Beast Slayer

Beast Slayer

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Hawaiian lifeguard and big-wave specialist Dave Wassel has been chasing monster surf for most of his life. Has he finally caught his limit?

By Rory Parker

Volume 25 Issue 1 (2016)

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Volume 25 Issue 1

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Interior spreads navigate car wrecks in the Australian red desert, deep powder and frigid rail turns in Japan’s Arctic Circle, and the (arguably) superior physics of the single-fin. More, of course, inside.

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