--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Some fortunate folks are able to just dump the intellect; > > > > > others, like moi, have to fight it to the death using > > > > > the intellect as a weapon against itself (thorn to remove > > > > > a thorn). > > > > > > > > Big Wave surfing will cure you of this problem. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/bgmfh > > > > > > If I'm not mistaken, this is the famous photo of > > > Laird Hamilton in the tube of the biggest wave > > > ever ridden. Big wave surfing is amazing. The > > > waves are SO big that you cannot possibly paddle > > > fast enough to catch one. So the surfer works > > > with a team of support people on Ski-doos. One > > > of the Ski-doos drags the surfer behind him so > > > that he can catch the wave, and then that Ski-doo > > > rider and up to three more wait to rush to help > > > the surfer once he's wiped out. You always wipe > > > out when riding giants, and if someone isn't > > > there to fish you out, you die. It's not a > > > sport for the timid. > > > > Have you seen Endless Summer Two? IMO best surfing movie ever made. > > Great cinematography and entertaining story. > > I used to think that until I saw "Riding Giants" on > satellite TV. Mindbending. The "Endless Summer" > guys were riding pussy waves. :-)>>
'Riding Giants' is probably the best extreme sport documentary ever made. It changes your consciousness just by the sheer beauty of it and that perfect curve that Laird carves in impossible waves. Laird Hamilton is my hero (and I am not even a surfer) OffWorld ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
