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Swellnet Sessions

The Literal Zone

Mike Maxted
Wed 9 November 12:00am

From a session last month...

Hippo, Mark Mathews, Richie Vass and Laurie Towner get stuck into a wave of unbelievable dimensions but unimaginative title. A wave with a name as blunt and literal as the rocks underneath.

All photos by Mike Maxted.

Swellnet Sessions

The Literal Zone

Mike Maxted
Wed 9 November 12:00am

From a session last month...

Hippo, Mark Mathews, Richie Vass and Laurie Towner get stuck into a wave of unbelievable dimensions but unimaginative title. A wave with a name as blunt and literal as the rocks underneath.

All photos by Mike Maxted.

Swellnet Sessions

Back to Fiji

Grant Trouville
Tue 1 November 12:00am

Back in July of this year a rare weather feature enveloped the Tasman Sea. Spawned from a storm in the Southern Ocean below Tasmania, winds blew the length of the Tasman north-east toward Fiji. Over five days and 5000 kilometres the south-west winds created a huge, long-period swell.

With approx. nine days warning surfers gathered in Fiji hoping to score big Cloudbreak. They'd seen what was possible the previous September when a similar weather system dished up huge waves, including that barrel to David Scard.

Swellnet Sessions

Back to Fiji

Grant Trouville
Tue 1 November 12:00am

Back in July of this year a rare weather feature enveloped the Tasman Sea. Spawned from a storm in the Southern Ocean below Tasmania, winds blew the length of the Tasman north-east toward Fiji. Over five days and 5000 kilometres the south-west winds created a huge, long-period swell.

With approx. nine days warning surfers gathered in Fiji hoping to score big Cloudbreak. They'd seen what was possible the previous September when a similar weather system dished up huge waves, including that barrel to David Scard.

Swellnet Sessions

Hippo Charging

James Raper
Wed 18 May 12:00am
We've got a bit of an animal theme going today with an Ox, a Shark, and now a charging Hippo.  In this sequence, Ryan Hipwood stampedes from well behind the section on an east coast reef and makes a clean exit to safety. James Raper shot the wave from a safe distance.
Swellnet Sessions

Hippo Charging

James Raper
Wed 18 May 12:00am
We've got a bit of an animal theme going today with an Ox, a Shark, and now a charging Hippo.  In this sequence, Ryan Hipwood stampedes from well behind the section on an east coast reef and makes a clean exit to safety. James Raper shot the wave from a safe distance.