Big Wave Culture

A non-competitive activity known as “rhino hunting” is where you try to ride the biggest wave possible, is very popular with some surfers. A practice popularized in the 1990’s known as big wave surfing has been revolutionized so that surfers are towed out into the ocean by a personal watercraft so they can catch some of the unrideable waves. these wave can gain speeds of up to 60 km/h. Using personal watercraft helps surfers reach the same speed as the waves that they are trying to catch and they also help surfers survive wipe-outs (a wipe-out is when a surfer falls off of their surfboard or gets pounded by the wave).