NIC VON RUPP...Surfingmagazine

Nic Von Rupp has been obsessing over a wave called Cave for much of his life — especially since he discovered Alex Gray and a couple others tackled it last night. Phrases like “terrifying,” “unrideable,” and “fall or die” had been tossed around lately when referencing the wave. Supposedly Mike Gleason, who bagged a few with Alex the night prior, had thrown up in the channel, sick from adrenaline and terror. Last year, the wave had injured John John Florence. Albee Layer was even around, a guy that spends a lot of time with monsters, and he wanted a piece.
Here in Portugal, native Nic Von Rupp has led us to riches in the surf and delicious riches on land. Nic is 22 years old, dashingly handsome and has been called the Portuguese Julian Wilson — probably due to his flawless visage or Hurley sticker, or both. But Julian Wilson doesn’t speak six languages like Nic. And Julian Wilson doesn’t live in a castle like Nic. Nic is pretty much a Portuguese knight. And every knight has a dragon to slay. A wave called Cave is Nic’s dragon