The Red Bull Heli-Surf returns this month as more adventurous surfers attempt to paddle their way to a helicopter waiting to whisk them away somewhere exotic...
Queensland...
The same helicopters who helped Queenslanders with the recent floods are back in Heli-Surf action on Saturday April 10 at Surfers Paradise and Coolum beach in Queensland, Australia.
400m...
The distance surfers must paddle to reach the Red Bull buoy before any of their competitors.
Clarke-Jones...
The big-wave master himself, Ross Clarke-Jones, will be on hand to greet the winner. The surfing star insists the honour is all his! "When you get down to it, paddling is the most fundamental skill of surfing. I’m sure they’re going to paddle rings around me, what with my battered body from years of 50 ft wipeouts!"
250...
The number of surfers who participated in the last event in February in New South Wales. The paddlers competed across four staggered events, racing through the break to an off-shore buoy. The first person to reach it was winched aboard the chopper!
2,500...
That’s how many people watched the action unfold.
6ft 6in...
The maximum length of a surfer’s board, and 1.98m if you prefer. There aren't too many rules in this competition, but that's one of them. The board can also be no more than 2.5in (6.3cm) thick.
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