Carlos Burle and the Super Wave

It looked like it was over one hundred feet, it went faster than seventy-five miles per hour, so you can hear the screaming from the ride of the people who were already on it from the other

The narratorś backstory is tragic. To simplify it, his home town was undergoing a typhoon, he and his best friend K had decided to travel down to the beach while they had been in the eye of the storm. While they were scavenging the beach the narrator described it as “ strange “. “I do recall that my voice sounded strange to me, as though it belonged to someone else”( Murakami 137). As he had watched a wave start to form his first instinct was to run.

The inclusion of footage of Koby surfing successfully at a turbulent time with the law had the purpose to re-channel the focus from the negative aspects of the “Bra Boys” history to the favourable events that portray them as surfing legends. Abberton was strongly promoting the moral that the “Bra Boys” as a whole, turn their disadvantage into success as the surf was their saviour. Koby Abberton was the figurehead for this storyline and by the use of his career achievements; it effectively cancelled out the negative judgements that could arise from his court case. The use of extreme long shots of the giant waves in Tahiti and Hawaii and the small surfer riding the mammoth waves acted a strong symbol. The relative size of the wave which was further emphasised by the choice of camera shot represents the amount of variables against Koby Abberton – representing the “Bra Boys”.

crash in the water only to be followed by an ever so short period of calm

The waves were still high at 10 feet. The power started going out when the storm was about 40 miles from land and 1.4 million people were without power (Provenzo JR. & Provenzo, 2002). It slammed into the Bahamas at 120 mph. Where buildings were toppled, bungalows out from their roots, and luxury hotels only had broken winds (Longshore, 1998). Several days before it had produced a deep convection, that had high pressure (Rappaport, 1993).

“I just got attacked by a shark!” pg 6 Bethany Hamilton is a girl who loved to surf. One day she was laying there mesmerizing, and all of a sudden the flashing of her watch or something attracted the 15ft tiger shark. When the shark seen the flashing, it then came up from the depth of the sea and bit her arm off, and left her surf board with the imprint of the sharks bite. While the shark was attacking she called out for help and her dad showed up tied her up and pulled her to the beach to safety. There she and her dad waited to the ambulance got there. Despite the devastating attack, Bethany Hamilton showed great resilience in achieving her dream for surfing.

To begin with, the waves caused by the hurricane jostling the waters were anywhere from 30 to 50 feet high. The waves were powerful enough to knock a house off its foundation and fast enough to catch a whole neighborhood by surprise. They also led to flooding and destruction of many houses and farms.

Bethany Hamilton was a world class surfer who won many surfing awards. She started surfing at age five, and was already in the most elite competitions by age 13. But, as she ran towards the ocean and shoved off from her board on Halloween 2003, her life would change forever. A tiger shark could ahold of her arm, and tugged with all his might. She had not felt any pain, but pressure. “With a strange calmness, Bethany stared at the stump on her shoulder where her arm used to be.” (Shark Attack Survivor).

The story ‘Soul surfer’ written by Bethany Hamilton is about a 13 years olds surfer who had lost her arm in a shark attack and many thought so she had given up her surfing but this brave young girl never lost her faith in surfing and her triumphant return to competitive surfing began a journal in her life. in that time when it happen on that halloween morning there was a chance that she would die or live. And luckily she lived and survived through that horrific moment of her life.

“The surf’s roar here dulled, but its tone was nevertheless thunderous and mighty. As the boat swam over the great rollers the men sat listening to this roar. ‘Well swamp sure,’ said everybody” (Crane 252). Here the author even describes the surf's dull roar as both thunderous and mighty. Keep in mind that this sound is heard from a distance and is still heard as being loud and intimidating. Highlighting nature's sheer force of

Having explored with his bike all jumps above (and more), Robbie decided to turn to surfing... He only had one issue. His unwillingness to be separated from his bike! Did that stop him? Of course not! Blurring the lines between what's been previously done and what he dreams of being able to be done, is everyday routine to Maddo. And when Maddo goes after something, there ain't a thing in the world strong enough to get in his way.

CRASH the waves barrage the beach. SMASH sandcastles destroyed, still water stirred up and thrown against the beach. The water slowly recapturing the land. Children and adults retreat. The water water slithers across the beach like a snake. The lifeguards like shepherds herding everyone off the beach. The rocks rally against the tide and the waves smash into them and are immediately deflected. People watch the specular display from above some with others have their phones out taking picture after picture of the chaos unfolding below. A few hours later the order is given to retreat the water slithers back the way it came and people burst out onto the beach once more. The water has already planned another attack in a few hours time.

Imagine this, your standing there, tiny and terrified. Not knowing what’s going to happen, thinking that you’re going to die.

Despite the devastating shark attack, Bethany Hamilton showed great resilience in achieving her surfing dream. Bethany Hamilton was a 13 year old girl with high hopes for her future. On one October day; actually the last day of October. Bethany was out searching for waves on the ocean with one of her friends Alana and also Alana’s brother and father. While Bethany was paddling to a nearby wave she just kind of stopped and floated on her surf board for a minute, when out of no where Bethany feels a tugging sensation on her arm.

I listened to the thunderous, loud, crashing, splashing of the waves against the boat. As the the couple who was parasailing before me enjoyed their time, I started to feel sicker and sicker by the minute. The boat was rocking so painfully slow that it made my stomach churn with each dreadful wave. I closed my eyes and tried to relax. Next thing I knew, I heard a crew member