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Mark Healey glad he's not on the beach. Photo: Camila Neves
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Angelo Donano making the steepest of drops. Photo: Camila Neves
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Mark Healey's perfect positioning.Photo: Camila Neves
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Cesar Petroni splitting the peak. Photo: Camila Neves
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Cesar Petroni in a Mexican shack. Photo: Camila Neves
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Even the smaller ones were perfect. Photo: Camila Neves
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Mark Healey, celebrated. Photo: Camila Neves
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Tom Lose, winning. Photo: Camila Neves
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Cesar Petroni tuned in. Photo: Camila Neves
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Unknown and upside down. Photo: Camila Neves
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Pedro Calado looking through a perfect window. Photo: Camila Neves
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Gavin Besham navigating. Photo: Camila Neves
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When the waves show up, so do the crowds. Photo: Camila Neves
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Spencer Pirdy on a smaller left. Photo: Camila Neves
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Spencer Pirdy causing a scene. Photo: Camila Neves
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You can bet that everyone watching wished they were on this. Photo: Camila Neves
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Angelo Donano, taking cover from the Mexican sun. Photo: Camila Neves
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Cesar Petroni copping a feel. Photo: Camila Neves
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It's days like this that make you realize just how tiny you are. Photo: Camila Neves
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Alone, but not lonely. Photo: Camila Neves
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The one that got away. Photo: Camila Neves
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Greg Long watching one just out of reach. Photo: Camila Neves
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A view of the foamball. Photo: Camila Neves
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Rusty Long holding on. Photo: Camila Neves
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In the belly of the beast. Photo: Camila Neves
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Spencer Pirdy bright and making it. Photo: Camila Neves
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Spencer Pirdy chop hopping. Photo: Camila Neves
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It's offshores like these that made the afternoon so special. Photo: Camila Neves
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Marcial Monreal looking for a line. Photo: Camila Neves
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Lucas Silveira powering into a bottom turn. Photo: Camila Neves
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Mark Healey got his fair share of Puerto bombs. Photo: Camila Neves
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Mark Healey again, rushing. Photo: Camila Neves
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Mind surf this. Photo: Camila Neves
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Greg Long threading a complicated needle. Photo: Camila Neves
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Ryan Hipwood weathering the storm. Photo: Camila Neves
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A view into a serious cave. Photo: Camila Neves
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Matthew and Shane Dorian. Cool guys don't look at explosions. Photo: Camila Neves
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With waves like this pouring through, it's no wonder a few went unridden. Photo: Camila Neves
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A perfect, empty cylinder. Photo: Camila Neves
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You are looking at pure stoke. Photo: Camila Neves
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Thunder in Mexico. Photo: Camila Neves
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Nic Lamb testing his mettle. Photo: Camila Neves
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Twin peaks. Photo: Camila Neves
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The watcher watches. Photo: Camila Neves
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Spencer Pirdy. Paddle power. Photo: Camila Neves
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Greg Long looking casual as a monster unloads. Photo: Camila Neves
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Spencer Pirdy staying on his toes. Photo: Camila Neves
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Ricardo dos Santos tucked right in. Photo: Camila Neves
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Plenty of places to watch the mayhem from. Photo: Camila Neves
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A thick Mexican lip unloads. Photo: Camila Neves
By now, everyone is aware of the epic swell that ran into Puerto Escondido a few weeks ago. Insane footage emerged of some ridiculous things happening in Mexico: Brad Domke’s finless slide into the biggest wave ever on a skimboard, Billy Kemper’s near-destruction, Ricardo dos Santos pushing the eject button off the edge of a watery cliff, and some of the greatest aerial footage we’ve ever seen.
And then there are the photos. Moments captured in time that show just how critical things get at the Mexican Pipeline. The ones above are taken by Camila Neves, a surf photographer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Check out more of her work on Instagram@cacaneves
