Watch: Peahi carnage
During Sunday's big swell in Hawaii, two time Peahi winner Billy Kemper reportedly watched for four hours then declined to paddle out. Kemper's discretion says a lot about the conditions: while it was big, the waves were far from perfect with very few barrels ridden, let alone made. It was also hellishly crowded, which combined with the sub par surf made for drama a'plenty.
The carnage in the surf is one thing but the choice of sountrack is a whole 'nother train wreck. The mute button is your friend.
Plus a wipeouts only reel here with no music but plenty of banter.
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Whats with all the flashy yellow/white through the vid. Didnt know drones came with a super 8 attached
Better option:
JJF makes it look like a fat 4fter at high tide.
Whats with that boat at 5:04 with the Hawaiian state flag upside down..is that some sort of political protest or just put the flag on the wrong way?
Well the first vid is a show piece of what surfing is turning into,see it all the time around here but seeing it at jaws at 15ft is really sad.......it really is turning into a zoo now,full of wanna be's that dont have a clue.Scary when someone dosent look behind them before ditching there board in 4ft waves but a 10ft board in 15ft is down right frightening.......
As for the 2nd vid on wipeouts seems that cheech and chong did the voice over again?
Those beastie boards don't like to turn you can see if you get your balance wrong you can't correct it in a turn. The guy on the tow in was ripping in comparison and, through turning on rail, was able to maintain speed through flatter sections. Paddling in is obviously much more difficult and only the real pros looked the deal out there. Crowd is nuts and I can't believe all those fellas know what they are doing out there. Is dropping in de rigueur out there?
I worked with a fella whose three favourite bands of all time were Lincoln Park, Creed and Nickleback.
True story.
I ended up breaking the stereo so he couldn't play them.
Petty and self destructive behaviour but the man left me no choice.
completely justified!
Im OK with Lincoln Park but the others hurt my brain
there was the choice to kill him and keep the stereo !
Nice bit over on Beachgrit, Sharkman.
Well said.
How was the wave the tow guy got, and what was that dude on the skim board doing!!
the beauty of stupidity - you don't know when you're in danger!
Faark, is this what big wave surfing has become? ever since it got tarted up and sold to the masses, everybody with all the gear "got my floaties on and safety team ready bro" so charging hard , not far off watching Boatramp the other day ,sectioning off at 6-8ft with 40 odd hellmen on their guns - living the dream.
This video makes me keen to snowboard. Crowded big waves with massive penalties. Fuck that. I had a fun surf today north coast NSW 6-8ft about 10-15 crew across the whole point - if it was always like this I'd probably still snowboard but whinge less....
too crowded . its no wonder they used to try keep secrets in the southern hemisphere .
Hopefully they dont try that shit.....
crowding out the big waves is counter intuitive...
Go it alone to escape that shit !
Hmm yep but for some guys who want to make a bit of coin from surfing but are not good enough for the wsl tour.
Surfing waves like this is there only Answer. And to get the coin the waves need to be good enough and crazy enough for surfmags,surf sites and forecast sites to buy or post them.
Not many travel to remote places that spell death alone and want a piece if no ones around to see and stroke there egos..
The nutty guys that do this for them self's in Vic west AU's and south AU's happy as a seal by them self's with the sharks and 50ft waves are real water men utterly nuts
But some waves like this need to be surfed for the media and us..
You see everyone who writes or surfs or looks at photos of these waves jaws, mavs and so on
Is just as much of a promoter of crowds and overcrowding as they are.
All you guys and me we all buy and look at the sites that show the pics that exposed or forecast the days that we complain about and call "sad"
We are the ambassadors of all the sites and the ones who keep them afloat.
We do this by wanting to see where will be good in the coming days.
And so we can watch the nut case crew surf waves we don't.
This all funds everything that most crew complain about in surfing everytime someone crys about overcrowding and lost secrets.
Yet here they are on the very sites Daily checking the surfreports and the vids helping the companys build the empires on the very grounds that they dispute and hate..
Or to put it simply as they say..
The Hippy's and activists turn up in droves to bring down the GEO summits and other corporate empires. Most often dressed with Nike runners and a can of coke.
Sorry and the hellmen from NSW ,TAS and crew who travel from areas of small surf to surf waves no man should alone. To go home after and just tell his wife about his day alone in 50ft waves.
I salute all of you... Hellmen.
What a load of shit.
If you actively click on Swellnet hoping to catch sight of big wave ego mongers dropping in on each other or secret spots exposed then you're a kook. Don't include the rest of us in your sty.
I click on to read Stunets analysis of surf history and culture . I click on to read Blindboys recounting of a surfing life in continuance , Bens interpretation of the weather maps , Craig's tales of a fella that loves a mission and for every poster that has an opinion and a story.
If you want the enjoyment level of your next surf compromised in order to generate an article on the net then count yourself in the tiny minority of surfers that don't give a fuck .
Why should any consideration be given to those that want to make a bit of coin from surfing especially those whose surfing isn't inspirational ?
Those guys are exactly where surfing went wrong.
Glad you put in that addendum. But your main point is so, so wrong.
Jamie Mitchell - Caught 4 waves in 2 days at Jaws !