Guy surfs 100 foot wave - Upgoat

Guy surfs 100 foot wave
submitted by Smedleys_Butler to Nature 5 monthsJan 3, 2025 20:24:16 ago (+32/-0) (m.youtube.com)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/SW8BVT347w4

[ - ] 3Whuurs 4 points 5 monthsJan 3, 2025 22:20:47 ago (+4/-0)

I never understood how that kind of relentless current against the Bluff to produce swell that big, wouldn’t just erode that bluff away in 100 years
Like you could probably power a medium size city for an hour off the energy it took to create one of those waves

[ + ] chump

[ - ] chump 2 points 5 monthsJan 3, 2025 22:58:01 ago (+2/-0)

It’s deceiving in videos, but the waves break about a half mile from shore.

[ + ] x0x7

[ - ] x0x7 0 points 5 monthsJan 3, 2025 23:23:25 ago (+0/-0)

Shoals get reformed. Sediment is always getting pushed out to see. It's like saying I can't understand how sand dunes still exist when there is wind able to blow them away. What do you think put the shoal there? What do you think made the dunes?

[ - ] PostWallHelena 2 points 5 monthsJan 3, 2025 22:44:32 ago (+2/-0)

Its like that scene at the end of point break

[ + ] Smedleys_Butler

[ - ] Smedleys_Butler [op] 1 point 5 monthsJan 4, 2025 00:07:26 ago (+1/-0)

I just remember the masks of dead presidents

[ + ] PostWallHelena

[ - ] PostWallHelena 0 points 5 monthsJan 4, 2025 19:57:44 ago (+0/-0)

They were robbing banks to fund their extreme surfing habit. Swayze dies at the end surfing his dream wave, this giant tsunami looking thing.

[ + ] Smedleys_Butler

[ - ] Smedleys_Butler [op] 0 points 5 monthsJan 4, 2025 20:32:51 ago (+0/-0)

That's right, been so long since I've seen it. Doesn't Keanu shoot him?

[ + ] PostWallHelena

[ - ] PostWallHelena 0 points 5 monthsJan 5, 2025 15:29:14 ago (+0/-0)

No, Keanu lets him go so that he can die riding his dream wave.

[ + ] Smedleys_Butler

[ - ] Smedleys_Butler [op] 1 point 5 monthsJan 5, 2025 16:34:16 ago (+1/-0)

Gotcha. Must be this mars retrograde in Scorpio time shift that has me fuzzy.

[ - ] GreenSaint 1 point 5 monthsJan 4, 2025 02:57:27 ago (+1/-0)

I bet surfing is easy. I just know it would be. I am the best surfer ever in the world I just never learned. Those other surfers need to thank god I wasn’t around to take all the spotlight.

[ + ] Smedleys_Butler

[ - ] Smedleys_Butler [op] 0 points 5 monthsJan 4, 2025 07:43:21 ago (+0/-0)

I've only been once, but picked it up quickly

[ + ] Stonkmar

[ - ] Stonkmar 0 points 5 monthsJan 4, 2025 09:03:39 ago (+0/-0)

Surfing is a pain in the ass. Don't try it.

[ + ] GreenSaint

[ - ] GreenSaint 0 points 5 monthsJan 5, 2025 05:18:14 ago (+0/-0)

I’m a kick ass water skier. I went wake boarding for the first time. I fell the first time, second time I had it completely. I grew up on the water and I’m very coordinated I’m used to how the water feels and how it feels to be on top of it. I just know I would get it immediately

[ + ] Stonkmar

[ - ] Stonkmar 0 points 5 monthsJan 5, 2025 09:11:03 ago (+0/-0)

It's fairly easy to learn, difficult to master.
I'm saying don't try it because the lineup's already crowded enough.

[ - ] con77 1 point 5 monthsJan 4, 2025 00:15:13 ago (+1/-0)

Does anyone know how fast he's going on the face of that wave?

I'm guessing 50mph?

[ + ] Smedleys_Butler

[ - ] Smedleys_Butler [op] 2 points 5 monthsJan 4, 2025 00:42:42 ago (+2/-0)

Has to be moving. Was most likely towed in as well

[ + ] Chairman

[ - ] Chairman 1 point 5 monthsJan 4, 2025 02:05:04 ago (+1/-0)

Of course, no human alive could paddle fast enough to catch a wave like that

[ + ] Smedleys_Butler