You know that moment when you realize that you’re in a situation that, no matter what you do, is going to end badly? Danilo Couto found himself in that situation, only multiplied by 100.
On a huge, windy left at Jaws (there’s a reason why most people go right, and it’s not because it’s more challenging), the Brazilian hellman makes a stupidly steep drop, pins it around the whitewash, sets his line for a gigantic barrel… and realizes that the only way out is on an ejection seat. Dan Norkunas filmed this latest entry into the Billabong Ride of the Year category (someone should enter it into the Wipeout of the Year category, stat) of the 2015 Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards.
