"My whole perspective on surfing changed when I saw the first real set come through!"
For Kipp Caddy, a young bloke with designs on a big wave career, his first look at a real Teahupoo set was a moment of truth.
Twenty five years after Maurice Cole and Tom Curren teamed up with the Reverse Vee, they're now releasing a limited run of the once-revolutionary design.
"Times change and an image as carelessly abused as that of surfing inevitably loses its power. From the first billboard linking us to that liquid, tooth rotting, diabetes promoting, sugary shit, we were fucked."
From fringe dwelling to global saturation, blindboy considers surfing's rapid cultural shift.
Partly awestruck and fully fatigued, Twiggy Baker recalls the big Mex swell. “I had a barrel this morning that would’ve been the barrel of my life. It spat so hard that I got blown off my board.”
Soar like a condor over Chile's premier big wave spot.
An electrifying final day at the Oi Rio Pro saw Filipe Toledo and Courtney Conlogue reign supreme, claiming victory at Barra da Tijuca in front of a capacity crowd of thousands and thousands of passionate fans.
At around the same time Mark Healey paddled into his recent Puerto bomb Aussie expat Owen Schultz paddled into this beast a thousand k's further north.
