Unreal waves for regular humans

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Craig Anderson is like a buck thirty, human pencil with mechanical oars for arms and strong legs. The boat guy is claiming "cwaig cwaig cwaig" and he probably had a 20+ wave day. Show us video of you surfing DOH-TOH+ Kandui or reputable spot on your 4'11"-5'4".

 

[stringcheese]

Craig Anderson is like a buck thirty, human pencil with mechanical oars for arms and strong legs. The boat guy is claiming "cwaig cwaig cwaig" and he probably had a 20+ wave day. Show us video of you surfing DOH-TOH+ Kandui or reputable spot on your 4'11"-5'4".

Most of the people featured in the video I shared were not Craig Anderson. One was an old guy in a helmet wearing shoes...it looks like people who aren't world class talented were making it on bombs. sometimes the waves are just that good, or that good of a fit.
I don't mind shallow water. Sewers breaks so shallow that I've lost fins in the reef bottom turning on big days. It's the deep water everything moving around too much lost at sea stuff that scares me.

 

[SurfFuerteventura]

I'd have a go, on something at least twice the board that long haired fellow was riding though.

 

[LifeOnMars]

The boat guy is claiming "cwaig cwaig cwaig" and he probably had a 20+ wave day.

it's one of the kandui resort photographers, many local mentawai people working at the resort. they don't get to surf as much as you would think.

 

[Ranga]

I remember a post from BI a while back - he said it was the most technical wave he ever surfed or something like that. He's prolly surfed more scary lefts than all of us combined. Still tho, it would be hard to not go if you were there. . . .

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

I’ve been told that wave is way harder to surf than it looks.

 

[manbearpig]

I’m getting those vibes as well. A lot of times those super perfect waves are deceiving. And it doesn’t help that a pro will make it look even easier/more perfect.

 

[JLW]

Looks very treacherous on the inside....but it would be really hard to pass that up. Maybe if there was a more protected spot that was clean/smaller and perfect I'd surf there instead. But if there were no other options, I feel like I'd have to go.

 

[CutnSnip]

i think the front on angle tells the real story. from the side - looks doable - then you see the front angle and its just a vert drop, gotta lock in then freight train all the way down the reef. even kicking out looks tricky.

 

[Watervalley]

Iv got Basque Buddy's that surf all year and got absolutely annihilated there , boards broken step up for them 6-8 not enough game over , they still said its a beauty spot though

 

[Sharkbiscuit]

A left without a ledge drop

LOL

One was an old guy in a helmet wearing shoes

He's probably some sick sweet and delicious bag of sugar from South Oz who made the shoes out of a great white he fuckin' bashed. He hydrates by getting envenomated by brown snakes and red backs and probably wipes his ass with a cactus. I'm sure @freeride will be along and tell us that's his old mate's boy, Sicko Cuntington.

Sewers

LOL

I'd fckn poop 'em. That wave has to be going mach fucking 9, and the warped out pit looks like it's custom-designed to eat boards that mortals can get into that wave for breakfast.

 

[vanrysss]

Maldives seems like perfect destination for average joe tbh.

 

[brukuns]

I think I would go

I would not partake.

 

[Sharkbiscuit]

Maldives seems like perfect destination for average joe tbh.

Looks insanely expensive, miserable travel distance from the Lower 48, and at least based on youtube, the people that go there could ruin any lineup.

Maybe if you got a booking at a place that doesn't allow people from other resorts and you booked it the week Scuba Surgeons Magazine took their trip, AND you got a swell, okay.

Otherwise it looks like a great way to spend 4-6k or more for 4-6 foot or less with all the crowd fun of Swamis or Malibu.

 

[kidfury]

surfed wave in video. Not that size. got perhaps the longest tube I've had. Not the biggest or deepest, but slotted for a long distance. Scary takeoff because, like padang padang, you watch the wave peel off towards you for a long way, a kilometer. So, you're not that certain of your lineup. "Am I too deep?" creeps into your head. So, not an easy takeoff, but like so many waves in indo, easier to get on the wave than to get off

 

[Kento]

That first 4 minutes or so of that video, oh hell fucking no. But around 5:00 in and similar size as that wave and slightly after, yeah, I'd give that a go for sure. Would be on my backhand, which I am far more comfortable with in those types of waves than my forehand.

That being said, that wave looks thick as fuck, especially down the line. Not making it back over the top and getting pinned inside by the rest of a set looks like it would really suck, especially since that was how I spent most of my day today. Ugh. Not the best confidence builder. And that wasn't even over shallow reef.

Wife and I have been talking about a solid bucket list (it starts that way) trip to Indonesia the next year or two, somewhere exactly like that. Have close to 200,000 FF miles. sh!t for wife and kids to do while I can all the dream waves I've always wanted, and a place that kids can learn. Assuming I don't snap my entire quiver the first session.

 

[Maz]

Lots of guys/girls get smoked. It's a beast of a wave.

 

[Bullnutts]

No thanks. I will pass.

 

[Boneroni]

I don't mind shallow water. Sewers breaks so shallow that I've lost fins in the reef bottom turning on big days.

I’ve surfed sewers. Kandui here I come!

 

[VaB]

those are not average humans--they are super elite humans.

I would have no problem passing on that wave. i wish i could surf it but not even close.