that is the crazy f*****g wave about… 
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Sunday, April 06, 2003
Bodyboarders launch into Shipsterns gaping maw!
by: Thomas Moore - http://www.CoastView.com.au
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“Oh my goodness, oh my goodness”, Tasmanian bodyboarder Ben Newman just couldn’t stop saying the one phrase over and over all morning each time he paddled back out towards the 8 - 12 foot sets imploding on rock and giant bull kelp. The words came out of Ben’s mouth in such a matter-of-fact way that one would have thought he was talking about an unexpectedly large mobile phone bill rather than the wave that stand-up charger Mark Mathews recently described in national surfing print media as “easily the heaviest wave I’ve ridden”. That was until Ben’s mainland mate Brenden Newton jagged a massive bomb, pulling into a savage Shipstern’s pit big enough to park your 4 wheel drive in with room to spare for the kitchen sink. At that point Ben’s words were the same but there was no mistaking the raw emotion.
Newton traveled to Tasmania from the mainland with fellow bodyboarder Troy Hanepen and hooked up with Newman and fellow Tasmanian Richie Halley. Newman has been training for and chasing the big stuff for a while and it showed. Newman and Newton stood out with some radical pits and Hanepen claimed some insane “T.O.A.D.” free falls.
To watch the 4 lads hurl themselves into the abyss in higher quality & stereo sound download this LARGE 10mb quicktime movie. A smaller 5mb version is also available for the “Bandwidth challenged”. Either way the wait is worth it! (Make sure you have a recent version of Apple’s FREE Quicktime plugin installed on yer PC!)
For Ben the adrenalin fused memories of this day will have to cary him through an unwelcome stretch out of the water do to an unfortunate road accident . The contrast between being inside a pit at Shipsterns and being in a hospital bed with a busted leg is a stark one indeed but the young Tasmanian is focused and unfazed. “There are rumors I’ve lost my leg and I’m finished…”, said Newman, “People are so quick to put you in a box…..I’m getting back in the water.”
——————> The web film features the music of Tasmanian artist Jaye Hanson and his very apropo track “The Abyss”. This track is brand new and hot off the master disk. Look for Jaye’s new work in wider release later this year! Rock on!<——————
Posted by The Skipper on Sun, April 06, 2003 at 04:29 AM
Comments from (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in Hobart
Comments from (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in South Arm
Holly XXXX Mate thats XXXXXXX nuts….
Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 04/05 at 01:00 PM
Comments from (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in Launceston/east coast
Man that surf is going OFF would love to be out their!!!!!
Dylan from Launceston/east coast
Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/23 at 08:16 PM
Comments from (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in Molokai,Hawaii
Cuz that is nutz.U are da man 4 droppin in on that huge ### wave!Should’ve zip up the lip and bust sum fat air.
Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 11/02 at 11:20 AM
Comments from (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
**** man that is totaly rad!!! you bloody legend n idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/09 at 07:15 PM
Comments from (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in hobart
awwww! how bloody dreamy! bet you fellas got munched a couple of times though 
Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05/04 at 12:59 PM
Comments from (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in spring feild
hey brendo
how are my bro me not much
surfs a bit up
i seen some pics of u they were mad
from tiff and jade
Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 09/20 at 01:30 PM
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any one could do that.they are just on a boogie board for god sake
Posted by no use for a name on 09/25 at 01:09 PM
Comments from (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in brisbane
that is seriously XXXXX nuts and i thought my old local reef at coffs was gnarly
Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 12/26 at 09:41 AM
Comments from (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in france
brendo respect pour les vagues que tu surf ce sont les gens comme toi qui font avancé notre sport
Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/24 at 02:26 AM
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