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Surfer On Epic 1-Mile Long, 8-Barrel Ride in Namibia and into History

Hawaiian surfer Koa Smith (23) caught the ride of his life, surfing nearly a mile (1.5km) in two minutes on one of the world’s top waves – on the Skeleton Coast in Namibia. Koa stayed standing for EIGHT barrels on the same one wave, as drone pilot Chris Rogers captured the action on video! As […]

Hawaiian surfer Koa Smith (23) caught the ride of his life, surfing nearly a mile (1.5km) in two minutes on one of the world’s top waves – on the Skeleton Coast in Namibia.

Koa stayed standing for EIGHT barrels on the same one wave, as drone pilot Chris Rogers captured the action on video!

As reported by SAPeople in June, Koa took the epic ride on 15 June 2018, although the local and international press has only picked up on it in the past 24 hours.

WATCH Hawaiian Surfer takes Epic 8-Barrel Ride in Namibia, and into History

The sought-after Skeleton Bay surf spot only became known to international surfers ten years ago when Surfing Magazine ran a ‘Google Earth Challenge’ competition to find new waves… although apparently South Africans like big surf champion Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker had surfed the bay before.

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Watch more videos from the drone and from the surfer’s point of view of the incredible 8-barrel ride in Namibia.