caught inside
Getting trapped on the shoreward side of an incoming wave, or set of waves. Many surfers feel that being caught inside is the worst thing that can happen during a heavy swell, in part because it forces the surfer to contemplate, sometimes for a minute or more, the approaching wave as it gathers and looms. A big-wave wipeout, by comparison, happens all at once. In a 1987 survey titled "Fear City," ...
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Caught Inside at Mavericks, from "Riding Giants"Subscribe to view
Caught Inside: Revenge of PoseidonSubscribe to view
Caught inside at Cloudbreak, 2012. Photo: Brian BielmannSubscribe to view
Surf photog Steve Soderberg caught inside, Tahiti, 1987. Photo: Paul PrewittSubscribe to view
Caught inside, Waimea Bay, 1963. Photo: Val ValentineSubscribe to view
Caught inside at Pipeline, 2017. Photo: WSLSubscribe to view
Caught Inside at Mavericks, from "Riding Giants"
Caught Inside: Revenge of Poseidon
Caught inside at Cloudbreak, 2012. Photo: Brian Bielmann
Surf photog Steve Soderberg caught inside, Tahiti, 1987. Photo: Paul Prewitt
Caught inside, Waimea Bay, 1963. Photo: Val Valentine
Caught inside at Pipeline, 2017. Photo: WSL