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by John Kaelin
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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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Surfer was towed into this wave at Teahupoo, Tahiti, on 8-17-2000. This wave is extraordinarily thick for its' height of over 30 feet. The surfer... more
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Surfer was towed into this wave at Teahupoo, Tahiti, on 8-17-2000. This wave is extraordinarily thick for its' height of over 30 feet. The surfer is 6'3" tall. Does this wave look 5 times overhead? Consider that this is a water-angle shot which foreshortens the head-high scale. Notice the massive double lip and the whitewater exploding higher than the face. The face of the average big wave is about twice as high as the back of the wave. Teahupoo is reputed to have little back. It's the whole ocean behind it, like a tsunami thickness to the wave. This kind of powerful wave breaks below sea level and is called a "slab" such as Shipsterns Bluff in Tazmania or The Right in Australia. The surfer is Laird Hamilton, who was towed into the wave by Darrick Doerner. This is called "the millenium wave" and the "oh my god wave" by Surfer Magazine. Laird's tallest wave reported was an 80-footer (in Brett Lickle's estimation, there was no photo) at Egypt, or "Outer Sprecks" on M...
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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Andrea Hazel
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Cathy Lindsey
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Sandi OReilly
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Sonali Gangane
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John Kaelin
Thank you Bob. It was my first.
Bob Christopher
Hi John...Congratulations on your image and your sale...Cheers Bob fv