One crazy SUP Surfer!

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srowndedbyh2
srowndedbyh2
43 posts
43 posts
3 Aug 2009 12:08pm
I was watching this video of the Wedge in California, thinking how crazy these guys are, then 3 minutes and 37 seconds into the video came the craziest of the bunch!!
Don’t know if this video has been posted before, but here it is.
GizzieNZ
GizzieNZ
4103 posts
4103 posts
3 Aug 2009 12:42pm
Very Kool,,,,& Very "on to it" still got his paddle even after the crunchy bit
Pauloz
Pauloz
VIC
116 posts
VIC, 116 posts
3 Aug 2009 3:49pm
Hey Guys,

I am not really a surfer, but I reckon even I can tell that is not a smart place for him to be no matter how good he is on a SUP. (not smart for him or anyone else)

Am I right ?
DavidJohn
DavidJohn
VIC
17570 posts
VIC, 17570 posts
3 Aug 2009 10:22pm
I thought it was pretty cool..

Maybe a bit stupid and irresponsible.. Maybe even dangerous.. but still pretty cool in my book.. That took guts and he did a pretty good job of it.. IMO.

DJ
shiner
shiner
22 posts
22 posts
3 Aug 2009 9:34pm
no more stupid than everyone else, if there's a wave go ride it what ever your on!
62mac
62mac
WA
24860 posts
WA, 24860 posts
3 Aug 2009 9:38pm
shiner said...

no more stupid than everyone else, if there's a wave go ride it what ever your on!



second both DJ and shiner
laceys lane
laceys lane
QLD
19804 posts
QLD, 19804 posts
3 Aug 2009 11:45pm
shiner said...

no more stupid than everyone else, if there's a wave go ride it what ever your on!


watching this reminded me of the time i worked at the sundeck next to the halfpipe in perisher. every week a chopper would land in the carpark, meaning a neck or spinal injury or a death. these extreme vids of the hero,s never show the serious danger and the lives ruined. sorry to be a downer, but it true
oliver
oliver
3952 posts
3952 posts
3 Aug 2009 9:46pm
Thrills spills and doctors bills - I had to wonder how they got out there.
Greenroom
Greenroom
WA
7608 posts
WA, 7608 posts
3 Aug 2009 9:51pm
Good effort I reckon but does the wedge ever get good? Like Pipe?
GalahOnTheBay
GalahOnTheBay
NSW
4188 posts
NSW, 4188 posts
4 Aug 2009 12:13am
Big waves => big balls (or lack or brains, as applicable)

Almost got very ugly @ 1:30...
Jack Mack
Jack Mack
NSW
343 posts
NSW, 343 posts
4 Aug 2009 8:27am
Being a young man is a very dangerous business.
Sit back and enjoy the spectacle.
The closer the bone, the sweeter the meat!
[}:)]
Jack
Gorgo
Gorgo
VIC
5124 posts
VIC, 5124 posts
4 Aug 2009 10:41am
It looks to me that the SUP got one of the more creditable rides. If he had been able to flick out or ride out the white water it would have been perfect.

It looks like if you get it right it's not that difficult. If you get it wrong ...

Of course, in terms of payback the Wedge looks more like the kind of wave you ride just to say you've done it. There's not much of a ride or a barrel to get and you certainly don't get many turns in.
goatman
goatman
NSW
2151 posts
NSW, 2151 posts
4 Aug 2009 11:00am
Once you got out - the hard part - I reckon it would be almost safer on a SUP than a short or long board. At least you could get into it early. If the thing smashes ya, kick the SUP out in front and hold on. Not as bad os pipe IMO.

At least these guys are local life guards and know what they are doing so I really don't think it was that dangerous. Running a SUP comp at Chopes IS dangerous!
elmo
elmo
WA
8890 posts
WA, 8890 posts
4 Aug 2009 11:04am
jed
jed
NSW
188 posts
jed jed
NSW, 188 posts
4 Aug 2009 6:23pm
lacey's got a point - I think one of those bodyboarders got killed that day at the Wedge, so they said on the news anyway.
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