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Old 01-21-2011, 08:21 PM
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It isn't standup but more tow-in. The things that make it novel include it was at night and at Jaws in Maui, HI.





"Surfer becomes first to ride giant 'Jaws' waves at night
By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com

Night surfing is eerie even in small waves, so imagine the sensation of careening down sheer and heaving faces measuring 30 feet, atop a black ocean, at a Hawaiian reef break so notoriously it's called Jaws.

Australian big-wave surfer Mark Visser, using specially engineered LED lighting built into his buoyancy vest and board, became the first to night surf at Jaws off Maui, during an admittedly scary and ultra-surreal session at about 2 a.m. Thursday.

Visser, 28, was towed onto the waves via jet-powered watercraft, as all surfers are during big winter swells at Jaws, because the swells travel too swiftly to be caught by paddling. "
http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/237...aves+at+night/



Mark in a dinky 36 ft. (looks larger!) in Oz during daylight by contrast.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/



http://surf.co.nz/blogs/surf-search/2009/12/697-jaws

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