Surfing Life

UP AHEAD

o say that Russell Bierke is an animal would not belittle the south coast big wave charger in any way. In fact, in big wave circles, it’s probably the ultimate compliment when considering the ticker the 21-year-old surfer has. He won the Red Bull Cape Fear Challenge at the death-defying Cape Solander at only eighteen years of age, survived a knockout at 40 ft Nazaré and joined the WSL Big Wave

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