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Ken Bradshaw

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Ken Bradshaw, born on October 4, 1952 in Houston, Texas, is an American professional surfer and the winner of the 1982 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship. He is best known for big wave riding: on January 28, 1998 he was towed into and rode a wave with a face reported to be about 80 feet at Outside Log Cabins, an outer reef on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, a ride that lasted roughly 30 seconds. Bradshaw also took part in a Discovery Channel hypothermia experiment lasting four hours at 0 degrees Celsius without clothing, during which his body temperature fell to 35 degrees Celsius.

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    is an American professional surfer and winner of the 1982 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship
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