Jean Tresfon wrote – Last week Buoyweather was predicting 5m swells at a 15 second period for Thursday. Steve Benjamin from Animal Ocean called and asked if I’d like to try taking pictures of the big wave surfers at Sunset. Not have done much of this sort of thing and always up for a new experience I thought I’d give it a go. Those guys are seriously not well!!! The waves were huge, in fact so big that they were struggling to paddle into them. A few of the guys caught a wave or two and then they bailed back to shore to grab the tow in boards. Dave Smith and Shaun Holmes towed into some absolute monsters. From a photography point of view total concentration is required, which gets harder as a freight train of white water comes rushing at you. Total trust in the skipper is required and Steve is a master! All in all a very entertaining day on the water…
All images by Jean Tresfon
Dave Smith at Sunset
Simon Lowe Flying down the face
Dave Smith and rider Sean Holmes on a Sunset beast
Sean Holmes at Sunset
Its a beast...Sean Holmes
Simon Lowe
Over the falls....
