Posted on 01/10/2016 3:54:38 PM PST by nickcarraway
Some of the professionals avoided the tiring and dangerous paddle out, using jet skis to reach the swells. "There were some solid waves," surfer Travis Eayn said.
From the cliff at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, photographer tried to predict which waves surfers would dare to ride. There was one injury reported Thursday when a surfer suffered a dislocated shoulder.
The high surf advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. Friday.
Surfer Maxum Kremenstsky admitted the conditions at Mavericks on Thursday were out of his league.
"I ended up hitting a big wall out there and turning around," he said.
Surfers Ride 40-Foot Waves at Mavericks in Half Moon BaySurfers Ride 40-Foot Waves at Mavericks in Half Moon BayHigh surf advisories throughout California's coast on Thursday did not stop surfers from testing the rough waters in Half Moon Bay.
"There were some solid waves," surfer Travis Eayn said.
From the cliff at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, photographer tried to predict which waves surfers would dare to ride. There was one injury reported Thursday when a surfer suffered a dislocated shoulder.
The high surf advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. Friday.
Poor GMac. 48 years old and still having to earn a living by getting rag dolled on one of these monsters.
I guess some surfers do it for the same reason mountain climbers climb:’Because It Is There!”
I took up surfing only this past summer. Here is a video I posted on YouTube of my first ever wave. Have to admit I was a little nervous, it being my first time and all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nS_aR8XX_U
Wow. The crushing weight of those waves must really push you under during wipeout. Definitely on my list of things to never do.
It does look like fun, if you have the ability.
Good job. You’ve come a long way.
LOLOLOL. Seriously though, that was one super scary wave.
As a kid in high school you could count on storms coming in, big waves and half the guys cutting school for the day.
The text for that video of Garrett McNamara state they had to use wide-angle, to fit his balls onto the frame !!
WOW! Cool. (the family car broke down in Half Moon Bay one summer when we were traveling up the coast from Michigan when the kids were little). I’ve seen (what I thought were) big waves 8-10 ft on the west coast a couple of times when I was out there. These? WOW!
FReepers are multi-talented, ETL. Thanks. : )
(you’re bad)
I always find myself looking for other critters swimming with and around them, too. A lot of fine dining for Orcas there.
Is that the wave off Portugal?
You paddle out, turn around and raise.
That’s all there is to the coastline craze.
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