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Sketchy and Scary: Cloudbreak Goes XXL

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“Cloudbreak is that rare wave that’s good from very small to as big as waves get,” Kelly Slater explained to SURFER last year. “There are very few waves in the world that have a reef or bottom that handles waves of all sizes and keeps good quality. Most have their little zone where they’re at their best—two-foot, six-foot, 20-feet. You’re not paddling out to Waimea when it’s head-high. But you are going out to Cloudbreak when it’s 40 or 50-foot and getting the craziest wave that’s ever potentially been ridden. But you can also get the most fun wave you’ve ever had when it’s head-high. That really eclipses all of the other waves, for me. If it was a right also, it’d be too much. If it was a split peak, there’s no way it could exist.” Look no further than the last month in Fiji to see just how right Kelly is.…

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