'Like flying down a mountain': The surfers who braved Sydney’s wild swell

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'I don't know if it's having a screw loose or what, but I kind of enjoy those moments': Sydney surfers braved the five metre swell as it lashed the NSW coastline | Rabe9

Spending close to 20 violent seconds being contorted underwater by a monster wave can be enjoyable if you want it to be.Nick and his brother, former world champion surfer Tom, were among a select few who braved the five metre swell on Saturday as it lashed the NSW coastline.The brothers spent Saturday morning paddling into some of the biggest, cleanest surf to land on Sydney's coastline in years.

"I love it, I love it when it gets like this. It's just been such a big part of my life when these storms come in," he said."That's classic May weather. I was just waiting for it thinking 'these beaches are going to get torn apart any minute'." Crowds lined the cliff tops and coastal car parks along Sydney's eastern and northern beaches to get a glimpse of the surf, while ocean pools were turned into massive, cold spa baths.

 

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Rabe9 I love small waves

Rabe9 more chance of dying there than of covid.. do they look like they care?

Rabe9 Smh needs a geography lesson talk about Sydney big waves but the photo is of a beach in Wollongong Austinmer beach actually .Austinmer is a suburb of Wollongong on the south coast of NSW there were massive swells on the south coast today

Rabe9 Yeah body surfed it a long time ago, no chicken littles then.

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