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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:27 pm Post subject: All surfers in the ROK.....50 foot waves are coming.... |
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sorry...you have to go to Hawaii for these waves.....
Is the weather cooperating or what!!??!?!? I'd love to be riding these pipelines!!!
50-foot waves headed for isles!!!!
The North Shore prepares for the Eddie
Aikau big-wave contest.
When waves as high as five-story buildings are predicted to hit Hawaii's northern shorelines, expert surfers wax their boards!
Nature's display of raw power got under way last night, when state authorities closed several beaches across the state in anticipation of 30-foot waves, which were expected to reach up to 50 feet by sunrise today!
The massive waves are expected to attract large crowds to Oahu's North Shore. And they better bring bicycles if they want to get near the rarely held Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing contest, which is scheduled for today at Waimea Bay.
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turtlepi1
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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*TurTlePi puts his surfboard back on the wall and looks around for something to hit hellofaniceguy with*
No, not the Gumdo sword...
No, not the TV...
*looking in fridge*
*takes out cabbage*
*hurls it in hellofaniceguy's general direction*
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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gesh...
how you think I feel also?!?!? My board is in the closet! I want to go home now and ride! |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| I dont know squat about surfing. Tried it once during a hurricane though. When one rides a 50 Ft wave and you wreck. what are the chances of survival? |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Like anything else in life...luck. I have seen 7/8/9 year olds surfing 20+ foot waves in Hawaii...myself included when I was young. And I have seen experienced surfers ride 6 foot waves and get hurt badly, broken legs, etc. For the most part...only someone with experience would ride a 40+ foot wave. Stay in the pipeline and you're safe....coming out is the problem...wipeout. Never been a death reported yet riding the 50+ by the pros. |
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turtlepi1
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:38 am Post subject: |
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I feel for you more than me then  Some of 12 footers is about all I'm good for. That double overhead stuff knocked the stuffing out of me on more than one occasion.
I will say one thing though...The 6 footers we ride in Nova Scotia (the frigid winter wasteland (Christmas day is always a blast) hit you with about the force of a 9 or 10 footer on the West coast...(at least the breaks I surfed around southern cali...)
That was the only time I actually got a chance to surf in warm water...always been a bit of a winter water baby in Canada. |
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hellofaniceguy
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:47 am Post subject: |
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| you guys riding waves when the temp is under 70 degrees have some big kahunas! Let alone when it's around 40/50 degrees! |
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turtlepi1
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| Hehe yeah maybe big kahunas but not after getting out of water that is 34 degrees....one severe case of shrinky dink... |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:34 am Post subject: |
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so when does the 50 year storm come?
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