WAVE OF A LIFETIME- With Natxo Gonzalez

This winter, Natxo Gonzalez settled in Ireland with Mullaghmore Head in his sights. The December 23 session came after several days of tow-in, on a fairly standard forecast, with no real sign of anything special. Yet that day, the spot lined up like rarely before, cleaner, more perfect, unlike anything Natxo says he’s seen here in ten years. A first solid wave, a late drop, and a ride through a wall of whitewater, then back to the line-up alongside Nic von Rupp and Manea, a Tahitian bodyboarder. A set rolls in, no one rushing. Natxo turns, commits, and catches the wave of the winter — maybe the wave of his life.