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The Inertia

By now, you’ve seen approximately one million clips that feature Kelly’s wave in Lemoore, California. You’ve seen pretty much every pro surfer on it, you’ve seen golfers and racecar drivers and average Joes. Still, though, it’s worth a millionth look—Kelly’s wave is such a strange wonder of technology, and Kai Lenny, Dusty Payne, and 5X F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton joined the GOAT for a grey day on a very glassy artificial wave.

 
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