Скачать или смотреть Gigs Celliers & Simon Farrer Torque. Part 1. Kneeboarding Donkey Namibia. 2x Kneelo GOATs

In the buildup to the World Titles Kneeboard Champs at J-Bay in 2024 Simon and Gigs got the call.
Donkey on the Skeleton Coast, Namibia was 6 ft +.
Simon had heard the tales from Gigs for 15 years and it was top of his bucket list.
So two of the very, very, very best kneeboarders in the world with two other mates flew out into the storm.
I caught up with them on their return and we sat and talked waves, friendships and fear.

Copied from the Surfers Journal.
Donkey Bay, aka Skeleton Bay, Namibia. “Swimming out there is terrifying,” says photographer Tom Pearsall. “You start way up the point, then get your ass handed to you while trying to break through. By the time you make it out, the rip has pulled you halfway down the beach, and you’re trying to figure out how to get back in. You’re drifting so fast towards the end of the bay, which is where all that fury ends in a closeout easily capable of drowning you. I spent the whole day swimming out and then walking back up the beach, a mile-long lap. I didn’t even get a surf action photo. The surfers are running it, too—sometimes without getting a wave. The sound of these waves, and their underwater concussion, is harrowing—a loud, terrifying grind. Hearing it chokes you up a bit. I saw some freaky stuff there. One wave had a curl of only a few inches, but its lip was six feet thick and a shade of blue I’d never seen before. My blood pressure still rises recalling the panic of entry and exit.”

For more, hit the link to read and view “The Fearless Pursuit of the Frame,” a digital companion to Pearsall’s portfolio in our current issue.

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