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Summary
Big-wave surfer Will Skudin races along the face of a tube that is forming. When the slab rolls out of the deep, it does not rise, but sucks all the water up in its path. The result is not a wall with a front and back, but a hole.

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times, found at: Los Angeles Times, Copyright 2009 Los Angeles Times.