A Veteran Surfer’s Big-Wave Nightmare

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

It began as every surfer’s dream: an empty point break, a rising swell, and a good friend to share the rides. But what happens when you’re out there and the waves just keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger? So it went for William Finnegan at a break off the Portuguese island of Madeira. This happened decades ago, back when surfers had to more or less guess at the conditions they’d encounter on any given day. In this episode, Finnegan, whose surfing memoir Barbarian Days won the Pulitzer Prize, shares one of his most harrowing experiences in the water. He and another longtime surfer were stuck out past the impact zone in a remote section of seas as night descended. Exhausted and frightened, they were forced to decide how to go about saving themselves. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Sonos, maker of the Sonos Move, a portable smart speaker that delivers detailed sound and rich base in every kind of room and outdoors. Learn more and order yours at Sonos.com

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Sonos.
0:04.0	Maker of the Sonos Move, a portable smart speaker that delivers detailed sound and rich bass in every kind of room and outdoors. I know this because I've been listening to my
0:17.0	sonos move everywhere I can. In the morning it's podcast in the show.
0:23.0	Outside magazine and PRX.
0:25.0	During the work day, it's at my desk,
0:27.0	where I have the move sitting on its charging base
0:30.0	and Tied up with my please help me get stuff done playlist.
0:34.0	For my afternoon break, I bring it to the backyard basketball.
0:38.0	For picking eftoons, while I try to beat my hoops-year-old in games of course.
0:43.4	And in the evening it's in my bedroom playing chill out music to help me wind down.
0:51.5	What makes the Sonos move sound so good in so many different spaces
0:58.0	is automatic true play tuning,
1:00.0	which uses the speaker's microphones
1:02.0	to adapt the move to the unique acoustics of where you are and what you're listening to.
1:08.0	Which means music, podcasts, audio books, and everything else sound the way they were intended.
1:15.2	The Move works with all your streaming services and control is simple with the Sonos App,
1:20.6	Apple Airplay 2, or your Voice using Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant while on
1:26.0	Wi-Fi and when you're outside and beyond the reach of Wi-Fi you can switch to
1:30.8	Bluetooth mode in seconds,
1:32.6	while the battery lasts for up to 11 hours.
1:35.6	Learn more about how the Sonos move
1:38.7	delivers brilliant sound anywhere you listen,
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