On the 20th January 2011, a Sunshine Coast local, known to his friends as ‘Vis’, entered the history books as the first person to ride a 30-40 foot wave, at night, at the infamous break off Maui, Hawaii, known as ‘Jaws’. This insane achievement earned Mark Visser the nickname of ‘The Night Rider’ throughout the surfing world.
You might expect a larger than life personality, robust ego, and possibly an overpowering presence from a man that takes on giant waves for a living. But the man we met was serenely humble, with a peaceful and gracious regard for nature; a man who does what he does simply to see what he is capable of, to conquer himself and nature, and, frankly, does not see any reason to be on this planet otherwise. Why Fitness caught up with Mark on one of his sporadic trips home to find out what, well…. Why?
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