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On the south-eastern corner of an island at the end of the world lies a mutant wave that has quickly become mythical in surfing folklore: Shipstern Bluff.
Tim Bonython is a man who has seen the world's biggest waves at their absolute biggest, and one of them stands out among the ...
It’s not the meanest Shipstern Bluff ever, but I’d have to agree with Tim Bonython that this is the most picturesque Shippies ...
Shipstern Bluff isn’t a very well known wave in the scheme of well-known waves. It doesn’t have the same coverage as Teahupo’o, the hype of Cloudbreak, the media of Mavericks and the crowd ...
Some of the world's best surfers have taken on Tasmania's Shipstern Bluff and lived to tell the tale. Barely. In June, Australian big-wave surfer Dylan Longbottom took a gnarly wipeout at the ...
Shipstern Bluff in the state's south-east is a world-famous big-wave surfing spot, where surfers are towed by jet skis to catch waves up to 10 metres high. After an incident a week ago, there are ...
“Surfing a wave like Shipstern’s Bluff gives a sense of satisfaction and relief — but it’s a whole different ballgame in an event like Red Bull Cape Fear,” Fanning said.
During this session at Shipstern Bluff, Dylan Longbottom got absolutely rinsed twice. On one, the 50-year-old Cronulla-based surfer and shaper towed in deep only to get ejected over a heinous four ...
Big-wave surfer Mikey Brennan has survived a death-defying ride after being wiped out by an 8m wave at Shipstern Bluff in Tasmania.
Shipstern’s Bluff is crazy — but Mick Corbett is crazier. The semi-underground charger is no stranger to the kinds of slabs found all over the bottom of Australia and Tasmania, and has spent ...
Videos for the 2017 World Surf League Big Wave Awards Wipeout of the Year nominees are the worst wipeouts in big-wave surfing from the past year.