Big Wave Challenge kicks-off at Dive N’ Surf featuring Greg Noll
No myth of a surf story here, the “Bomb” that gave Alex Gray legendary status, earning him victory in the 2013-2014 Big Wave Challenge. Photo by Bryce Lowe-White The waiting period for the South Bay Big Wave Challenge starts this Saturday with a kick off at the Dive N’ Surf shop in Redondo Beach. Legendary big wave rider Greg Noll will be the guest of honor. The Big Wave Challenge is in its fifth year and is organized by the South Bay Boardriders Club. The concept is simple. Whoever catches the biggest wave and has it photographed between November 7, 2015 and April 1, 2016 wins an as yet unspecified cash prize. The wave must be caught between the borderlines of “Indicators” in Palos Verdes to the south and El Segundo’s “Hammerland” to the north. Modelled after other big wave challenges from all over the world, if Mother Nature doesn’t provide the goods and the waves don’t reach a certain height the contest is postponed until the next year. This was the case for the 2014-2015 season. In the first season of the Big Wave Challenge 2010-2011, the ocean mimicked the general excitement of the local surf scene with very consistent waves the entire season to feed the local surf crew ready…
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