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VIDEO: Big Wave Wipeout of the Year

Big wave wipeout of the year

Puerto Escondido, Mexico is a legendary place for enormous, tubing waves. The best big wave surfers swarm to the place when big swells roll in. This past May, Puerto got huge and Tom Lowe of Cornwall, England was there see it. Tom did more than just see it, though. He took this vicious free-fall wipeout and put himself into legendary wipeout status. This video is already an entry for the “Wipeout of the Year” of the 2016 WSL Big Wave Awards and most likely, it’ll win. There isn’t really any topping this wipeout. This is about as bad as it could possibly go. “Tom Lowe (Cornwall, England) at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on May 3, 2015. Video […]

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SwellBrains | June 25, 2015
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VIDEO: The Biggest Wave Ever Ridden at Mexican Pipeline

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Two days ago, Puerto Escondido in Mexico – Mexican Pipeline – got huge. Hawaiian Mark Healy somehow paddled into a bomb, made the drop, pulled into a freight train sized barrel and got absolutely obliterated. After getting obliterated, Mark took about 12 more waves to the head. “… and got absolutely destroyed, and about 12 other waves on the head after it.” – Mark Healy Coco Nogales, king of Puerto Escondido, said that wave Mark pulled into was the biggest paddle-in wave ever ridden at Puerto. We believe him. “Today was honestly twice as big as the biggest I’ve […]

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SwellBrains | May 5, 2015
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Swell Saturday: XXL Barrels at Puerto Escondido, Mexico | Patagonia Surf Video

{Every Saturday, we’re going to attempt to inspire you to get out and surf with a sharp Surf video that will speak to your heart.  SwellBrains.com is coming soon…} Puerto Escondido is world famous for big, powerful, and long barrels.  It wasn’t always this world famous.  Puerto was once empty.  Very few paddled out and people weren’t sure if you […]

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SnowBrains | April 20, 2013
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