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Teahupo'o went mega
- Thread starter sponge
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dude said on his insta that wave broke the reef and he went straight to the bottom, but came up unscathed in the channel. shits a trip, i hurt myself surfing 3 foot beachbreak.
Yeah I showed my wife and she was properly dumbfounded, and asked “how big of a wave is that?” and even with my powers of description couldn’t quite garble out how that wave is so much more than the actual height of it. but what, even that inside out mutant- still a 50 foot face at least right? Plus the entire southern pacific ocean seeming to serve as the “back” of the wave
Does that channel ever close out? I think its nuts how close some of these sets get, especially when a big right is coming in on the other side.
My life dream is to sit in that channel on a big day, just to experience raw power up close. How cool would that be?
My life dream is to sit in that channel on a big day, just to experience raw power up close. How cool would that be?
Doubt the channel closes out, but depending on the take off, the ride certainly seems to have that risk.
There is in video you can see rider kick out and paddle and as drone back up, you can see wave from right almost hit him. Very close!
Yeah, I've seen that scenario play out a few times, but obviously only on the yuge swells. The boat drivers sure need to pay attention, although there have been close calls in the past.
That would be epic to see in person.
Not sure about channel closing out, and those channels are deepish, but it looks like where the reef kinda straightens out facing more west it has that close out probability before it even gets to the channel when HUGE!!
