My Own Surfing Thread!

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by Baz

I still don't understand what I saw!

Steel balls.

[Baz]

John John Florence at Waimea today........

[Baz]

[Baz]

R.I.P. Ben Aipa........huge force in the surfing world for decades......

[Baz]

North Shore has been going off! Check out Waimea...... ......

[Baz]

Power!!!!

[Baz]

Watch the whole thing...gets real interesting about 3-4 minutes in....lol....

[Baz]

The guy on the skis last week was off the charts. But here's a guy on a freaking skim board....at Jaws, no less!

Magnificent!

[Baz]

Kai Lenny....Jaws.......killer photo!

[Geary]

Kai is amazing everyone at Peahi and elsewhere. Here he is performing a 360 at Peahi ..

[tevake]

Originally Posted by Baz

Kai Lenny....Jaws.......killer photo!

What an increadable image!

This season in the North Pacific is producing great conditions! And impresive pics, even the windsurfers are hitting some.



Cheers Richard

[Baz]

Good to hear from you Geary and Richard. Thanks for the cool pics!

This video is amazing......great POV perspective!

[Baz]

15 year old Margo Godfrey Oberg, Santa Barbara . . 1967
Photo: Ron Stoner

[WPOZZZ]

Holy crap! https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/01/28/meet-year-old-who-conquered-jaws-during-record-swell/

[Baz]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

Holy crap! https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/01/28/meet-year-old-who-conquered-jaws-during-record-swell/

GREAT story, Bryan! Thanks for sharing!

[Baz]

This is a beautiful photo. Peter Mel at Mavericks......gunning for the channel!

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by Baz

This is a beautiful photo. Peter Mel at Mavericks......gunning for the channel!

I can see the bluffs above Mavericks from my office. On that day I noticed about 20 people standing on the bluff top. I thought about taking the 15-minute walk out there to check it out, but was pretty busy at work, so I stayed in the office. I've gone out plenty of times only to be disappointed by the puny 20-foot waves. Mistake! I don't think I would have gone bankrupt and lost my house and family if I'd taken a couple hours off. Lesson learned.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by ckissick

I can see the bluffs above Mavericks from my office. On that day I noticed about 20 people standing on the bluff top. I thought about taking the 15-minute walk out there to check it out, but was pretty busy at work, so I stayed in the office. I've gone out plenty of times only to be disappointed by the puny 20-foot waves. Mistake! I don't think I would have gone bankrupt and lost my house and family if I'd taken a couple hours off. Lesson learned.

Photo was taken on Jan. 20th, Charlie, if that helps any.

FWIW, I live 2 1/2 blocks from the ocean here and there are days I don't even walk those 2 1/2 blocks to check the waves before heading out to work. I hang my head in shame......

[Bill Douglas]

Nothing 20 foot (three feet) for me today, but I did get out. There was a bunch of high school girls surfing near by. The shrieks and laughter was quite refreshing.

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by Baz

Photo was taken on Jan. 20th, Charlie, if that helps any.

FWIW, I live 2 1/2 blocks from the ocean here and there are days I don't even walk those 2 1/2 blocks to check the waves before heading out to work. I hang my head in shame......

Mel's best ride of his life was on Jan 8th. When I got home from work that day my wife told me the local internet (Next Door) was all abuzz about Peter Mel's ride. I knew then I should have left the office. Doh!