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While surfers in the Northern Hemisphere await the arrival of El Niño-fueled big winter waves, there has been no shortage of massive swells around the world in the last six months.
Rob Bain from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, a former Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour surfer, prominent through the 1980s and early 1990s with four ASP world tour wins (IMB/Wollongong, Garden State Pro/New Jersey, Instinct Pro Ericeira Portugal, and Coke Classic Narrabeen Australia) and the highest rating of 5th in 1990, suffered a horrific wipe just under two weeks ago while surfing North Avalon on Sydney’s northern beaches, sustaining serious head, neck and back injuries – He almost died!
The 2009 Nelscott Reef Tow In Classic and Big Wave Paddle In ran in perfect conditions on Thursday.
South African Surfing Champion, 2008 ISA World Masters Women’s Champion, and former World Championship Tour surfer Heather Clark is in hospital today after being seriously injured in a car accident near her home in Port Shepstone Thursday (October 22).
An international cast of surfers was literally on “Cloud 9” today with Typhoon Lupit whipping up epic 1.5-2 meter (6ft plus) waves for the opening day of the Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational at Siargao Island in the Philippines.
With a great swell forecast and a full lineup of competitors including some of the best longboarders in the country the third ‘Jesus Longboard Classic’, run by Christian Surfers UK, was all set to be the most exciting and competitive to date.