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Here’s How Nathan Florence Tackled the ‘Biggest Jaws Swell of Our Lives’

Nate Florence has surfed a lot of big waves at Jaws, but he called this swell the “biggest of our lives.”

Nathan Florence spends as much time as he can surfing the biggest waves he can find. When a giant swell shows up on his doorstep, chances are very good that he’s going to be there, and he’s going to be there with a huge grin on his face. He’s been through a lot of Jaws swells, but the one that hit on the weekend in mid-January was something else. Nate, in fact, called it “the biggest Jaws swell of our lives.” Which is saying a lot. An awful lot.


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