Big Wave King Greg Long
Posted on January 15, 2008
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24 Year Old California surfer Greg Long was one of the two dozen top surfers participating in the Mavericks Surf Contest. The contest is basically the “Super Bowl” of big-wave competitions.
On his first wave in the final heat of the competition Greg Long barely held his balance on the 40-foot wave! He said he felt “nearly weightless” as he fell down on the face of the wave.
“I’m either going down hard or going to get a good one. Luckily it was the latter of the two.”
Long and his five fellow finalists agreed to split the 75,000$ prize.
Maybe even more important than the prize money was the experience of riding this monstrous 40 foot wave.
In the picture Greg Long and Jamie Sterling share the huge wave.
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