Windguru was forecasting a 7 metre swell and a strong north west wind a few days later, we couldn’t believe it! This storm was called Brian and we had to meet Brian very early because the high tide was at 7am and we knew we could only ride that wave on a high tide. It was dark, very windy and the waves were big and scary, but it was our only chance so we went out. I rode about 10 waves, 2 of them were huge and choppy. I felt so much pressure in my whole body going down the face and knowing what was breaking behind me; I knew I had to not crash, it was just Philippe and I out there and the situation could get bad. We were still dizzy when we got to the beach! Happy that we went out there and even happier to be back!
At the end of the day the tide filled in again and we went for a second session. The waves were smaller but still big, the wind had swung more offshore, it looked much more fun! We sailed two hours, until it got dark, the waves were extremely hollow and fast, scary but very clean at the same time. After riding such powerful waves in the morning this second session felt like a dream: this was the moment we imagined when we first saw the wave a few days earlier!”