Managing fear inside a 20-foot Cloudbreak barrel

World Surf League’s “Strike Mission” at Cloudbreak will stay in the memory of many surfers for a long time. There were exciting and tense episodes, and an unstoppable express train of 20-foot barrels breaking on a sharp, sheltered reef. Aaron Gold will never forget the 23rd of May 2016. After wiping out in Cloudbreak bomb, […]

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World Surf League’s “Strike Mission” at Cloudbreak will stay in the memory of many surfers for a long time. There were exciting and tense episodes, and an unstoppable express train of 20-foot barrels breaking on a sharp, sheltered reef. Aaron Gold will never forget the 23rd of May 2016. After wiping out in Cloudbreak bomb, the Hawaiian lost his conscious and nearly drowned. Fortunately, there was a man – Uri Kurop – on a jet ski ready to save his life. All’s well that ends well. Gold was brought back to life, and the footage of that day resurfaced. Fiji’s infamous surf break delivered one of the best big wave sessions of the decade. We haven’t since anything like it since the breathtaking and historical Thundercloud swell of 2012.

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Managing fear inside a 20-foot Cloudbreak barrel

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