Storm-Surfers-12 The wave at Shipsterns is perilously close to the cliffs. Surfers who come off the wave are often pinballed through the jagged rocks below.(Photo: Andrew Chisolm / © 6ixtyfootfilms)

Check out more amazing behind-the-scenes images from the making of the hugely ambitious Storm Surfers 3D...

Storm Surfers 3D sees Aussie tow-surfing legend Ross Clarke-Jones and two-time world champion Tom Carroll, embark on a mission to find the world's biggest waves. They find themselves surfing at Turtle Dove Shoal - a legendary, unsurfed breaker located 75km out to sea. The film was a massive technical and physical undertaking, as evidenced by the second part of our photostory below...

nullThe Storm Surfers team prepares for the final mission of the season.(Photo: Mick Curley / © 6ixtyfootfilms)
  

nullBen Matson – Surf forecaster and meteorologist..(Photo: Rodd Owen / © 6ixtyfootfilms)
 

nullUnderwater DOP Dean Cropp captures Tom Carroll’s wave of the day.(Photo: Dean Dampney / © 6ixtyfootfilms)

 
nullRoss Clarke-Jones outruns a monster wave at Cows Bombie – considered to hold the largest waves in Australia.(Photo: Jamie Scott / © 6ixtyfootfilms)
  
 

 
nullRoss Clarke-Jones and Tom Carroll enjoying their session at ‘Ours’, the big-wave break just south of the Sydney CBD (Photo: Rodd Owen / © 6ixtyfootfilms)

 
nullBeyond the point of no return - Turtle Dove Shoal 75km off the coast of WA (Photo: Jamie Scott / © 6ixtyfootfilms)

 
nullRoss and Tom are big on communication – especially when towsurfing big waves in high wind. (Photo: Jamie Scott / © 6ixtyfootfilms)
  
 
 
nullTom Carroll loses control of the jetski and goes over the falls, almost killing Ross Clarke-Jones… and himself. (Photo: Jamie Scott / © 6ixtyfootfilms)

 
nullRoss Clarke-Jones and Tom Carroll wait for a wave, within sight of Sydney’s industrial centre (Photo: Rodd Owen / © 6ixtyfootfilms)

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