Dungeons, South Africa 2006 Acrylic Print
by John Kaelin
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Dungeons, South Africa 2006 acrylic print by John Kaelin. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of an acrylic print. Your image gets printed directly onto the back of a 1/4" thick sheet of clear acrylic. The high gloss of the acrylic sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results. Two different mounting options are available, see below.
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Surfer was towed into this wave at Dungeons, South Africa, on 7-30-2006. This was judged by the Billabong XXL as biggest wave of the year at 65... more
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Surfer was towed into this wave at Dungeons, South Africa, on 7-30-2006. This was judged by the Billabong XXL as biggest wave of the year at 65 feet. The surfer is Greg Long who would in 2008 be credited with the biggest wave of the day at Cortes Bank, according to witnesses, on a wave near 90 feet tall, but it was not photographed, so not officially recognized. Thus Greg has likely surfed the "biggest wave ever surfed."
On Dec. 21, 2012 Greg had a near-death experience at Cortes Bank. He dropped-in on the 2nd wave of a 5-wave set. The white water caught him pushing him deep. His inflatable suit failed. After a violent 2-wave hold down Greg intentionally stopped breathing until he went unconscious. He was rescued just in time and transported by chopper 100 miles to San Diego. Three days later he paddled out into big waves at Mavericks. Amazing story, read about it and see him on surfer.com at:
https://www.surfer.com/surfing-magazine-archive/surfing-video/greg-l...
About John Kaelin
These are true-to-scale paintings of the biggest waves ever surfed in high definition. Some are imaginary reconstructions of actual events, such as Ken at Log Cabins on "Biggest Wednesday", and Greg Noll at Makaha. There were no photos taken of their historic rides. Others are from sketches I made from viral videos and photos. All surfer and photographer names are available on request. The Mike Parsons wave painting is based on the original photograph by Robert Brown but with a unique view of the trough. There IS NO photograph of Ken Bradshaw's biggest wave. Hank's famous photo featured on Ken Bradshaw's web site was a smaller 65-footer Ken rode later the same day. Greg Noll's wave is mythical, with the scale based on Larry...
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