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Brazil's Rodrigo Koxa sets record for biggest wave ever surfed
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holy shit... dude, i will never say anything is breathtaking, but that makes me stop breathing. that wave is ungodly huge.
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Balls of fucking steel! OMG!!!

I got pummled in 18 foot waves at Soup Bowls in Barbados... I can't even imagine....
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fretless wrote:[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03k3jHvP_XM[/video]

Brazil's Rodrigo Koxa sets record for biggest wave ever surfed


That looks exactly like a number of actual nightmares I've had IRL. :o

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Yeah, that shit is goddamn insane
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It's not even that big.
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Must be awesome to be so awesome that you can straddle mother nature and wet rodeo the fuck out like that. When called upon to meet such a challenge my balls would be very much in my stomach and not available for this.
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I'm assuming one dies instantly if one fucks up.
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You'd be surprised at the things they live through. They all train like professional athletes and do full on water rescue certs, etc..

It's definitely no joke.


Hit youtube and check out the footage of Tahiti going off the hook. It's terrifying.
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RUBATO wrote:Must be awesome to be so awesome that you can straddle mother nature and wet rodeo the fuck out like that. When called upon to meet such a challenge my balls would be very much in my stomach and not available for this.


Ditto. I have gone sky diving and bungee jumping, but could see that wall of water making my balls recede to my abdomen for sure. An oncoming wall of water terrifies me more than any monster/villain from any horror movie.
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I get nervous being out in 3 foot swells. :lol:
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I've riddien and been rolled by some 15'+ waves. That was like getting hit by a bus and then ragdolled. The sort of thing where you have no control of how your body is contorting and being torqued. It rattles your joints as deep as they can be hit. Knowing what I do, those massive tow-in waves are something I want nothing to do with.
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even a small wave can hurt you , 1 gal weighs about 8 lbs.
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8.34lbs. per gallon to be exact.
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TurboPablo wrote:It's not even that big.

Im curious... That wasnt a tow in, so its hard to catch anything that big.. & depending on the zoom & distance, it can LOOK a lot worse. However, it says 80 feet. He looks like a fuckin fighter jet speeding across the sky.
Im not sure it was lucky to catch it, but it was damn lucky not to wipeout.
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Where are you seeing that it wasn't a tow in?
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They didnt show the drop off, but I do see a jet ski back there towards the end. Had to be..
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He was up and riding way too early for a paddle in take off. It would be impossible on a wave that big.
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Yeah it was a tow in... gee-whiz... He couldnt paddle fast AND... he had that giant bird ready to swoop in & pick him up if things got ugly. What a wuss..... :mad: :beavis:

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TurboPablo wrote:8.34lbs. per gallon to be exact.



8.556 lbs - unless you are surfing in freshwater...........
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Meh, you shoulda been out yesterday...

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Respect to these big wave surfers. Wrong move in the wrong place, and you're dead.
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