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But, Is This Really The World’s Best Righthander?

Probably not, but we do enjoy hyperbole! Anyway, let’s ask a bunch of people who’d know.

news // Feb 15, 2017
Words by stab
Reading Time: 3 minutes

Mick Fanning has gone viral again, but this time without the possibility of a career (or life)-ending incident. However, it is to die for! The internet’s currently losing its collective mind over the wave Mick surfs in an undisclosed location (the lack of landmarks in photo and film is no accident). But, we all know there’s no secrets anymore, not in 2017, not with Google Maps, not with The Inertia (and no, we won’t link the article which has hopefully been deleted by now). One thing is for certain about the wave, though: Every surfer Stab’s discussed it with has prefaced their cents with the words fucked up. It’s so easy to be seduced by the intoxicating tornado of new discovery, but is it really (as we’ve certainly suggested ourselves) the best righthander in the world? It is definitely intermediate (and above) regularfoot heaven. Let’s ask some people who spend their lives looking for good waves.

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Shane Dorian: “Looks like one of the best sand-bottom right points in the world, for sure. Most likely it gets bigger and better than it was the first time. It looks super fun and playful and I wouldn’t get bored surfing it for a long, long time.”

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Ian Crane: “That wave Mick surfed looked fucked up! It definitely looks like one of the best rights in the world, and it looks semi-user-friendly. I’m happy no one knows where it is. I can picture that lineup with 1000 heads up and down the point, foamballing sections and getting in the way paddling out. I don’t even want to know where it is. Secret waves are so cool, hopefully Mick takes this one to the grave.”

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Conner Coffin: “That thing is so fucked up. I have no idea where it is. It for sure looks like Namibia flipped around, but still different. Those waves just don’t even look real, it’s so cool. And it’s in trunks, it’s so dreamy. Apparently it gets bigger than that. It’s heavy. It doesn’t look that easy to surf because it’s so fast. I don’t have the slightest clue where it is, but they did tell me there was maybe a possibility I could go there this year. I heard Mick went to some crazy wave then I saw that video and… I can’t believe that still exists, the fact that nobody knows about that is crazy. That’s what makes it so special – he’s the only guy out there, and as soon as the water showed too much land they’d switch the angle. Imagine how many perfect empty waves go unridden there…”

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