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You don't see many people, even local pro's, surf this wave well on their backhand. Cash Barris has it dialed as good as anyone, maybe even better than anyone.... Photo: Benny Crum
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Jesse Hines. Photo: Benny Crum
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Oh look, It's Brett, standing tall in yet another barrel. Photo: Benny Crum
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An all too familiar scene... Photo: Benny Crum
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Brett on a square one. Photo: Benny Crum
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Brett... in the barrel.... again..... Photo: Benny Crum
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Cash Barris. Photo: Benny Crum
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Ay Carumba... Photo: Benny Crum
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That dune is hiding a peanut gallery of surfers cackling at other surfers paying their dues. I like the shapes of the spray coming off the waves. Photo: Benny Crum
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In the background on the horizon line you can see diamond shoals. Thats probably 4 miles away from where I'm standing, think about how big that on the left backwash is... Photo: Benny Crum
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An unknown surfer locking into one. Photo: Benny Crum
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Brett Barley on one of his last waves of the day... "I mean I fully remember the foam ball hitting me and I couldn't see, but it lifted my board to extra speed to make it... Definitely my longest barrel [of the day.]" Photo: Benny Crum
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Way down the beach... Photo: Benny Crum
Recently, all of the swells in the Outer Banks have been coming from the South, which brings up warm water and air, but this last run of surf in February gave us a slight reality check. Frigid winds howling out of the North put the windchill into the 20s and dropped the water temp into the 40s. The surf was pretty good all day long for those of us who fought the cold.
The photos tell the story. It was worth it.
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