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As you may have seen (!) local lad Kauli Vaast has been riding monsters over the weekend. This is his account of this, what he calls a ‘Wave of lifetime’. Pretty epic stuff!
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“Wave of a life time!!
“That day, I was waiting 3 hours with my tow partner @battahiti!! When that wave came, I saw the biggest mountain of water I’ve ever seen coming. It was my turn and I just went for it !! I was focus and so ready to go!
“Since I let the rope, it was the most complicated line I’ve ever draw on a wave !! I saw all the boats disappear for their lives while I was taking off this beast! I saw all the bumps on my way, all the water from the bottom was sucking up so much !! I could feel the energy behind me and I knew I had to trust my line and not fall.
“After that, I thought I could come out over the top of the wave but it wasn’t done yet, the wave was still barreling and I just went over the falls !! In the water, the initial thought was that I would die!!
“I went straight to the bottom and trust me or not but the wave literally broke the reef and I could grab pieces of it in my hands in middle of the wipeout!!! And I new at this moment that I should come up and paddle for my life !!
” I had few second to breathe before that second 15 footers come to my face and I just went for the biggest duck dive of my life haha. Made it through the channel safe and fine 🙌🏼🙏🏽💯
“Best memory ever, lucky to be alive!!
“I really realised what I’ve done when I saw the pictures!! ”
Sounds horrendous to me. Maybe if it was a right… maybe not… lol
Full wave here
