Shippies strikes terror in anyone that’s even watched a video of it. The infamous ‘step’ is something else. But what creates it? Being the water nerds we are it was pretty dope to watch this video on the mechanics of the ocean floor and the location in Tasmania that makes the wave tick.

 

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The ’Stern’ is a wave like no other. From the infamous step to the cliffs where it breaks and the cold water and rogue wildlife, there’s no shortage of vicious variables at the Southern Hemisphere’s most famous slab.

 

 

Click to RED BULL for the Mechanics of Shipstern Bluff

 

 

 

 

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