Josh Kerr’s finest hours of the Drug Aware Pro came before the hooter sounded for round one. Pre-contest, Kerrzy was busily adding to his reputation as a slab hunting, big wave charging lunatic at The Box.
Sharing similarities with Gold Coast meat grinder, Cudgen reef, a wave synonymous with Kerrzy, the offshore slab at The Box provides the perfect combination for the Californian based Australian. Thick, ledging lips break over a razor sharp reef, the wave gurgling and twisting before firing plumes of spray into a deep sharky channel. Mean, backless and beautiful, the wave shone like a beacon for days on end.
Throughout the course of the swell-drenched waiting period, Kerrzy routinely stuffed himself underneath guillotine lips, the thicker the better, standing tall where fear and beauty intersect. He…
