The event that changed the face of big wave surfing as we knew it returns in 2019 for the first time at Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania’s home of slab surfing. Can 2016 champion Russell Bierke reign supreme once again? Will local knowledge of the ‘step’ be key?
We’ll find out on Monday, Sunday night in Europe, as an international field of big wave hellmen take on one of the most notoriously tricky waves in the world. The last event was pure car crash TV and this one is set to be even madder. Watch live here.