Australia’s east coast has been devastated by massive flooding. The torrential rain fell for five days, leading to the worst floods in a century. When the rain stopped, however, Tim Bonython and a group of chargers knew the Pacific would be serving up a platter full of incredible waves.
Bonython is no stranger to heavy water. He’s spent much of his life putting waves on film the average person would run from. He makes sure that he records them on swells that turn them into something out of a horror movie.
Amid all the chaos that included the evacuation of a number of towns and millions of dollars in damage, Russell Bierke, Matt Dunsmore, Scott ‘Whip” Dennis, Wayne Cleveland, Jay Taplin, and Dylan Longbottom were scanning the maps. They were trying to decide which spot on the vast coastline would be working the best. The wave they landed on is not for the faint of heart.
“This spot rarely breaks,” wrote Bonython, “but when it does, it’s one of those great waves that rates as one of the most dangerous. This slab of a wave breaks directly on a very shallow reef. If you’re game enough to ride it, one mistake could end up being your last.”
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