Ken Bradshaw

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Ken Bradshaw (born October 4, 1952 in Houston, Texas) is a professional surfer and winner of the 1982 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic.

On January 28, 1998, Ken Bradshaw successfully towed-in to a wave with a record 85-foot face. The site was Outside Log Cabins, an outer reef on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

He took part in a hypothermia experiment for Discovery Channel and survived for 2 hours at 0°C (32°F, 273 K) without clothing. His body temperature plummeted to 35°C (95°F, 308 K).

Ken is a vegetarian.

[edit] References

• Matt Warshaw: Maverick's: the story of big-wave surfing, Chronicle Books, ISBN 0-8118-2652-X

[edit] External links

• The Big One (Forbes.com)
• Wave Warrior (pbs.org)
• Ken Bradshaw (Surfline; Oct 2000)