Storm Surfers: How Heavy is a Big Wave?

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“A lot of guys that surf big waves, they try and they are a lot fitter than me but they don’t have that natural spirit to just go. It’s just a charging mechanism or something.” – Ross Clarke-Jones

Storm Surfers break down the mathematical details on how heavy big waves actually are when athletes take them on the head. An unimaginable amount of water threatens the surfer’s life in many ways with a 1/2 million kilograms of water moving 100 kilometers/hour towards the daring charger.

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