Surfing video
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Don and Brenda
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Are we sure that wasn't a C-Dory in disguise? Fantastic ride
If it's JAWS/Peahi then it only breaks during extremely large swells with storms generated in the Gulf of ALaska. The waverunner will mirror the surfer but move his right [left looking at the video] to stay out of the break zone. When the rider finishes the ride the waverunner will zoom in, and pull him out to the line up again. Lots of times they have a large foam boogie-type board mounted on the rear of the waverider so the surfer can get on quickly with the board and "exit" the whitewash zone.
http://magicseaweed.com/photoLab/viewPhoto.php?photoId=95483
They have to use the waverunners to build up enough speed to actually catch the waves. It's called tow in surfing.
http://magicseaweed.com/photoLab/viewPhoto.php?photoId=95483
They have to use the waverunners to build up enough speed to actually catch the waves. It's called tow in surfing.
starcrafttom
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There are a group of guys in so cal that use a Glacier bay cat with a rack that holds a pwc. They run off shore to a shoal about 100 miles out and then use the PWC to get towed into the waves. I saw some video of it last year and it was scary big just like this video. No land to run to just a big wave in the middle of no where.
starcrafttom
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Here's a link to the story, sorry no picks of the boat. It was a cat but not a Glacier Bay, guess the memory is going all ready.http://www.trailerboats.com/output.cfm?id=1232155§ionid=316
Ok this is not good "On 2 November 1985 the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) struck the Cortes Bank reef about one mile east of Bishop Rock during exercises, putting a 40-foot (12 m) gash in her outer hull on the port (left) side, and damaged 3 of 4 propellers. She continued operations then went into dry dock at Hunter's Point Shipyard in San Francisco for repairs." I would hate to explain that to the MAN.
Ok this is not good "On 2 November 1985 the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) struck the Cortes Bank reef about one mile east of Bishop Rock during exercises, putting a 40-foot (12 m) gash in her outer hull on the port (left) side, and damaged 3 of 4 propellers. She continued operations then went into dry dock at Hunter's Point Shipyard in San Francisco for repairs." I would hate to explain that to the MAN.
For pictures of the camera boat in the article Starcrafttom listed, go to www.uscameraboats.com The boat is a rather awesome and specialized machine!
Thanks for the information!
It is rare that there are 40 to 60 foot waves at Cortez bank--but it would be interesting--never heard of surfing there. I had seen them surfing off Pt Loma being towed by boats. All sorts of things happen when you leave S. Calif for 17 years! Here is a link to the first surfing at Cortez bank:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... i_75248614
It is rare that there are 40 to 60 foot waves at Cortez bank--but it would be interesting--never heard of surfing there. I had seen them surfing off Pt Loma being towed by boats. All sorts of things happen when you leave S. Calif for 17 years! Here is a link to the first surfing at Cortez bank:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... i_75248614
starcrafttom
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Jim that is a cool boat but not the one I saw. The one I saw was smaller and had a rack and launch for a PWC on the back. Nice boat.
1TUBERIDER
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Looks like jaws to me.
Heavy price to pay to play. Its called tow in surfing and the surf board is more like a wake board or kite board so its not a floatation device.
I want to see my great grand kids, so I'll leave that size to those who don't have the fear of death getting pounded into the bottom.
A few of the skis have gone over the falls and end up being destroyed. Not to mention narrowly missing the surfer they just put on the face.
This is more team oriented and both participants need to be at their peak in surfing performance, wave knowledge and boat handling skills. Beginners hone their skills in smaller conditions and build the confidence in each other before tackling such outrageous conditions.
But for the effort
TOTALLY AWESOME!
Heavy price to pay to play. Its called tow in surfing and the surf board is more like a wake board or kite board so its not a floatation device.
I want to see my great grand kids, so I'll leave that size to those who don't have the fear of death getting pounded into the bottom.
A few of the skis have gone over the falls and end up being destroyed. Not to mention narrowly missing the surfer they just put on the face.
This is more team oriented and both participants need to be at their peak in surfing performance, wave knowledge and boat handling skills. Beginners hone their skills in smaller conditions and build the confidence in each other before tackling such outrageous conditions.
But for the effort
TOTALLY AWESOME!
Wow--strap a boat with a hyrdofoil to your boots! What happens if the foil trips on the reef, and you do a nose plant? Surfing has sure come a long was in the last 55 years. A mother of a friend of mine in college witnessed Duke Kahanamoku's legendary surf board ride 1917 off Diamond Head: From his book on surfing:
""Strangely, it was more as though the wave had selected me, rather than I had chosen it. It seemed like a very personal and special wave — the kind I had seen in my mind's eye during a night of tangled dreaming. There was no backing out on this one; the two of us had something to settle between us. The rioting breakers between me and shore no longer bugged me. There was just this one ridge and myself — no more. Could I master it? I doubted it, but I was willing to die in the attempt to harness it."
"Instinctively I got to my feet when the pitch, slant and speed seemed right. Left foot forward, knees slightly bent, I rode the board down the precipitous slope like a man tobogganing down a glacier. Sliding left along the watery monster's face, I didn't know I was at the beginning of a ride that would become a celebrated and memoried thing. All I knew was that I had come to grips with the tallest, bulkiest, fastest wave I had ever seen. I realized, too, more than ever, that to be trapped under its curling bulk would be the same as letting a factory cave in upon you."
"... I made it into the shallows in one last surging flood. A little dazedly I wound up in hip-deep water, where I stepped off and pushed my board shoreward through the bubbly surf. That improbable ride gave me the sense of being an unlickable guy for the moment. I heisted my board to my hip, locked both arms around it and lugged it up the beach."
"... I never caught another wave anything like that one. And now with the birthdays piled up on my back, I know I never shall. But they cannot take that memory away from me. It is a golden one that I treasure, and I'm grateful that God gave it to me."
This probably was a 30 foot wave. His board was solid redwood, and I believe 12 feet long. My friend's mother still had her redwood board of the same era. It was 10 feet long, had no skeg and weight was 100 lbs! I was surfing the "Canoe Surf" on a 12 foot Balsa board covered with fiberglass, and weight about 35 lbs in front of the only hotel on the beach: the Royal Hawaiian. Some of my friends in S. Calif. were fooling with this new foam stuff and 9 foot boards! I tried the 10 foot solid redwood board--and it was a real struggle!
""Strangely, it was more as though the wave had selected me, rather than I had chosen it. It seemed like a very personal and special wave — the kind I had seen in my mind's eye during a night of tangled dreaming. There was no backing out on this one; the two of us had something to settle between us. The rioting breakers between me and shore no longer bugged me. There was just this one ridge and myself — no more. Could I master it? I doubted it, but I was willing to die in the attempt to harness it."
"Instinctively I got to my feet when the pitch, slant and speed seemed right. Left foot forward, knees slightly bent, I rode the board down the precipitous slope like a man tobogganing down a glacier. Sliding left along the watery monster's face, I didn't know I was at the beginning of a ride that would become a celebrated and memoried thing. All I knew was that I had come to grips with the tallest, bulkiest, fastest wave I had ever seen. I realized, too, more than ever, that to be trapped under its curling bulk would be the same as letting a factory cave in upon you."
"... I made it into the shallows in one last surging flood. A little dazedly I wound up in hip-deep water, where I stepped off and pushed my board shoreward through the bubbly surf. That improbable ride gave me the sense of being an unlickable guy for the moment. I heisted my board to my hip, locked both arms around it and lugged it up the beach."
"... I never caught another wave anything like that one. And now with the birthdays piled up on my back, I know I never shall. But they cannot take that memory away from me. It is a golden one that I treasure, and I'm grateful that God gave it to me."
This probably was a 30 foot wave. His board was solid redwood, and I believe 12 feet long. My friend's mother still had her redwood board of the same era. It was 10 feet long, had no skeg and weight was 100 lbs! I was surfing the "Canoe Surf" on a 12 foot Balsa board covered with fiberglass, and weight about 35 lbs in front of the only hotel on the beach: the Royal Hawaiian. Some of my friends in S. Calif. were fooling with this new foam stuff and 9 foot boards! I tried the 10 foot solid redwood board--and it was a real struggle!
Trust me, there is NO feeling like surfing. I truly miss it. But up here with water temps in the 50s and logs rolling in, I can't bring myself to participate. I left my boards in Hawai'i when I left and occasionally use them when I go back. Problem is I'm so out of surf shape when I do, it seems like work...either that or I'm getting old. :wink: IMO it's something that must be done regularly in order to maintain the level of fitness it requires.
When I was about 19 or 20 a buddy and I went to the N shore and gave Ehukai (The Pipeline) a try. It was only about 6-8 feet and I was a young buck back then... I have never been so scared in the line-up in my life. The wave was VERY vertical, VERY fast and VERY unforgiving. As Clint Eastwood so famously said: "A man's got to know his limitations". I returned to shore wiser for the experience and enjoyed many more years of surfing the south and east shorelines of O'ahu. 8)
When my son was old enough I bought him a "boogie-board" and fins and he and I were able to enjoy the lifestyle together. Damn...I MISS HOME.
When I was about 19 or 20 a buddy and I went to the N shore and gave Ehukai (The Pipeline) a try. It was only about 6-8 feet and I was a young buck back then... I have never been so scared in the line-up in my life. The wave was VERY vertical, VERY fast and VERY unforgiving. As Clint Eastwood so famously said: "A man's got to know his limitations". I returned to shore wiser for the experience and enjoyed many more years of surfing the south and east shorelines of O'ahu. 8)
When my son was old enough I bought him a "boogie-board" and fins and he and I were able to enjoy the lifestyle together. Damn...I MISS HOME.
1TUBERIDER
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Local boy try a wetsuit. Like the Oneil add "its always summer on the inside" is true. There are some great areas of surf for you. Also try the stand up paddle board in the surf. I have been surfing most my life and the sup imho is absolutely the best. Sup is also best for fitness. I think of it as the fountain of youth because it took away my keg and almost gave me a six pack. Went from 215 to a lean 185 and if feels great.
I have been surfing my whole life or since 12 and I am now 58. Yes for the feeling. Now when done all my muscles are tight and I have an ear to ear smile because I had so much fun. For the last 30 years I have been surfing here in Crescent City and hope to do so until I am stiff and cold.
I will be in Seattle area picking up new paddle boards later part of April. If you want to try it let me know.
The second video has Hamilton and Kalama in it. They pretty much are surf gods.
I have been surfing my whole life or since 12 and I am now 58. Yes for the feeling. Now when done all my muscles are tight and I have an ear to ear smile because I had so much fun. For the last 30 years I have been surfing here in Crescent City and hope to do so until I am stiff and cold.
I will be in Seattle area picking up new paddle boards later part of April. If you want to try it let me know.
The second video has Hamilton and Kalama in it. They pretty much are surf gods.