Chasing The Storm

An in-depth view of matt bromley’s world of big wave surfing

Matt Bromley’s movies; “Risky Business” and “Risky Ripples” testify to his unique ability to perform on huge and dangerous waves. Unforgettable footage shows him dancing on massive, rough, windy mountains of water with chop threatening to throw him off all the way down as he outruns the thunderous curl of monster waves.

Matt, who is also known as, “Bromdog,” has always been at home in the water. Before Matt could even swim, he was practicing his breath-hold, swimming around the bottom of the pool like a little tadpole. When the family moved to a beach house in Kommetjie, Cape Town, South Africa, he quickly abandoned other sports, and turned to competitive surfing.

Bromdog won three South African championships and captained the SA team to World Games on two occasions.

Although he loved to compete, he lacked competitive fire, or at least his motivation was different. Competitions were all about high-performance surfing in smaller waves, whereas Matt loved the bigger stuff.

At around the age of 16, he really started to find his passion in serious waves of consequence.

He started responding to a higher calling - the wild freedom and beauty of big and extreme wave surfing; chasing the biggest swell systems around the world.

This new type of surfing required courage, split-second timing, wave judgment and understanding of the weather, ocean and tides, but most of all, it required the ability to constantly expose himself to situations beyond his comfort zone.

With Monster Energy and Billabong on board, he has created numerous world-class video clips and films, and has taken on many of the biggest waves on the planet.