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May 15th, 2008 at 3:44 pmWhen I was in High School we used to go to the North shore and watch Nuts like this guy on Big Surf day’s. (Cool Vid)
May 15th, 2008 at 3:51 pmFrom what I understand by comments … If the crest had taken him down he would be under for atleast 3 minutes … and crushed pretty damn good (air from the chest/lungs) like being at the base of a waterfalls …
Gotta hand it to these bigtime surfers … I can’t grow balls that big … even if I were a dude!
May 15th, 2008 at 4:17 pmIf you have to, you can actually breath the white water foam, there’s enough air in it to keep you alive…for a while at least.
no kidding, I’ve had to do it…not fun.
It’s not so much the hold-down…it’s the impact on the bottom, which is usually rock.
If one has any kind of doubt…don’t go out.
Guys in the Video aren’t stupid, they’ve thought this through, assessed the risks to life and limb, taken what safety measures they could and went for it.
May 15th, 2008 at 5:01 pmWhen I was stationed at Hickam I remember going up to watch the Big Wave classic. Didn’t happen until the waves reached at least 25 feet. Crazy dudes…
May 15th, 2008 at 5:04 pmMy surfin’ days … The stuff I paddled out in was a stone-drop in a bird bath compared to this … heh!
May 15th, 2008 at 5:08 pmThe theme to “Hawaii 5-0″ (sp) needs to be in the vid.
May 15th, 2008 at 5:17 pmBad to the bone man
May 15th, 2008 at 8:32 pmThere are waves like this and bigger pretty consistently at a beach south of San Fran about 20 miles called Mavericks. It was a secret spot for decades until the late 90’s when surfer magazine published an article about it. The waves at Mavericks are so huge they defy reason as to why someone would get in the water and surf it. Some famous surfers have bit the dust there.
May 16th, 2008 at 5:18 amif you listen closely, you can hear him say ” i welcome death”
May 16th, 2008 at 7:08 am