Insane Taj Burrow wave at The Right puts Russell Ord in frame for big surf award

By Simon White
Updated February 12 2015 - 6:21pm, first published 1:11pm
Finalist: Taj Burrow and Mark Mathews show caring is sharing even in extreme circumstances, probably one of the craziest moments of 2014. Photo: Russell Ord
Finalist: Taj Burrow and Mark Mathews show caring is sharing even in extreme circumstances, probably one of the craziest moments of 2014. Photo: Russell Ord

THERE would be a certain irony if Margaret River photographer Russell Ord was to win the Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Award on Thursday night for his image of WA gun Taj Burrow and big-wave specialist Mark Matthews audaciously sharing the same monster wave at The Right.