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42 inches on the long side

Mounted on ¼-inch Sintra with cleats

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We were watching the charts on this swell for well over a week, hoping it would hang in there until it hit our coast. That particular wave is hard to score. It needs huge swell, strong period, the right direction, and being out in the middle of the ocean, light winds. That only occurs a couple times a year, if at all. It's a good hour ski ride out there, depending on conditions. Everyone involved that day—riders and photographer—all pulled up a bit sore from the ride. I remember this wave of Chris Ross standing up out the back—one of the biggest of the day. The sun was strong but cloud-covered, which made shooting a challenge. As Chris let go of the rope and faded off the bottom, I remember thinking that it was one of the most casual turns I’d ever seen. I knew straight away we had something special. —C.M.

Somebody has to document all those obscure slabs, reefs, and ledges that are turning up in Australian nether reaches, and that’s Calum Macaulay. When waves stack on dry reef a mile or more out to sea, photography turns more to survival. And while motoring out to these obscure nooks and crannies on a ski and snapping a few frames sounds like a simple enough equation, documenting them properly, capturing mood and emotion in action can be more than just a precarious undertaking, it can be life threatening. "You never know what's going to happen out there," says Calum, begging the question: How close do you really want to get? This instance of Macaulay's work graced the April/May 2011 cover of TSJ.

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