{"id":23981,"date":"2021-01-18T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T10:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=23981"},"modified":"2021-01-18T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T15:05:00","slug":"jaws-serves-up-monster-60-feet-swell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=23981","title":{"rendered":"Jaws serves up monster 60-feet swell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Infamous Hawaiian surf break Jaws has played host to extraordinary swell that has left surfing fans in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>In an indication of just how astonishing the conditions were, no commentator has yet managed to officially record the size of the swell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE SURFING NEWS:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/pete-mel-mavericks-wave-of-the-decade-paddle-in-kelly-slater\/d2092c8c-6bc9-4a43-918a-e861f40df483\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Pete Mel scores incredible &#x27;wave of the decade&#x27; at infamous big-wave spot Mavericks\">Pete Mel scores incredible &#x27;wave of the decade&#x27; at infamous big-wave spot Mavericks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, many fans believe the waves eclipsed the forecast swell of up to 55 feet.<\/p>\n<p>The World Surf League even estimated the waves could have reached 60 feet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKIVlksAFST\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;amp\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-instagram\" data-show-caption=\"true\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKIVlksAFST\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;amp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The gigantic swell was triggered by a massive north-west swell that had closed out Waimea and turned Jaws into a monster.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the most daring big-wave heavies took on the swell, including Nathan Florence, Kai Lenny, Makuakai Rothman, Brad Domke, Justine Dupont, Albee Layer, Ian Walsh, Shaun Walsh and, incredibly, a 12-year-old by the name of Steve Roberson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKI3oHgn-bx\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-instagram\" data-show-caption=\"true\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKI3oHgn-bx\/?utm_source=ig_embed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true)\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Infamous Hawaiian surf break Jaws has played host to extraordinary swell that has left surfing fans in disbelief. In an indication of just how astonishing <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=23981\" title=\"Jaws serves up monster 60-feet swell\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23982,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23981\/revisions\/23982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}