing in on itself on the left side of the photo.
Just wow!
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:11:23 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Chimpy ObaMao is not my president.)
To: AmericanMade1776
There is alot of water behind that wave.
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:11:56 PM PST
by
skeeter
(Its Barry's fault)
To: AmericanMade1776
To: AmericanMade1776
“Catch a wave and you’re sittin’ on top of the world!”
Amen.
To: AmericanMade1776; NautiNurse
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:13:11 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(Remember, it took a Jimmy Carter to bring us a Ronald Reagan!)
To: Jeff Chandler
I know.. pretty exciting pics.
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:13:11 PM PST
by
AmericanMade1776
( Obama Happens! Not my Fault!)
To: AmericanMade1776
Amazing pictures. Is not nature simply beautiful ?
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:13:45 PM PST
by
AndyPH
(?+)
To: AmericanMade1776
So where might this top secret reef be? Hawaii?
And why “top secret”?
To: AmericanMade1776
Not as big as this one ...
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:14:42 PM PST
by
tx_eggman
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule" - Mencken)
To: AmericanMade1776
That is the gnarliest looking wave I have ever seen, YIKES!
To: AndyPH
Nature is beautiful, powerful, and sometimes unpredictable.
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:15:04 PM PST
by
AmericanMade1776
( Obama Happens! Not my Fault!)
To: AmericanMade1776
Ten footers are the biggest I’ve been in. They were pretty scary and they weren’t ugly like that one.
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:15:19 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Chimpy ObaMao is not my president.)
To: AmericanMade1776
Anybody know where this is and if there are any videos?
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:15:41 PM PST
by
Jim W N
To: AmericanMade1776
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:16:23 PM PST
by
Mase
(Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
To: A_Former_Democrat
There are some reefs off the coast of San Diego that form some monster waves.
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:16:24 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Chimpy ObaMao is not my president.)
To: AmericanMade1776
"Somnds like one righteous wave, dude!"
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:17:24 PM PST
by
capt. norm
(Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
To: Jeff Chandler
6-8 foot for me.
They were big enough.
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:18:56 PM PST
by
skeeter
(Its Barry's fault)
To: AmericanMade1776
Brings to mind the 60's documentary, Endless Summer. And the 90's film with Patrick Swayzee and Keanu Reeves where Swayzee surfs into a killer wave to die.
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:19:42 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: AmericanMade1776
Another huge wave.
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posted on
11/07/2008 3:19:52 PM PST
by
Joiseydude
(Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,)
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