Garrett’s Next Mission: Glacier Surfing ?!?!!
Posted on May 30, 2007 - Filed Under Big Wave News
Garrett and Keali’i are planning on surfing the tsunami-like waves generated by huge chunks of glacier that break off and hit the water.
This phenomenon was discovered by a photgrapher in 1995 when he was filming for IMAX. He was an avid surfer himself, and noticed the waves. He said the wave looked amazingly rideable and would peel for lengths of 200 yards at a time, but it looked treachurous, 20-30 foot waves breaking on a ice shelf only 18 inches deep. Deepwater films is returning to find that wave this summer, and this time they are bringing along extreme surfers Garrett and Keali’i.
We will be updating Glacier Surfing .com as events unfold, Garrett and crew are currently waiting for the right conditions.
Glacier Surfing Video Trailer: