Pipe Masters 2017
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Re: Pipe Masters 2017
that code red swell, i woulda been shitting my pants just in a boat in the 'channel'.
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People were!
I paddled out with Davo when the crew started towing and the first thing I saw was the wave that ripped Bruce Irons's board shorts off.
We sat in the channel a bit inside the boats, of which there were quite a few. We kind of played dodgems a bit with the sets, it was fcuked up. 25-30' waves drawing up and exploding on the reef 20 metres away. Kerrzy told us that Danilo Couto had been doing the same thing and an extra big set came through and he just vanished. There was some very cool calculated ski driving going on from the guys who were slinging people in then picking them up inside the foam line, and some pretty gnarly instances of drivers pulling up -- not wanting to go in there despite their partners getting fcuking chewed on the reef. Numerous injuries and a coupla concussions in there.
There was a lot of people in boats who shouldn't have gone near it, when a set swung a bit wide their faces were amazing studies in pure terror.
Nathan Fletcher's ride that day was from some other planet. Looking down and in on him fighting the foam ball on that thing, epic.
After about three hours we paddled back in, just doing that was a really serious exercise in strength and water skills.
I paddled out with Davo when the crew started towing and the first thing I saw was the wave that ripped Bruce Irons's board shorts off.
We sat in the channel a bit inside the boats, of which there were quite a few. We kind of played dodgems a bit with the sets, it was fcuked up. 25-30' waves drawing up and exploding on the reef 20 metres away. Kerrzy told us that Danilo Couto had been doing the same thing and an extra big set came through and he just vanished. There was some very cool calculated ski driving going on from the guys who were slinging people in then picking them up inside the foam line, and some pretty gnarly instances of drivers pulling up -- not wanting to go in there despite their partners getting fcuking chewed on the reef. Numerous injuries and a coupla concussions in there.
There was a lot of people in boats who shouldn't have gone near it, when a set swung a bit wide their faces were amazing studies in pure terror.
Nathan Fletcher's ride that day was from some other planet. Looking down and in on him fighting the foam ball on that thing, epic.
After about three hours we paddled back in, just doing that was a really serious exercise in strength and water skills.
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I think this is the ride that's been discussed. Candid interview with Nathan Fletcher.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UAH_BWmAd0M
I would have surfed Pipe today.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UAH_BWmAd0M
I would have surfed Pipe today.
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Read Steve's account here.
http://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-d ... h-mask-pt2
I had a deadline that day but spent hours glued to the webcast.
http://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-d ... h-mask-pt2
I had a deadline that day but spent hours glued to the webcast.
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A bit fccxkn tossy though don’t you think?alakaboo wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:01 pmRead Steve's account here.
http://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-d ... h-mask-pt2
I had a deadline that day but spent hours glued to the webcast.
Trev wrote:I have always had a lot of time for Dick
smnmntll wrote:Got one in the mouth once, that was pretty memorable
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Gold.
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Bede's barrel was insane. Was a nothing wave. Deserved the score, way harder than taking off on a bomb and just standing there.
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Trev wrote:I have always had a lot of time for Dick
smnmntll wrote:Got one in the mouth once, that was pretty memorable
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Bede's new t-shirts are an 8.5.
The moving finger writes and having writ moves on ... now all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel even half a line ... nor all thy tears wash out a single word of it.
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How did Nathan Ewing not get that score! lol.
Trev wrote:I have always had a lot of time for Dick
smnmntll wrote:Got one in the mouth once, that was pretty memorable
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Fcuk! that was close. good heat Ethan Ewing. they did go a bit high on his 6-plus but he played the cards right.
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I get so nervous whenever getting onto worldsurfleague.com now! I dread seeing "CONGRATULATIONS JOHN JOHN FLORENCE, 2017 WORLD CHAMPION!" up on my screen in my face. I don't like bullshit is why. Gabriel Medina is the only true 2017 World Champion, bless his pert Christianly bottom. And his creepy thing.
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He is a bit creepy. He seems so desperate in heats it disturbs me.Lucky Al wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:59 pmI get so nervous whenever getting onto worldsurfleague.com now! I dread seeing "CONGRATULATIONS JOHN JOHN FLORENCE, 2017 WORLD CHAMPION!" up on my screen in my face. I don't like bullshit is why. Gabriel Medina is the only true 2017 World Champion, bless his pert Christianly bottom. And his creepy thing.
he has God on his side!
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Be nice to be out there today with only one other.
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Can Kelly take out AL's chosen one?
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Doesn't look like it, unfortunately. Combo'd by the funky cold.
The moving finger writes and having writ moves on ... now all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel even half a line ... nor all thy tears wash out a single word of it.
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