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Staff When the wave at the mouth of the Waimea River forms, it draws a crowd. Spectators and surfers alike line the banks watching as the river runs into the famous bay. Surfers like Jamie O’Brien are frequenters of the wave, but he’s far from the only one. Whether the sun is shining or the moon is glowing, those crowds are still there — as proven by Koa Smith in the video you see above. Koa headed down to Waimea Bay when the sun was still out. A massive northwest swell was filling in, but with it came a whole lot of wind. It was part of the storm system that dumped enormous a...

The ocean is a powerful place. Koa Smith knows that, so he gives a few handy tips on how to deal with it.

Consider it educational if you want. But for a video that has nothing to do with actually firing out of double overhead barrels, it's pretty darn entertaining. 

Billy Kemper: Surfer glimpsed at death after wave slammed him into a rock CNN 3/5/2021 © Koji Hirano/Getty Images Kemper competes during the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters in Hawaii. It was a tiny error in judgement, but within seconds he realized that the consequences could be potentially life threatening. "That wave sucked me up into the mouth of it and slammed me onto a rock and just absolutely destroyed me," American surfer Billy Kemper tells CNN Sport. "Knocked me out unconscious. Collapsed my lung. My pelvis was broken down the middle, I had to get my knee reconstructed, the injury-l...

Chapter 2: "Best Trip Ever To Worst Possible Situation", The Moment Everything Changed In Morocco Share Updated: Monday, March 15, 2021 2019 was a career-defining year for Billy Kemper, with back to back trips to Tahiti and Indonesia, a big-wave win at Puerto Escondido, an outstanding performance in the Vans Triple Crown, a dominating win at the Pipe Trials and a fourth Big Wave event win at Jaws, Kemper was riding an incredible wave of momentum. The upward trajectory continued into 2020 with a win at the Sunset Open, as well as one of the biggest barrels ever ridden at Ja...