Surfer rode 100-foot wave?

[LongTimeListener]

http://www.sfgate.com/national/slideshow/Extreme-surfer-may-have-caught-record-100-foot-55936.php#item-14683

Supposedly a world record if it holds. Garrett McNamara also owns previous record of 78 feet.

The Wilt Chamberlain of surfing -- Wilt's top performances were also 100 and 78. (Assuming McNamara has a similar touch with the ladies too.)

 

[Iron_chet]

That pic is freaking crazy...I will patiently await for a Point Break joke now.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Catching it is one thing. How the **** do you stop once you're on it?

 

[da man]

Catching it is one thing. How the **** do you stop once you're on it?

The shore will take care of that.

 

[turski7]

Catching it is one thing. How the **** do you stop once you're on it?

Seriously. The force of that water is massive. I guess he would have to ride it out about a mile down the line.

 

[LongTimeListener]

There's a video attached to that second link I posted showing how he got off it, but it doesn't really show the scope of the wave.

 

[Armchair_QB]

How fast would he have been going at top speed?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

The surfer says he doesn't know where the 100-foot came from. He rode the 78-footer and said this one was bigger, but doesn't know if it's 100.

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/water-activities/surfing/Garrett-McNamara-on-Surfing-a-100-Foot-Wave.html?page=all

 

[Vombatus]

Ruckus needs to ask him if he **** his pants.

 

[waterytart]

Catching it is one thing. How the **** do you stop once you're on it?

He said the drop was the most jarring he's ever felt. Who'd've guessed?

 

[MileHigh]

Wave heights are like attendance figures -- fudged upward to get the maximum *wow* factor.

 

[Bubbler]

"Those guys are fags!"

 

[Football_Bat]

He wasn't about to miss the 50-year storm.

 

[waterytart]

Wave heights are like attendance figures -- fudged upward to get the maximum *wow* factor.

Measuring the face vs. the back of the wave changes the number significantly. Hawaiians traditionally were conservative about that.

 

[LanceyHoward]

I think there is a beach in Northern California that is famous for big waves. What is the name of it? Next time I am in San Francisco I want to go.

 

[DanOregon]

A 6.

 

[SoCalDude]

I think there is a beach in Northern California that is famous for big waves. What is the name of it? Next time I am in San Francisco I want to go.

Mavericks, it's at Half Moon Bay near Santa Cruz. The scene for the Gerard Butler movie "Chasing Mavericks."
Also, waves used to be measured from the back. I never understood why because nobody rides the back. I think they're measured from the front now, but it's all a guessing game.