The reef on the inside looks pretty sharp too. Brutal place to get washed in over the reef into the lagoonGetting caught inside at CB over 10ft is a fcuking nightmare.
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The reef on the inside looks pretty sharp too. Brutal place to get washed in over the reef into the lagoonGetting caught inside at CB over 10ft is a fcuking nightmare.
Had an issue on the very first wave I ever caught out there.... Took a long set on the head and got washed around the judges tower. Took about a solid half hour+ to get back up the reef. The whole time I'm thinking to myself, this is going to be a long week. Ended up getting some bombs and really long, colorful tubes thru the shish kebob section.Getting dry docked on the reef puts you in this bizarre world of live coral, crevices, bommies, and you have to try and find a path back out into the water which involves an hour or so walking/stumbling/wishing you were elsewhere around the lee of the reef and trying to launch off dry coral back into the water and not get caught.
it's fcuked up.
I listened to that podcast with Parmenter and it seems like the old school guys on tour were just gnarlier back in the day (Bobby was right etc).Yes I do.
This idea that pro surfers can't organise boards over 8ft when they are heading over to the best big wave on Planet Earth is, um.....deeply retarded.
I know pro surfers are intellectually challenged but Cloudbreak swells can be forecast at least a week in advance. They have coaches, managers, psychologists who they can outsource the cognitive work to if they can't watch purple blobs on a screen.
Back to the question: would they run on a big day or dog it? I think they would run mens.
And I think the pros would handle it, for the most part.
Can they not run the contest at restaurants if cloudbreak is too big?Wasn’t it too big one year, they ran one or two heats and bailed. Raoni Montero and Josh Kerr?
Restaurants is gnarly when CB is “too big”.Can they not run the contest at restaurants if cloudbreak is too big?
NBE? near barrel experience?Prettiest NBE of my life
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Always thought it was quite a bit smaller than CB.Restaurants is gnarly when CB is “too big”.
Always thought it was quite a bit smaller than CB.
It is. But from what I was told it breaks in pretty much the same spot on the reef meaning double to triple overheard in 2 feet of water. Also the current goes apeshit.Always thought it was quite a bit smaller than CB.
The only time I actually hit a reef on that trip was inside Wilkes. Barely made contact and still got torn up a bit. It gets way shallower than it appears. I was completely shocked when I bounced. Didn’t hurt much but it’s just so incongruous to hit bottom when surrounded by so much open water.Restaurants at that size would've washed right through. Not really nicely surfable, the way it usually is.
Getting caught inside at CB is a nightmare. Taken the trip, have the scars. Also got hosed on the last trip pulling in at Wilkes when a guy *from my own group* paddled up the face in front of me. Had to straighten out and just ate the reef on my arm.
Then again, another guy had it much MUCH worse at Restaurants that same trip.