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it's nuts. like being sucked down into a black hole. total nightmare. how did he even get his rail to bite in, then maintain enough mental clarity to continue on.

https://youtu.be/GDzpaA8pKZY

This one's got more rider input... a stoked Dorrian

Been out there a few hours... sun going down... looking for a little one to ride in.... a giant set came in... stacking on the horizon... giant monster wave...saw it a few minutes out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1tdAfA4oZs

Insane!!!

Nick Carroll wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:13 am

ha ha Teahupoo under six foot pretty much cut Keala Kennelly's face off.

it was 6-8 when keala came off. that was the tail end of the code red swell, which had heaps of west in it. ie the end pinches pretty much on dry reef if you don't flick off the wave.

crabmeat thompson wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:37 pm

Nick Carroll wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:13 am

ha ha Teahupoo under six foot pretty much cut Keala Kennelly's face off.

it was 6-8 when keala came off. that was the tail end of the code red swell, which had heaps of west in it. ie the end pinches pretty much on dry reef if you don't flick off the wave.

I was there. Standing right in front of it. The code red swell was square SW, the tail end of it was SSW and KK's wave was about five foot. Not a particularly nasty wave. She rode it into the reef like everyone was doing that day, and fell badly. That's the kind of shit that happens at that joint but doesn't happen at Pipeline.

Nick Carroll wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 15, 2017 1:44 pm

crabmeat thompson wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:37 pm

Nick Carroll wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:13 am

ha ha Teahupoo under six foot pretty much cut Keala Kennelly's face off.

it was 6-8 when keala came off. that was the tail end of the code red swell, which had heaps of west in it. ie the end pinches pretty much on dry reef if you don't flick off the wave.

I was there. Standing right in front of it. The code red swell was square SW, the tail end of it was SSW and KK's wave was about five foot. Not a particularly nasty wave. She rode it into the reef like everyone was doing that day, and fell badly. That's the kind of shit that happens at that joint but doesn't happen at Pipeline.

so you reckon teahupoo, heavier than pipe?

I've been scared at 4-6 (lets be real it was 5 foot, haha) pipe ... but small teahupoo was proper fun.

I think this really nails the intensity of a powerful wipe out.

Going fast but going slow, but going fast.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SNofM66kA9s

Just caught up with an old mate.
Had his surfing trip to the Telos cancelled when an old man orangutan in Sumatra broke a branch off a tree and speared it at him. Almost cut his arm off.

Got infected and had to be medivacced home.

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:08 am

Just caught up with an old mate.
Had his surfing trip to the Telos cancelled when an old man orangutan in Sumatra broke a branch off a tree and speared it at him. Almost cut his arm off.

wow ... of all the dangers out there on remote surfing trips, near-fatal orangutang attack is something I've never considered.

Probably sick of tourists.

crabmeat thompson wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:27 am

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:08 am

Just caught up with an old mate.
Had his surfing trip to the Telos cancelled when an old man orangutan in Sumatra broke a branch off a tree and speared it at him. Almost cut his arm off.

wow ... of all the dangers out there on remote surfing trips, near-fatal orangutang attack is something I've never considered.

That's why it's NEVER a good idea to drop in on an orangutang. Sure, the boys tell you it'll be funny but...

He must've have been perving on his bird.

buddy wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 16, 2017 2:58 pm

He must've have been perving on his bird.

Orangutangs keep pet birds, thats extraordinary !

NC makes spelling mistake. Extraordinary!

crabmeat thompson wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 15, 2017 6:48 pm

so you reckon teahupoo, heavier than pipe?

I've been scared at 4-6 (lets be real it was 5 foot, haha) pipe ... but small teahupoo was proper fun.

well they both have their days, like Pipe is harder to figure out and you're probably more likely to die there because there is so much sudden unpredictable shit going on

Teahupoo you can sit safely and catch the easier waves even on slightly bigger days. however the Code Red day when everyone towed it was by a long way the heaviest thing I've ever seen in surfing first hand, it made any day at Pipeline look like fucking Tugun in a nor easter. I can't believe everyone got away with it that day.

mind you, tugun can be fucking gnarly when it want's to be.