tow surfing
Motorized form of big-wave riding popularized in the early 1990s, in which the surfer, towed from behind a personal watercraft (PWC), is whipped into the wave. For decades surfers had been unable to overcome the rushing trough-to-crest flow of water on waves bigger than 25 or 30 feet. Tow surfers, by giving themselves a running start, broke the 30-foot barrier easily and continued riding ever-larg...
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Tow Surfing Begins; from "Riding Giants" (2004)Subscribe to view
Tow surfing, 2010-12Subscribe to view
Aaron Lambert, right, and Noah Johnson, Outside Log Cabins, 1998. Photo: HankSubscribe to view
Tow surfing record-chaser Garrett McNamaraSubscribe to view
Tow surfing ace Kai Lenny with quiver of boards, 2019Subscribe to view
Tow surfing pioneer Herbie Fletcher, Maalaea, mid 1980sSubscribe to view
Tow Surfing Begins; from "Riding Giants" (2004)
Tow surfing, 2010-12
Aaron Lambert, right, and Noah Johnson, Outside Log Cabins, 1998. Photo: Hank
Tow surfing record-chaser Garrett McNamara
Tow surfing ace Kai Lenny with quiver of boards, 2019
Tow surfing pioneer Herbie Fletcher, Maalaea, mid 1980s