Powers of Three

Iedereen kent ze wel, Endless Summer, Thicker than water, A Brokedown Melody, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Point Break en Blue crush Dit is echter andere koek:

The surfers are Tom Lowe, Fergal Smith with photographer, videographer Mickey Smith at the beautiful, dramatic and when it choses, deadly West Coast of Ireland in sickeningly cold, big, heavy waves.

12, 700, 50, 3, 25, 2, 18 and 0: seemingly innocuous numbers, but for me, full of significance. Let me explain.

I’m standing 12 inches from the edge of a 700 foot sheer drop to a no-chance-of-survival landing, in a 50mph wind that’s strong enough to push you places you really don’t want to go, just to get a clear view of 3 driven men, surfing in 25 foot swell in temperatures of 2 degrees, just hours before the heaviest snow for 18 years dumped all over these Isles. An experience I intend to repeat precisely 0 more times if possible.