GRAHAM EZZY
Ever since I started sailing Jaws a few years ago I have one rule – I have to hit the lip at least once! I don’t care if I bail, I just have to go for it. A couple of years ago I had an experience where I was kind of late and the end bowl was already breaking so I had to back door that west bowl and did a back loop. That kind of opened up some things in my mind. It made me think that there was more possible at Jaws. This session wasn’t too crowded and the surf overall wasn’t that big. I felt it was perfect for pushing it. This time I hit the wave and I knew I was going to go in front of the wave.
I hit the wave pretty late and the lip was really hitting the bottom of my board. It tossed me into the air and I went into this crazy rotation. I didn’t really know what was going on. There was an insane draught from the wave. It was so powerful that I got launched way further in front of the wave that I expected. Somehow I managed to bring it around and land it in the flats more or less. It was one of the flattest, hardest landings I’ve ever had. (SEE SEQUENCE AT END OF THIS FEATURE!)