PILOTING a jetski while towing your mate into huge, gnarly waves is meant to be the easier part of tackling massive swells.

But someone forgot to tell Tom Carroll.

Sydney’s two-time world surfing champ was lucky to escape with just a bruised shin when he was caught by the lip of this monster wave off Western Australia.

He had just towed fellow big wave legend Ross Clarke-Jones into the wave, but instead of powering off the back after Clarke-Jones began his ride, Carroll, 49, went “over the falls”.

The wipeout destroyed the $25,000 jetski and a $15,000 3D camera mounted to it.

The pair were tow-surfing the infamous Cow Bombie near Gracetown in southwest WA last week during, filming for their upcoming movie Storm Surfers 3D.

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The lucky escape was also captured by 3D video cameras and will be used in the movie Storm Surfers 3D, a follow up to their original Storm Surfers, Dangerous Banks.

Article from the Daily Telegraph