This spring we were lucky enough to see a monster wave come in and watch some of the best kayakers in the world session it. This wave was so big that watching people front surf was exciting. They were in the air almost the whole time they were out there. In the slide show below you will get to see photos of the lead in and run out of this wave. You had to run coliseum from the top just to get out far enough to catch the wave paddling as hard as you could. Then once you caught the wave it was a powerful very dynamic always changing feature. Once you flushed of the wave you had to high tail it to either shore to catch an eddie before the ledge. I can’t say enough good things about the guys who were surfing this wave trying to push our sport to the next level. It was an amazing thing to watch and we should have some video footage coming out soon. Words By Blake Mahoney Photo’s taken mostly by Tyler Fox and I have a few in there as well Gladiator Wave
Hal Monkmen on the lead in
Hal Giving some perspective on the size of Gladiator
Ben Marr Starting a Misty Flip
And landing a Misty Flip
Ben Marr on the run out
Joel Kowalski at the top
Joel catching some big bounces
some more big bounces
and more
and more
Ben going huge
Ben again
Thomas “Deuce” Fahrun on the lead in
Joel in the lead in with Benny waiting up top
Ben about to throw down
Joel with a green wave
Benny with a green wave
Ben catching a huge hop
Ben about to have the wave crash on him
Mike Piacenti  getting out there
Mikey P  reaching some high speeds
Joel with a huge floating pan am
Steve Fisher
Fisher getting a misty flip
Fisher on the run out
Joel
Ben  getting a bread and butter
Ben Flash Back
Ben getting launched
Huge Flash Back
Rush Sturgess pan am
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