Ken Bradshaw, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ken Bradshaw

American surfer

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1952

Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, United States

Profession: surfer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ken Bradshaw

  • Ken Bradshaw (born October 4, 1952) is an American professional surfer and winner of the 1982 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship. Bradshaw was born in Houston, Texas.
  • On January 28, 1998, Ken Bradshaw successfully towed into, and rode, a wave with a face generally accepted among surf authorities as about 80 feet (24 m).
  • The site was Outside Log Cabins, an outer reef on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.
  • This wave was his second of the day at about 11:30am.
  • The ride lasted about 30 seconds.
  • There is a poster by the photographer "Hank" of Bradshaw riding a 60+ footer that has been mistaken for the biggest wave ever surfed.
  • His record-breaking wave, which was 10 to 20 feet taller than that photo, was not photographed.
  • Some grainy video footage by Bill Ballard, which was shot from shore nearly a mile away, does exist, but the view of the wave is partially blocked by a smaller, unbroken wave in front of it. Bradshaw took part in a hypothermia experiment for Discovery Channel which lasted for 4 hours at 0°C (32°F, 273 K) without clothing.
  • His body temperature dropped to 35°C (95°F, 308 K).

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