Biggest wave ever surfed? Riding the monster
Early December 2009 saw some of the biggest surf in decades on the north shores of the Hawaiian Islands. The storm-driven waves dwarfed the crazed dudes and dudettes who took them on. This video needs no further comment from me.
Here's more from BillabongXXL.com:
"This week the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center issued an alert confirming that the current El Nino episode had intensified in the last 30 days from "moderate" to "strong," adding that the condition would exert a "significant influence on the global weather and climate in the coming months." And for surfers in the North Pacific basin, that means more enormous waves. According to Surfline.com, major new swell events are lining up in the coming days, impacting the Hawaiian Islands around Monday and the West Coast around Wednesday of next week."
Comments
Cortez Bank off the coast of So CA has bigger waves that require the surfers be towed in on jet skis, but they don't have the drama of coming up on a beach that these Hawaiian waves create.
FR: My understanding is that this was a paddle contest. No jet ski tows allowed.
Posted by: Mike N | January 8, 2010 11:35 AM
Dude....
Thank you for posting this awesomeness!
Posted by: Cy Governs | January 8, 2010 12:16 PM