I FIRST SAW PHOTOS OF WAVE ROCK, LOCATED AT HYDEN, WA, ABOUT 300 KM EAST OF PERTH, WHEN I WAS JUST A KID. IT BLEW MY MIND, BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL 2013 THAT I FINALLY SAW IT IN THE FLESH. MY WIFE, TRACEY, AND ME WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BIG LAP OF OZ, AND ONCE WE WERE IN WA I INSISTED WE MAKE THE DRIVE OUT THERE FROM THE COAST.
It didn’t disappoint, in fact it is more awesome than I’d ever imagined. At 15 metres high and 110 metres long, the wave is immense, looming over you with its thick granite lip that has been just about to barrel for 2700 million years. As a surfer, it is impossible not to chuck a tube stance at the…