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NICO von Rupp is a German / Portuguese surfer living in Praia Grande, close to Lisbon, Portugal.
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SOUTH of the Border, Vol. 2, follows Lyndon Wake, Andrew Cotton and Tom Butler during a very average month of surf in Ireland.
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BRUCE Irons surfs solid Teahupoo blindfolded, proving that ability and instinct transcend vision.
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ALL in a couple of days work for Alex Gray -- from Pipe to the outer reefs and then back again -- plus or minus a few stitches.
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[PT-Mavericks] I don't know if you've ever witnessed Mavericks break? In movies the waves look crazy, but the surfing still makes sense, the late drops and cutbacks, you can relate to what they are doing. However in real life, it just looks like death. The drop is so fast and the wave so thick that it is really baffling how anyone could live through a mistake out there. When you see someone throw themselves over a cliff and free-fall 25ft to the bottom of the monster, then bury a bottom turn, get to the top of the wave, then turn back towards it - all sense of reality is lost - why would you want to go anywhere but away from the mountain of death chasing you? My adrenaline pumps watching other people do this and I'm onshore, a half a mile away. The people out there doing their shit are on a different level to almost any other person in the world and it's amazing to witness.
This particular wave was one of the bigger sets of the day. The vantage point that we shot from was a bit of a hike to get to, but a nicer place to watch from, away from the hoards of people along the beach and jetty. I walked up there a few years ago during the Mav's competition in 2006. It's great because you look directly into the left and can really get an idea for how fast and critical the drop is out there. You can see the drop and shortly after that the wave goes out of view behind the cliff. I think this is Nathan Fletcher, I don't know if he made this wave, he disappeared after he got to the bottom. My girlfriend was shooting all the photos and this one was one of our favorites. If you ever want to see a few sequences from this day, check out our website.
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