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  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    http://www.surfline.com/home/index.cfm
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  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    World Record broken
    Rider surfs 100 foot wave

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/internatio ... ewyorkpost

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    Appearing as a speck on a mountain of water, American big wave surfing legend Garrett McNamara caught an estimated 100 foot wave off the coast of Nazare, Portugal, yesterday.

    If the size of the wave is confirmed McNamara will have broken his own world record, which he also set off of Nazare, when he surfed a 78 foot wave in 2011.

    When the 45-year-old Massachusetts born McNamara broke the record in 2011 he was called "inspirational" by fellow surfers even though he only broke the record by a foot.

    "It's amazing we get to do what we do, I am so grateful," McNamara said at the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave awards in 2011 when his record was confirmed.

    "I didn't want to get caught up in it all, but I have to tell you the truth, when they announced my name I got a bigger rush than probably on all the waves I rode all year.

    Besides setting big wave records, McNamara was also the first man to ride a glacier wave.

    After staking out out the 400 foot Child's Glacier in Alaska for three weeks, McNamara and his partner on a jetski finally found the perfect wave which was formed when a mountain-sized block of ice broke off the glacier.
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  • perfectlefts14
    perfectlefts14 Posts: 2,080
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    World Record broken
    Rider surfs 100 foot wave

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/internatio ... ewyorkpost

    PORTUGALGARRETMCNAMARAINNAZAR%C3%83%C2%830151655--525x415.jpg

    Appearing as a speck on a mountain of water, American big wave surfing legend Garrett McNamara caught an estimated 100 foot wave off the coast of Nazare, Portugal, yesterday.

    If the size of the wave is confirmed McNamara will have broken his own world record, which he also set off of Nazare, when he surfed a 78 foot wave in 2011.

    When the 45-year-old Massachusetts born McNamara broke the record in 2011 he was called "inspirational" by fellow surfers even though he only broke the record by a foot.

    "It's amazing we get to do what we do, I am so grateful," McNamara said at the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave awards in 2011 when his record was confirmed.

    "I didn't want to get caught up in it all, but I have to tell you the truth, when they announced my name I got a bigger rush than probably on all the waves I rode all year.

    Besides setting big wave records, McNamara was also the first man to ride a glacier wave.

    After staking out out the 400 foot Child's Glacier in Alaska for three weeks, McNamara and his partner on a jetski finally found the perfect wave which was formed when a mountain-sized block of ice broke off the glacier.
    :shock: That's just absolutely nuts.
    McNamara is a crazy mofo! :shock:
    Tell the captain
    'This boats not safe
    And we're drowning.'
  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    when you see that they have to tow the surfer
    to the top of the wave with a jetski, you knoww its big ! :shock:
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  • perfectlefts14
    perfectlefts14 Posts: 2,080
    Teahupoo going off last week. :o :shock:

    http://www.surfermag.com/videos/teahupoo-uncut/
    Tell the captain
    'This boats not safe
    And we're drowning.'
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Watched Chasing Mavericks this morning. Good movie, jay had some crazy balls!!!!
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    click link.
    trust me, it's surfing related.

    http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y175/b ... 33bfa0.jpg
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • perfectlefts14
    perfectlefts14 Posts: 2,080
    The surfing community lost a true pioneer today.
    RIP Buttons Kaluhiokalani.

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    Tell the captain
    'This boats not safe
    And we're drowning.'
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,398
    RIP Dale Webster

    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA

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