yamaslut
kill it
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- Daytona Beach, Florida
our 13fter over here wouldn't be either, unless it was a hurricane, then it's still not the same
Any one up for riding some 30'+ waves?
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our 13fter over here wouldn't be either, unless it was a hurricane, then it's still not the same
I didn't really almost die.....I was following suit up there.
so your saying u would ride this wave?
If I had a crew....and those waves were reachable with our skis....and we were riding those waves......then YES!!!! I would be out there!!!
wydopen
onthepipe
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- Goleta the Goodland
seriously come out here and i will take u there..what crew would that be?? team freestyle?
kraqus
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- Great State of Texas
That wave is so big and nasty, it has baby waves coming at you too....
Benny
Benny
So now the entire Cleveland crew sucks?
WaveDemon
Not Dead - Notable Member
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- Hell, Florida
if that's true you should probably move off of the great lakes and to the west coast.
That is the Gods honest truth.
And thats easier said than done or I think a few of us around here would.
- Location
- greenville, nc
this is pretty interesting. we don't get really tall faces here except when hurricanes and crap come through. although i used to captain my dad's charter boat for a few years and 18 - 25 footers in a gale even on that big bastard scared the hell out of me. if i hadn't been running the boat i think i would have freaked out lol. anyway i don't want anything taller than me on a ski. call me a pu$$ or whatever.
Idok
F1pro
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- Nations oldest muthaF+++kin city
it isnt that easy man......
same here.....couple of days at ponce with 20' faces and it just makes me turn around and go in.......
a tow is IMPOSSIBLE in those conditions....I.M.P.O.S.S.I.B.L.E
you are nuts and have WAY too much faith in your equipment
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- greenville, nc
"The energy carried by a wave is proportional to the
square of its height. For this reason, a 30.5 meter (100
foot) high wave will hit a vessel with four times the
force of a 15 meter (50 foot) high wave."
according to shipstructure.org
square of its height. For this reason, a 30.5 meter (100
foot) high wave will hit a vessel with four times the
force of a 15 meter (50 foot) high wave."
according to shipstructure.org
LBE
Eddie Would Go.
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- Charlotte, NC
Oh this is good.
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jetskier79
I'm goin' for two
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- San Diego, CA
For all the 
talking wydopen has a tendency to do - him and nick are pretty spot on here. I'll go ahead and say that wydopen is in the top echelon of surf riders in the sport right now. The man knows his waves.
Not sure how serious everyone has been in this thread - but it's given me a good chuckle. Riding around big ass waves is one thing, surfing them is an all together different beast.
I'm pretty confident in my ability to ride in big surf, I've seen plenty of it. But if the picture wydopen posted doesn't give you even a small moment of butt pucker - it's time to check yourself.
And for what it's worth - big air doesn't meant compared to surf that will ing kill you.
This wave will eat you for lunch.
talking wydopen has a tendency to do - him and nick are pretty spot on here. I'll go ahead and say that wydopen is in the top echelon of surf riders in the sport right now. The man knows his waves.Not sure how serious everyone has been in this thread - but it's given me a good chuckle. Riding around big ass waves is one thing, surfing them is an all together different beast.
I'm pretty confident in my ability to ride in big surf, I've seen plenty of it. But if the picture wydopen posted doesn't give you even a small moment of butt pucker - it's time to check yourself.
And for what it's worth - big air doesn't meant
compared to surf that will ing kill you.This wave will eat you for lunch.
OK, I've been on your side for this read here Matt, if someone else can do it then maybe you can too. Agreed on that point. BUt you just very clearly illustrated that you have no real surf riding experience. A boat will not hold a wave in that location, nor a surfer for that matter. If by chance you found yourself in that location on the wave it would be a momentary passing as you're falling into the pit.
I've raced in Great Lakes surf. Challenging yes. Even Fun. Easily the largest windchop I've ever been in.
I've raced in East Coast Surf. Waves smaller than the crashing windchop on Michigan, yet still far more powerful.
I've raced in NorthWest surf. Waves much smaller than any of these photos. I was surrounded by the Worlds Best freeriders (SurfSlam 09) and nobody was too happy to be out in those conditions. Those waves were roughly half the size of these on the biggest sets.
I wrote a story about my experience on watercraft.com, you should read it.
Save the bravado, get the experience. The guys ripping you on here are only doing so because they actually have been in real surf and know the consequences which supports the respect for the photo that you so quickly claim to have the ability/balls to ride. Its real easy to sit on a keyboard and talk about what you would do and very different to actually do it. It isn't that somebody doesn't like you, it's just apparent that you haven't done it and until you do, and really understand the power and consequences of bigsurf, you discussion here is rather invalid.
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