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January 2001 - Jamaican local, Inilek Wilmot, cuts loose on a wave down the road from his home at the Jamnesia Surf Camp in Bull Bay, Kingston, Jamaica. This wave, at the time the premiere break on the island, was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in September of 2004 when the entire cobblestone point was moved down the coast. However, the destruction was not completed before Inilek's father, Billy Wilmot, surfed the largest wave ever caught in Jamaica, and this break has since made something of a comeback in the last couple years although not nearly on the level of its former glory. Image: Fitzpatrick
A native of New Jersey, Steve Fitzpatrick began documenting surfing in the early 80’s in an effort to shut the mouths’ of his high school classmates incredulous to his tales of spinning autumn barrels caught before school. Since then his travels have taken him far and wide to places as diverse as Indonesia and Greenland; his work has been published in most of the world’s top surf media publications both in print as well as online. With skills that range far beyond surf action, most of the industry’s top advertisers have used his imagery in advertising or hired him to execute assignments for their marketing campaigns, and he also counts many mainstream corporations among his impressive list of cliental.
Check out more of Steve’s work on his website.