Biggest Wave Ever Surfed

Callum L says:

I agree with him that it’s easier but with a surfboard practice makes perfect bro, like after a while you don’t even notice it

Kat Mandu says:

30-something years ago, there was a similar bodysurfing hand-board – I think it was called The Wedge. I had one. Used it often at Sandy Beach and North Shore, Hawaii …a few times in Southern California at the Newport Wedge. It does help to lift your chest so you can glide down the wave faster, make a better bottom turn and then repeat. The only real drawback I noticed was in punching out the bottom of a big wave as it closed out. Using just your hand, it’s easy to sort of slice through the bottom of a barrel and dive/kick out the back of a breaking wave. The hand-board made that less easy as it presents a buoyant mass with some resistance to that maneuver. Once in a while, instead of punching out the back of a wave, the body-board resisted submersion. I’d get sucked up the inside face of a large barrel, pitched over the falls backwards and then drilled by the breaking lip of the wave. Still, it was an awesome tool which allowed faster and longer rides on big waves. Cheers..

Moriah Contreras says:

why would you do this

sean kolednik says:

Thanks Rikki. My wife purchased one of your handboards for me for Christmas and it is awesome. Beautifully crafted and it allows me to cut through any wave at all. It also gives you great control and direction. I was recently up in Bateau Bay and some Brazilian guys asked what I was using. I gave them a go and they were stoked.