I just found out from my good mate Stu Gibson, that I’m featured on the cover of this month Qantas magazine! It’s pretty crazy how many people are going to see this with 2.2 million people flying with them each month!
Cheers Stu! Yew!
The boys down at Shipstern’s have recently been pushing it hard, opting to surf the old girl cross/onshore. The waves there draw so hard that the faces are nearly always clean, but the mix of bumps and steps in these conditions make it a mission to surf. Fair play to the lads. the next level of whats possible has been set.
Check it out|:http://chasingmonsters.com/news/item/45-tasmanian-devils
I just found out a have been nominated for the Monster paddle category in this years Billabong XXL Global big wave awards. Below is a link to the awards. Seeing all the entries has got me really pumped on the winter ahead in Europe. I can’t wait to see whats in store! Yew!
http://billabongxxl.com/monster_paddle/index.html
Oakley and ASL have been running the Australian big wave awards for the last 5 years. I’m stoked to apart of it and to have achieved some entries this year.
Here are a few from our resent paddle session in Tasmania.
http://www.bigwaveawards.com.au/biggest-paddle-in/306-james-hick
Enjoy, especially my wipeout, I hope it makes you laugh!!
Yew
My Good friend Mark Yezbeck sent me this photo from the day the Eddie nearly ran earlier this year. As you can see the crowd was a joke. I remember apologising to rusty (the guy deeper then me) as we nearly smashed rails. Mark’s the guy deepest, he’s definitely in the safes spot. Three is enough on a wave out there, any more and your just asking for trouble.
What do you do when you know your going to get score 6 to 8 foot ruler edge kegs four 4 days straight?
Well usually I would do the same as any one and get an early night. But this was no ordinary swell and the brunt of its energy was heading to Tassie. With the buoys reading 60 foot at 17 seconds I couldn’t really pass it up.
So I took a punt, left town and headed to Tassie. 50 knot winds accompanied the predicted 60 foot swell. The wave on our minds was a long way from home in the middle of a national park and Non of us had any idea of how big it would be or if it could handle the gale force winds.
But as luck would have it the gamble paid off and we scored one of the biggest paddle sessions in Tassie history.
Here is a little video from the day,
I hope you enjoy!
http://www.coastalwatch.com/news/article.aspx?articleId=9164&display=0&cateId=3&