This is not a wave that just anyone can surf. It is, in fact, a wave that almost no one can surf. You can tell because some of the best surfers in the world are a bit taken aback by what it offers. A slot machine of sorts; a game of chance. Kelly Slater joined John John Florence, Ivan Florence, Kiron Jabour, and Kona Johnson to test their luck.
“This might be my favorite kind of wave,” John John said. “The way the water just sucks back into the wave as it’s forming and how it just makes you commit.”
