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Red Bull Storm Chaser - Tasmania 2013

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Created by houston > 9 months ago, 22 Aug 2013
houston
TAS, 3173 posts
22 Aug 2013 10:25AM
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For anyone not following the Red Bull action in Tassie:

In 2006 Johnny Pott arrived in Marrawah, loved it so much decided to live there. Wasn't long before he discovered Back of Lighthouse (BOL) which was a world class reef on our doorstop that we never even knew was there.

Eight years later his passion and love for BOL all came together and he pulled off one of the most epic wave events the world has ever seen.

Well that's all that needs to be said.........let the Red Bull website http://www.redbullstormchase.com/mission-2#top and the pics say the rest.








houston
TAS, 3173 posts
22 Aug 2013 2:27PM
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houston
TAS, 3173 posts
22 Aug 2013 5:50PM
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houston
TAS, 3173 posts
22 Aug 2013 6:04PM
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peto
NSW, 406 posts
22 Aug 2013 9:38PM
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Great photos Houston! Don't forget Quentin Bye discovered that joint when he was living there around 2002 and ran the SmackFest final there in 2004. One hell of a crazy place. I cannot comprehend how those blokes sailed that place in those conditions. Unreal. Congrats to organisers for pulling it off.

dan berry
WA, 2562 posts
22 Aug 2013 8:09PM
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Think tappo was sailing the joint long before either of them were born. Either way balls of steel I recon.

peto
NSW, 406 posts
23 Aug 2013 12:00AM
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Yes Dan, with a Dacron sail and glass single fin.

whyner
NSW, 762 posts
23 Aug 2013 3:59PM
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Sickest Photo

whyner
NSW, 762 posts
23 Aug 2013 4:04PM
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It didn't work but the big gouge under the lip half way through the second post.

stehsegler
WA, 3549 posts
23 Aug 2013 9:24PM
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nothing like getting bitch slapped by 10 tons of water... how ****ed up is this though. There is some serious water moving around:

houston
TAS, 3173 posts
24 Aug 2013 3:18PM
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Yeah I thought of Quentin after I put up the post. Tappo took some photos of him at Temma in an 8m swell in cross shore conditions I believe he was the first.

sboardcrazy
NSW, 8253 posts
28 Aug 2013 10:13AM
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Do surf sailors ever wear helmets? Some of those wipeouts look nasty.. Do they ever get hit in the head with the gear?



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