The heart and soul of Australian big-wave surfing Ross Clarke-Jones will be inducted as the 34th member of the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame on Thursday night. His induction will be the major presentation during the 2012 Australian Surfing Awards to be held in Manly, Sydney. “It’s really an honour to be part of this group. I respect everyone in the Hall of Fame,” Clarke-Jones said. “I’m still really enjoying hunting for waves. Riding them is one thing, but the journey getting there is another. There can be so much disappointment if you get to a wave and it’s no good. You go through a lot of trouble to get there so if you can enjoy the ride and the journey then that’s half the fun. “But the best thing out of nearly 30 years of surfing is the great people I have met and places I’ve been to along the way. It’s just incredible... it’s priceless what surfing has given me.”