O'Neill Rider Mark Mathews bezwingt Monsterwelle
Der Big Wave Rider Mark Mathews hat Anfang Juli ein Prachtexemplar von einer Welle erwischt und kann prompt auch das Beweisfoto zu seinen Heldengeschichten liefern (siehe unten). Etwa 20 km vor der Westküste Australiens sah Mark an einem eigentlichen Layday eine erstaunlich große Welle herannahen und winkte sofort seinen Jetskier Hippo (Ryan Hipwood) zu, der schon wusste, was Mark vorhatte. Sechs Stunden hatte Mark auf dieses Monstrum warten müssen, doch das Ergebnis und der 15 Sekundenritt waren es absolut wert!
Hier das Statement von Mark Mathews im O-Ton: “It had been really slow all day and I hadn’t had any good ones. Then this mountain came roaring out from the horizon I got goose bumps all over as soon as I saw it. I looked up at Hippo who was on the jet ski and he didn’t even smile he just said “this thing’s huge.” There was so much water sucking off the reef. I just kept my eyes right in front of me and hoped the corner of the barrel wasn’t about to lip me in the head. Big barrels like that feel like they are alive. They suck all the air inside. That’s what surfers mean when they say they felt the wave take a breath. You feel like you’re surrounded by the whole ocean. The air has nowhere left to go and just gets spat out into the channel, taking you with it. This is the feeling that keeps coming back over and over and over again. This one can be topped, it’s the thrill of the chase that keeps me going.”
Auf oneilltv.com gibt es auch ein Video von diesem Höllenritt aber seht selbst!
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Hier das Statement von Mark Mathews im O-Ton: “It had been really slow all day and I hadn’t had any good ones. Then this mountain came roaring out from the horizon I got goose bumps all over as soon as I saw it. I looked up at Hippo who was on the jet ski and he didn’t even smile he just said “this thing’s huge.” There was so much water sucking off the reef. I just kept my eyes right in front of me and hoped the corner of the barrel wasn’t about to lip me in the head. Big barrels like that feel like they are alive. They suck all the air inside. That’s what surfers mean when they say they felt the wave take a breath. You feel like you’re surrounded by the whole ocean. The air has nowhere left to go and just gets spat out into the channel, taking you with it. This is the feeling that keeps coming back over and over and over again. This one can be topped, it’s the thrill of the chase that keeps me going.”
Auf oneilltv.com gibt es auch ein Video von diesem Höllenritt aber seht selbst!
(dr.öge)
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