REMINDER: THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. has no obligation to monitor the Forums. However, THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. reserves the right to review any materials submitted to or posted on the Forums, and remove, delete, redact or otherwise modify such materials, in its sole discretion and for any reason whatsoever, at any time and from time to time, without notice or further obligation to you. THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. has no obligation to display or post any materials provided by you. THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. reserves the right to disclose, at any time and from time to time, any information or materials that we deem necessary or appropriate to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, contract obligation, legal or dispute process or government request. Click on the following hyperlinks to further read the applicable Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Anyone interested in going out to Killers/T.S. this winter?
- Thread starter casa_mugrienta
- Start date
I hate being that guy. If it's TOH or bigger expect that to happen. Will still hand you a beating when smaller but it is a great wave and a fun adventure. Surf the left on the other side if it's breaking. It's really beautiful out there on a Santa Ana day. The ride back can be sketchy if the wind picks up. Haven't been out there in 15+ years... but I assume it's still the same.
Yeah this is sooooo gnarly. The underwater scream after the 3rd or 4th wave is what I’d be doing too.
I'm not interested in surfing massive waves. More like the small end of the scale out there.. I have no idea or clue to anything out there so I'd be taking a 7'6 mini gun first time around. Also interested in the other waves in the vicinity.
No training except lots of surfing, marathon sessions, running and hiking 4x/week (walk about 8 miles/day on my 3/day/week work days no time to exercise those days) so I'm in decent shape.
At least, better shape, and better surfing shape, than some of the people I've encountered who have been out there when it's 20ft+ wearing lifejackets/"safety vests."
What's going on in the video that put him in that situation? He looks way inside and way behind the peak. I'm also guessing this is one of those waves where you don't get much warning on the sets.
You can sit deep and inside there on smaller days and pick off barrels that run off the top of the point. The only issue is that, well, the bigger sets swing wide.
It's surfable smaller than you think and can be a really fun wave at DOH-TOH.
I'm interested. I've been twice and scored both times. First time was DOH+ and second time was DOH-TOH. I rode an 8'9" both times. Second sesh most guys were on 9'6" baords due to the 25 knot offshore winds...First sech my buddies (who both charge and surf Mavs) were underwhelmed by the DOH sets and sat deep and inside and got tubed all day on the smaller waves, while taking the sets on the head...
He missed the insider that he was paddling for and had to take a lot of much bigger waves on the head. Very easy to get lured into the inside to catch the long mid-sized runners and then pay the price.
In my younger days, I was that guy in the video a couple of times. I'm sure he was seeing everything with a nice pink tint for a few minutes after that experience.