“I was actually squashed on the bottom, with my vest inflated, so the vest inflated and the wave was still squashing me on the bottom, and I could feel the vest fighting…” That’s the sort of thing that will happen on the biggest Puerto Escondido day in recent memory, when Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker paddled out and spent four hours in the line-up without catching a single wave. But the next day he was out there again and stroked into a handful of bombs he’ll never forget, including what was very nearly the best barrel of his life…
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