Wedged in and flat-out flying
September 7, 2008 | 8:44
am
A body surfer in the notoriously fierce Newport Beach wave, The Wedge. Check the jump for another photo that shows how The Wedge refracts south swells so the waves rear up, doubled in size. Not for the amateurs, nor for faint-of-heart.
--Veronique de Turenne
Photo: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
Look closely -- there's a surfer there in the curl, praying, I think.
--Veronique de Turenne
Photo: Allen J. Schaben
