::Ross (AU) Clarke-Jones-RCJ09:: - Musiker-Børsen ApS

Ross Clarke-Jones lives in a state of perpetual readiness. The legendary Australian big wave surfer has become as adept at predicting massive storm swells as he is at riding them.

“During the Australian winter I live in Torquay (Victoria) and I’ll chase swells across the southern hemisphere to South Africa, Chile, New Zealand, Tasmania or Western Australia,” he says.

From December through to March the thrill-seeking 42-year-old relocates to Hawaii or Northern California to pursue waves which measure well over fifty feet high. It’s here, in the NE quadrant of the Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest waves are found.

“The biggest waves I have ever seen were at a place called OUTSIDE LOG CABINS. There was a day in 1998 when I rode a few waves that were in the 80 – 90 foot range. I haven’t come across bigger waves before or since,” he says.

Clarke-Jones says it’s the speed you travel at which distinguishes the feeling of riding an 80 foot wave. “You feel like a space shuttle re-entering the atmosphere. It feels like the fibreglass could peel off your surfboard.”

The surfing at Jaws that day further enhanced his reputation as one of the planet’s best big wave surfers. This led to a sponsorship with Red Bull Energy Drink, a company he has represented since 1998.

“These last ten years with Red Bull have been the most enjoyable times in my career. Red Bull has given me the opportunity to plan surf trips to really unique parts of the world that are not necessarily known for their surf.”

One of the more famous of these adventures was to the South American jungle to surf a tidal surge up the piranha and crocodile infested Amazon River. “I still get people referring to me as the guy who surfed up the Amazon,’ he says, laughing.

Other thrill heavy assignments include riding a typhoon swell in Japan, surfing off South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and braving the notorious Shipstern’s Bluff in Tasmania.

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