Choppy Faces, Smiley Faces

ByJeff

We had a big crew at Newport today including me, Brandon, Donnie, AJ and Chris (The Wave Warrior).  (Much like Josh, Chris will attack every wave that comes his way.)  The clouds looked rainy and the wind made for some turbulent seas.  It was totally chowder most of the time.  But the faces and shoulders were still workable on the larger set waves.  In fact, the waves were fun and constant enough that we stayed out there for a good two hours or so before calling it a day.

After about 90 minutes or so, I jumped out of the line up and grabbed my camera.  I took a few decent pics, but I did get one super sweet picture of Chris crashing the top off a wave.  Look at him defy gravity and maintain his Wave Warrior status.

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Wave Warrior crashing off the top of the wave

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