The Southern Ocean produces storms that batter the South African Cape Pensinsula, many boats and lives have been lost over the years. The mountainous coastline predominately consists of steep jagged cliffs with kelp covered reefs and seal colonies, which provide food for every surfer's worst nightmare the Great White. People often dismiss the threat of sharks to surfers as a '1 in a million' scenario but it does happen as we were sadly reminded by the recent death of a surfer in Reunion Island who had his arm ripped off. It's at the bottom of the cliffs of Hout Bay's most famous mountain, Mt Sentinel that Dungeons breaks, a heaving walling slab that reels for 150 to 200 m.

Jet skis, Jaws, Laird Hamilton and tow-ins seem to dominate the media when it comes to big wave surfing. Using jet skis and small boards with foot straps has opened up a whole new world of waves, the 'Realm of the Unridable', and made attempting them a lot safer. But what seems to be have been pushed out of the spotlight and faded back into the underground is the men who still paddle into the monstrous waves, and one UK based surfer is out there making a name for himself.