23 Sep 2024

Blind surfer Matt Formston on riding the world's biggest wave

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 23 September 2024
Blind surfer Matt Formston rides the world's biggest wave at Nazare, Portugal

Photo: HIPSLEY

Matt Formston is a world champion surfer,  Australian Paralympian, cyclist, author, executive coach and motivational speaker.

Now he can add to his list having surfed the world's biggest wave - at Nazare, in Portugal.

His feat is the subject of the film The Blind Sea, currently screening in cinemas here.

At the age of five, Matt Formston lost 95 per cent of his vision from macular distrophy.

He's been a vocal advocate for disability rights and says the film is all about proving that people with disabilities can achieve incredible things.

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