Gold Coast big wave surfer Dean Morrison tackles a giant slab of Southern Ocean at a secret break on WA's south coast on Good Friday. Picture: Russell Ord Source: Supplied
RUSSELL Ord calls it "exciting'' and "a good wake up''.
The rest of us would call it simply terrifying.
The Margaret River professional surf photographer found himself in the impact zone as one of the biggest, thickest, most powerful and deadliest waves to hit the WA coast this year detonated on top of him.
Ord was documenting the surfers who tackled perfect yet perilous 5m waves at a secret WA south coast break when the biggest swell of the year struck on Good Friday.
"It was carnage. Absolutely carnage. I'm surprised no-one had worse injuries or a proper drowning. I've seen (WA big wave charger) Paul Paterson nearly drown out there and it's surprising it hasn't happened,'' Ord said.
"The wave just comes out of deep water and hits the ledge and explodes.
"It's just stunning.''
Ord shot from a jet ski and then got into the water for a more radical angle.
"I got in and five minutes later I copped the biggest wave of the day on the head. That was exciting. That was a good wake up call,'' he said.
The risks paid off. He captured "probably the best shot I've ever taken'' in 15 years of surf photography and a swag of epic shots of Margaret River hellman Chris Ross, local surfer Chris Shanahan and Australian big wave chasers Mark Mathews and Dean Morrison.
The rest of us would call it simply terrifying.
The Margaret River professional surf photographer found himself in the impact zone as one of the biggest, thickest, most powerful and deadly waves to hit the WA coast this year detonated directly on top of him.
Ord was documenting the surfers who tackled perfect yet perilous 5m waves at a secret WA south coast break when the biggest swell of the year struck on Good Friday.
"It was carnage. Absolutely carnage. I'm surprised no-one had worse injuries or a proper drowning. I've seen (WA big wave charger) Paul Paterson nearly drown out there and it's surprising it hasn't happened,'' Ord said.
"The wave just comes out of deep water and hits the ledge and explodes. It's just stunning.''
Ord shot from a jet ski and then got into the water with his waterproof camera for a more radical angle.
"I got in and five minutes later I copped the biggest wave of the day on the head. That was exciting. That was a good wake up call,'' he said.
Sharks weren't on his mind, despite the deep water and isolated location.
"There's too much else to worry about,'' he said.
The risks paid off. He captured "probably the best shot I've ever taken'' in 15 years of surf photography and a swag of epic shots of Margaret River hellman Chris Ross, local surfer Chris Shanahan and Australian big wave chasers Mark Mathews and Dean Morrison.
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