Australian Winter: The Wave That Broke An Arm

Yes, late July is often swell time in Sydney, but this is ridiculous. The ghost of the pandemic La Niña years came back this week and haunted many wild locations, including the most public yet most wayward of slab reefs, Fairy Bower’s Deadmans. Back in 2020 this spot gave us one of the great rides in the city’s long surfing history — a super clean tube ride by Chris Lougher. July 31, 2024 was not like that, it was wicked, ugly, difficult and spectacular, and it hurt people, just like it did back in 2020. This time the injured party was Duke Kheller, who required an ambulance

Filming by Matt Dunbar, editing by Hannah Anderson.
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[mattcahill]

Who is the dude surfing with a prosthetic leg at 0:17 What a fcking ripper!

[Akooks]

Surfline’s water temp has been off by almost 10F degrees in Oside. Said it was 70F the other day and it was closer to 62F.

[shutupdog]

That is some EPIC clips bruh !! Feels like I was out in that spot, from the dumps, paddle overz, pull ins n outs . I mean that first wipe wuz insane !! Props for all the guys out surfing, shooting, and droning. Unreal 😮😮😮

[kookvision]

If this wave just had the step or the wedge if would be difficult.. but both is insane

[jackthomasmaddock]

so sick how it lets you in, but not sick how it does that step sometimes or the closeout

[dashotb]

We are gonna need some Kiddies Corner clips next swell, it’s been PUMPING out there

[renko]

That looks like the perfect way for me and my inflatable kayak.

[Who.is.Clinton]

The cooks should stay out the water, they just F-up the good waves!