Nice picture

[Peter_Puget]

[tvashtarkatena]

Laird Hamilton at it again?

 

THE MOST AMAZING SPORT on the planet, period.

[Bug]

Aye.

My biggest regret in life is that I didn't learn to surf.

[tvashtarkatena]

Too scary.

 

Plus, you're not dead yet, are you?

[Off_White]

Very nice. You get double points for it not being about baseball!

[Braydon]

Jezus the whole ocean is behind him.

[pink]

is that a wind shirt he has on?

 

 

[pc313]

I'm still digging coral out of my ass!!!

[tvashtarkatena]

Let's see. 70 foot high wall of water travelling at 35 miles per hour...8 lbs per gallon...

 

F'in 'ell.

 

 

Poseiden sized balls.

Edited November 8, 2008 by tvashtarkatena

[pc313]

The biggest waves i rode were 8-10 ft. and thats 16-20ft. wall of water, the last one i rode knocked me out!

Edited November 8, 2008 by pc313

[Greta]

Laird Hamilton at it again?

 

THE MOST AMAZING SPORT on the planet, period.

 

The swell's big enough for Laird, but isnt the hair a bit dark?

[marc_leclerc]

If he fell he would be crushed by the whole friggin ocean... now that would be a funny vid

[mkporwit]

Laird Hamilton at it again?

 

THE MOST AMAZING SPORT on the planet, period.

 

The swell's big enough for Laird, but isnt the hair a bit dark?

 

Not Laird... some fellow named Kerby Brown

[Fairweather]

I think surfers are the only enthusiasts on the planet who enjoy photographing themselves more than climbers. Good picture, though. does anyone have that "big wave" video that was posted a few months back? That was incredible.

[kevbone]

Cool photo shop!

[ivan]

i remember gettng rolled by a monster wave off ocracoke island shortly after a hurricane hit the outer banks - somehow, after getting tossed along the bottom, ass over tea-kettle 9 or 10 times, i came to the top, utterly unable to breathe - i gasped once, then blew an entire handful of sand out of both my nasal cavities - never have figured that one out quite

 

my favorite simpsons' line ever was from the salty old sea captain:

 

"i hate the sea - and everything in it"

 

[Fairweather]

i remember gettng rolled by a monster wave off ocracoke island shortly after a hurricane hit the outer banks - somehow, after getting tossed along the bottom, ass over tea-kettle 9 or 10 times, i came to the top, utterly unable to breathe - i gasped once, then blew an entire handful of sand out of both my nasal cavities

 

...was that right before The Red Hot Chili Peppers kicked your ass?

[pc313]

I think surfers are the only enthusiasts on the planet who enjoy photographing themselves more than climbers. Good picture, though. does anyone have that "big wave" video that was posted a few months back? That was incredible.

 

 

YOUTUBE: MAUI JAWS is badass but can't find 100ft wave surfing off S.Cal. that was the biggest one rode that i know of, it was last year!!

[pc313]

This wave is a 80+ ft. wall of death! You've got to have big balls!WTF!!

Edited November 8, 2008 by pc313

[pink]

[video:youtube]s0Pw7vKtqpo

[hafilax]

I believe the OP is Cyclops off the west coast of Australia. I didn't know it had been surfed although I think it's been boogie boarded. Surprisingly boogie boarders do some bad ass stuff.

 

Cyclops and Teahupoo are the crack of surfing. A big deadly rush that's over in a flash. It's like a fist that comes out of nowhere and pounds.

 

Here's Laird in Teahupoo

[img:left]http://www.sheilaomalley.com/archives/laird_hamilton_teahupoo.jpg[/img]

[Hugh Conway]

heavily photographed climbers are still broke, heavily photographed surfers are rich, as in, 7 figure income at age 22 rich

 

 

here's a much more fun wave

http://www.surfline.com/video/video_player/video_player.cfm?id=20237