--- 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. :-) > Yeah...right. Um, a pussy wave as you put it still carries a lot of power: I was on the beach a couple of winters here in nothern cal, boogie boarding during the storms. Once, two or three *inches* of water came up the beach so fast it knocked me off my feet. Another time, I got caught bending the wrong way in a tightening curl of a four foot wave and it nearly broke my back...But yeah, I like hyperbole too...And I'll look for Riding Giants. Laird is the man!
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