Photographer Russell Ord has built a life around the ocean and taking extraordinary risks in pursuit of his passion

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It’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to ride a wave-like Cyclops but no sooner did images of it first appear in the early nineties, so too did the unique brand of surfer keen to give it a red hot go….Words Anthony Pancia / Images Russell Ord

IT started with a U-turn, resulted in a near drowning and ended with an almost humours image of a body caught in the lip of a heaving south coast wave

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There will never be another Marty Tullemans.

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Photographer Russell Ord has devoted years of his life to swimming into the impact zone of one of the heaviest waves in the world in pursuit of the most dramatic surfing photo imaginable.

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It was sometime around the late nineties when the title of “free surfer” began doing the rounds in surfing circles.

If you asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wanted to be a surfer. I'm massively thankful to collaborate with The Surfboard Warehouse and build these beautiful environmentally sustainable surfboards.

Surfing, or at least the very act of it, is ultimately down to two main components-the surfer and the wave. Some are content riding the gentile waves found skirting most towns and cities around the world but others choose a much more dedicated path. For a select bunch of individuals, big, thick remote waves are what really gets the blood pumping and a break located in Western Australia’s deep south seemed purpose built for those inclined.