TOUGH PADDLE OUT!
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TOUGH PADDLE OUT!
Anyone claiming this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrCrAwn4 ... re=related
Watch carefully from the very beginning.
I thought maybe it was Pat Holzman until the zoom in on the guy revealed Viper Fins. (Pat's a Duck Feet guy)
Good example of the solid surf that showed up on the South Shores of Hawaii last week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrCrAwn4 ... re=related
Watch carefully from the very beginning.
I thought maybe it was Pat Holzman until the zoom in on the guy revealed Viper Fins. (Pat's a Duck Feet guy)
Good example of the solid surf that showed up on the South Shores of Hawaii last week.
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yup.....pretty sure it was fooj
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WFznj9XoM4
check the comments on this very interestingly titled vid.
glad ur ok just one question though......where were Moe and Curly?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WFznj9XoM4
check the comments on this very interestingly titled vid.
glad ur ok just one question though......where were Moe and Curly?
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Yeah
Jeff. Truely gnarly. Glad you made it. Any damage to you or your board? How was the surf?
If I say its safe to surf this beach Captain, then its safe to surf this beach. I mean I'm not afraid to surf this place, I'll surf this whole f@cking place!
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You get out by timing the sets and jumping off of the wall. My timing was off. This swell was huge and I think that the set that washed me was a forerunner of the reinforcement swell that was expected. I watched for 30 min before deciding to go out. That is long for the south shore, maybe not long enough for that swell. When I saw the wave I backed up to the wall as far as possible. It was dry there, thought I was safe. Haha. The whitewash was way over my head, deflected off of the wall and swept me off my feet. I was completely submerged and rag-dolled while on the shelf and went over head first, no arms in front. Thought I was dead. I have 2 friends who have nearly died there, both had week + hospital stays. When I landed in the clear blue sea I couldn't believe it. Back in my realm, it was gravy from there. Bruised and scraped knee, foot and hip. Almost healed up now. Board's nose missing about 3 inches, repairable. Sad because that was the only wave I caught of the epic swell. Happy because alive. Humbled to the nth degree...
The best way to get back to land on a day like this is paddling in toward shore about a 1/4 mile where there is another right-of-way.
The best way to get back to land on a day like this is paddling in toward shore about a 1/4 mile where there is another right-of-way.
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Fooj,
Good to hear you survived.
Proof we don't get smarter older.
I did the same thing a few months ago - "there's a dry rock I can run to if a big set comes" As in your case, the problem is that the dry rock got very wet. I started to get washed off, turned and bailed and thought I had a rock in my future, but somehow didn't and got away with only a damaged rib.
Red
Good to hear you survived.
Proof we don't get smarter older.
I did the same thing a few months ago - "there's a dry rock I can run to if a big set comes" As in your case, the problem is that the dry rock got very wet. I started to get washed off, turned and bailed and thought I had a rock in my future, but somehow didn't and got away with only a damaged rib.
Red