Raves & Rants . . from Penzance

There's such a lot of imagery and video coming out of Teahupoo, the massively challenging reef break in Tahiti, that I thought I'd keep adding things below as I find them. This is the biggest swell to show up since the Code Red swell of 2011, and the world's elite/ craziest big wave surfers have shown up to the Code Red II party. SurfLine's Fantastic crop of photos Wave of the Day Yesterday:   Mark Healy, pic by Ted Grambeau Raimana, pic by Shane Dorian Koa Rothman, pic by More photos from yesterday here: Teahupoo Photos In the video below you can see the green bottom of a boat getting caught out and flipped over the falls on the inside. Hopefully no injuries, but that would have been a nasty wipeout. Tomorrow is supposed to be even bigger, keep an eye on the Teahupoo Live Cam More photos of the scene here:  Teahupoo Code Red

Can't wait for this film from Mr B to hit the silver screen..  teaser clip on big wave surfing at the Cribbar, in Newquay

Garret Mcnamara   Photo by Wilson Ribeiro, courtesy of North Canyon Project This giant beast was ridden a few days ago by Garret Mcnamara and is being called the biggest wave ever ridden at 90 feet (30metres).  An 8m swell had been creating 60ft waves all day, the size boosted by an unusually deep undersea trench running in close to shore on the west coast of Portugal, according to big wave rider and Irish giant Al Mennie , who was out on the safety ski on this day.  But this one swung through out of nowhere, and Garret was towed into history by Andrew Cotton . The trio were in Nazaré as part of the North Canyon Project , perhaps this will now be the spot where the landmark 100 foot wave will be ridden, the Holy Grail of big wave surfing. For the moment. To read Al Mennie's first hand account, Click Here    Surflne article with a bit more video: click here Below, a some great footage, and a few words from Garrett about the ride..... ...

The surf mags have followed the big wave events at Waimea Bay, Hawaii and Teahupoo, Tahiti for many years, but now with Aileens becoming a renowned big wave spot, and with these behemoths being ridden at Mullaghmore Head today, surely Ireland can lay claim to being one of the best legitimate Big Wave destinations on the planet ?  Mullaghmore Head today  Pic courtesy of the Billabong site  , taken during Ireland’s first Big Wave Invitational surf contest demonstrating tow-in surfing and organised by The Irish Surf Rescue Club.  Hats off to anyone who ventured into the water under these conditions, as cold and heavy as any I've ever seen. Return to Ocean-Image.com