18 Insane Photos from The Wedge

Corinne Conklin

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Bobby Okvist outruns a monster. Photo: Corinne Conklin

Bodyboarders made this place what it is today. Photo: Corinne Conklin

Okvist for the cameras. Photo: Corinne Conklin

Bobboy Okvist knows this wave better than most. Photo: Corinne Conklin

White Wedge. Photo: Corinne Conklin

Johnny Weber, run and gun. Photo: Corinne Conklin

Big board, big paddle, big wave. Photo: Corinne Conklin

Kick outs here are just as entertaining as tube. Photo: Corinne Conklin

Looking for that elusive makeable Wedge barrel. Photo: Corinne Conklin

Warping weirdness. Photo: Corinne Conklin

$There\'s a good reason why the Wedge is such a great spectator wave. This is it. Photo: Corinne Conklin$

There's a good reason why the Wedge is such a great spectator wave. This is it. Photo: Corinne Conklin

Flipping out. Photo: Corinne Conklin

$Sometimes it\'s just not in the cards. Photo: Corinne Conklin$

Sometimes it's just not in the cards. Photo: Corinne Conklin

$Mind surf this. You probably won\'t make it out. Photo: Corinne Conklin$

Mind surf this. You probably won't make it out. Photo: Corinne Conklin

The Wedge bares its teeth. Photo: Corinne Conklin

$It\'s a beautiful disaster. Photo: Corinne Conklin$

It's a beautiful disaster. Photo: Corinne Conklin

From the peak, the drop here is hard to beat. Photo: Corinne Conklin

Prone or standing up, the barrels here are top-notch... if you can make them. Photo: Corinne Conklin

When there’s a big south in the water, Newport’s finest mutant turns into that beautiful beast that she is. The Wedge attracts a crowd, and for good reason–its warping, thumping barrels end in some of the most spectacular wipeouts anywhere. And when someone makes it out of those sandy black death pits, its akin to a lion beating the tamer.

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