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Jaws wave surfed by Benjamin Sanchis

Jaws is not a place to be trifled with. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot


The Inertia

On December 22, 2024, Benjamin Sanchis let go of the rope and pointed himself down the face of a wave so big it almost defies the imagination. He’s no stranger to huge waves, but the size of the wave that Jaws served up likely stunned him.

According to a YouTube post by the Maui Media Cartel, that captured the footage you see here, it was the biggest set of the swell — and it was a huge swell.

Sanchis didn’t make this wave. It’s not all that likely that anyone could, really, but the attempt was about as courageous as courageous gets.

 
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