Ken Bradshaw

Ken Bradshaw was born in Texas.  1952.

He began surfing at the age of 13 and soon realized the sport was his life's purpose.  1965.

At the age of 17, Ken left home and moved to California. 1969.

Every facet of his being aimed towards the ocean.  

Soon, the west coast waves were not enough.  Bradshaw scraped enough money together and hopped on a plane to Hawaii.  1972.

He found jobs on the side to support his true calling and became one of the world's best big wave surfers.

He mastered forty foot waves, but nothing larger was permitted.

  

The human body had reached its limits.

Ken Bradshaw has no limits.

He and others ushered in a new age of surfing when they began to tow one another into larger waves with the help of jet-skis.

Ken towed into a wave on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.  It's face was over eighty feet high.  The ride is still considered the biggest.  1998.

2010 and forward.  Ken is currently 57 years old and resides full time in Hawaii.  He has surfed the world over and is still in search of the hundred foot wave. 

To find what you seek in the road of life,
the best proverb of all is that which says:
"Leave no stone unturned."Edward Bulwer Lytton

"On January 28, 1998, "On January 28, 1998, Ken rode the biggest wave ever ridden in history, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii at an outer reef known as Outside Log Cabins. This wave was considered to be in excess of 85 feet. That same day he also rode another 20 waves between 40 and 65 feet to make this the largest day ever ridden. Ken's dream has always been the same, to be one of the best big wave riders, and possibly the best big wave surfer in the history of the world. It looks like his dream may have come true."

On January 28, 1998, Ken rode the biggest wave ever ridden in history, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii at an outer reef known as Outside Log Cabins. This wave was considered to be in excess of 85 feet. That same day he also rode another 20 waves between 40 and 65 feet to make this the largest day ever ridden. Ken's dream has always been the same, to be one of the best big wave riders, and possibly the best big wave surfer in the history of the world. It looks like his dream may have come true."Ken rode the biggest wave ever ridden in history, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii at an outer reef known as Outside Log Cabins. This wave was considered to be in excess of 85 feet. That same day he also rode another 20 waves between 40 and 65 feet to make this the largest day ever ridden. Ken's dream has always been the same, to be one of the best big wave riders, and possibly the best big wave surfer in the history of the world. It looks like his dream may have come true."