Dom Wills Super slab

Supertubes...
What can i say? Would you believe that i was the first person to properly shoot this place from the water? Would you believe that in those early days we didnt think it was surfable? Would you believe i used to flip images and video footage to put other people off the scent?
Its all true. Back then i used to be rather paranoid about having a bunch of spots become exposed to the masses. Being a wannabe surf photographer it was a tug of war. Here i had some of the most photogenic amazing heavy waves at my disposal but to shoot them and send those images out into the world would risk my exclusivity. I used to shoot stills and video back then, taking turns with both setups. Id have my video camera in a backpack out in the water while i shot stills and would swap them over when i felt i had a couple of keepers. I didnt want anyone else to see where we were shooting.
Soon enough though even with all the secret squirrel stuff word got out and now this reef is a circus everytime it breaks. Its still bloody dangerous and as photogenic as it gets but now i share it with 50 other surf photographers.
Dom Wills on a beast of a wave, a real grower. He got flogged!

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