The 10 most read articles of the year in DUKE

Discoveries, historical waves, events, opinions, chronicles of storm surges, etc.


December 31, 2018
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Two wave discoveries in Uruguay, the historic wave surfed by Ramón Navarro in Fiji, what Andy Irons' documentary revealed, and an Argentinean's survival from a shark (which ended up cancelling the CT stage in Western Australia) are some of the most read facts this year in DUKE. Click on the photo in the title to review the notes.

1: Expedition to Lower Flakland

The Falkland Basin, which had long been visible from the shore, was finally explored and recorded on this expedition. Photo: Esteban Bessonart

2: Ramón Navarro surfed a beast in Fiji

Wave of the year, yes. The best wave ever surfed at Cloudbreak, yes. The wave of history? Who answers that? Photo: Todd Glasser

3: Discovery of size L somewhere in the Uruguayan territorial sea

Big waves somewhere on the Uruguayan coast. Photo: Capture from the video by Diego Balestro

4: With amazing technology, they conducted the first large-scale test in the Occy pool

 

5: “I can’t believe how fast it all happened. I’m lucky to be alive.”

Argentine Alejandro Travaglini's account of how he survived a shark attack last week. "I felt something bite my left leg and that's when the fight began," he says.

One of the most impressive shark attack survival stories in history was that of Argentine Alejandro Travaglini. Photo: GoFundMe

6: Chronicle of a storm presented by Maui and Sons: The day of the year in Wilderness

Cover photo: Carlos Cabrero and Cristian Rivera sharing a bomb while a couple paddle around trying not to be eaten by the beast. All photos except those mentioned by Ricardo Lucke.

7: Some pretty shocking notes from the Andy Irons documentary

The premiere of Andy Irons' documentary shook the world because of how direct and direct it was. Photo: Film release

8: Bobby Martinez: “Surfing should not be in the Olympics, it is worse than wave pools”

The controversial Bobby Martinez was very critical of Olympic surfing. Photo: WSL

9: A bumpy day of training at El Gringo

Japanese Takuto Ota had a bad time at El Gringo on that first day of training. He had to be rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Photo: Pablo Zanocchi

10: Tube of the month presented by Capi Bar: Cristobal de Col on a giant Mexican train

 

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