TOUGH PADDLE OUT!

Bud · Post by **Bud** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:07 pm

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.

analbirth · Post by **analbirth** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:14 pm

almost unreal, the thoughts in his head as he's picked up and falling down the cliff into the water, amazing he was still concious

Oilman · Post by **Oilman** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:24 pm

That fella has either big kahoona's and no grey matter, or total disregard for his own safety....

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:14 pm

fooj is a vipers guy

well.....thats one way in to the lineup at China Walls

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:09 pm

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?

randiego · Post by **randiego** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:02 pm

AHHWOOOGAHH!! EMERGENCY PADDLE COMMENCING!!

Great find Buddy! One question: Once ya get in, how do ya get out

Nice work Mr Fooj. I'd claim that!

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:12 am

randiego wrote: ... One question: Once ya get in, how do ya get out ?...

and
if that's not the right way to get ...

what is ?

not that I'm ever gonna try

looks too brutal for me

fooj · Post by **fooj** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:59 am

Hahahahaha! Bud found it. Damn.

Chris Buscemi · Post by **Chris Buscemi** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:08 pm

Jeff. Truely gnarly. Glad you made it. Any damage to you or your board? How was the surf?

C.P.Odom · Post by **C.P.Odom** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:15 pm

The same question: how do you get out?

fooj · Post by **fooj** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:30 pm

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.

C.P.Odom · Post by **C.P.Odom** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:31 pm

Fooj, we are all happy your still alive.

waka · Post by **waka** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:07 pm

Way to go Fooj

and you live to tell the story

Like your pics

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:40 pm

fooj wrote: My timing was off.

red · Post by **red** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:15 pm

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

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