The Beast

There are waves and then there are Shipstern waves. On this day, the Southern Ocean delivered something else entirely.

Jimmy McKean, a local who knows this break as well as anyone alive, dropped into one of the heaviest slabs Tasmania had ever produced. The notorious staircase steps, the raw consequence of what lies beneath, he read every shift and committed fully, where most wouldn't even paddle.

This frame was awarded the Red Bull Illume 2023 Energy Award.

One wave. One decision. No margin.