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Billy Kemper’s Awesome Puerto Escondido Barrel-to-Bodysurf Maneuver

Billy Kemper is no slouch when it comes to surfing very, very big waves.

Billy Kemper is no slouch when it comes to surfing very, very big waves. Hell, he’s a standout at Jaws, and that is a place that has a LOT of standouts. But one doesn’t get to be in a place like that without taking his fair share of horrendous beatings, and with those beatings comes a certain sense of how to deal with them. Take the video above, for example. After successfully navigating a very difficult wave during the Puerto event, he’s blasted out and decides that he’s going to have a quick bodysurf. Of course, it could have gone horribly wrong… but it didn’t.