“I had a barrel this morning that would’ve been the barrel of my life… if I had made it.” For Twiggy to call a barrel as the barrel of his life, it’s got to be a pretty special wave. Baker’s been in way more than his fair share of gigantic barrels, but the swell that lit up Mexico early in May turned the area into something won’t won’t be forgotten any time soon. And Twig? He’ll be seeing it again in his sleep. “That’s the view you dream of,” he said. “You only get a couple of those in your surfing career.”
