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Blogboard: Rowen Aish

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

For me (and I’m sure I’m not the only one) Its been a hectic couple of months, but I’m home now and with the sun out Its good to be home!

Here’s an update I was supposed to send over a month ago, but due to some unforeseen events leading to a surprise visit to Switzerland, I became a little destracted. But here’s the final chapter in myself and Nicks 08 adventure.

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Bede’s Blog: Defend the Crown

GOLD COAST, Australia (Thursday, November 13, 2008) – It was really cool to arrive home to Stradbroke Island in Australia and find my family and friends had organized a party for me after winning in Brazil. It was a great buzz and drove home the good feeling around securing my third ASP World Tour win and moving to No. 2 in the ratings behind Kelly ahead of Hawaii.

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Bede blogs on Brazil, jet lag & big changes on the Tour

Bede Durbidge : photo ASP Kirstin/Covered Images

Hey everybody, it’s pretty bizarre sitting here in Brazil and seeing how many seeds have passed up the current stop on the WCT. It must be a record for the number of wildcards who have gained entry into the main event – last count, I think it was about 16!

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Curl Gallery – Bali Shots

New gallery update – pics from Bali

Visser faces 70-footer & white shark during Saffa session

Mark Visser faces 70-foot wave, great white shark

Recently in curl Magazine Australian surfer Mark Visser became a part of big wave surfing history after riding a monster 70 foot (22 metre) wave at ‘Dungeons’ in Cape Town. The Queenslander, who chases big waves around the world thinks these are the biggest waves he has ever seen.

“We caught about ten waves and two of them would have been worthy to enter in big wave surfing awards,” Visser said.“Seeing I catch big waves for a living, these are the biggest waves I have ever surfed in my life.” Visser wasn’t on his own though. Big wave riders from Hawaii, California and Chili also got a slice of the action.

The short swell period combined with the low tide and glassy conditions created enormous waves, which broke top to bottom in an overwhelming display of ocean power. “The waves were definitely the biggest I’ve ever seen in South Africa and possibly the biggest anywhere,” said local South African big wave surfer Grand Baker.

“I was towed into one giant wave that was so big I was terrified and started hyper-ventilating. “When we saw the photos that were taken, we realised that they were possibly the biggest waves ever recorded. I think they smashed the waves surfed at Cortes Bank (USA) in January which were close to 70 feet and won the Billabong XXL awards.”

Hawaiian Jamie Sterling also took part in the mammoth session. “It’s hard to tell who caught the biggest wave,” Sterling said. “There wasn’t much in it, we all caught big waves that day.” When the waves died down, they moved 7kms across the bay to Sunset Reef, near Kommetjie.

With the sun setting, Visser was towed into a wave, where he came face to face with a great white shark. “I asked the guys what type of shark it was. They all laughed and said we only get one type of shark here, ‘the great white’,” he said. “It was massive and freaked me out a little. There is a place near where we surfed where the great whites jump out of the water eating seals. I didn’t want to be a seal!”

Visser continues with his big wave quest, with the goal of riding the biggest wave ever ridden in the world – a 100 foot plus wave.

Bede blogs about ‘Somewhere’ and prepping for Trestles

New Blogboard post from Bede Durbidge:

Bede Durbidge : photo Rowland/ASP Covered Images

I guess you could call it an opportunity lost. Not just for me, but for a few of us in the Top 10 who were trying to chase down Kelly’s big lead going into The Search in Indonesia. With Kelly having a third round exit, a few of us got excited about making some headway on that points gap. But then most of us, including myself, go and bail out in the very next round!

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