he then found himself on a boat in the channel ***spam*** his wife begging him not to surf, no boards even if he wanted to and the sickening feeling one of the great moments in surfing history was about to pass him by
Was the right decision made?
I think it was. Surfing waves like that is all about preparation. In the past if the swell got that big the event would run at Restaurants.
Not everyone had access to the necessary equipment and that would have meant you got guys out there under-gunned or on unfamiliar boards. That’s just dangerous.
When I was paddling out I realised a lot of the big wave guys were wearing those thin life vests. I felt like a dick for not having one.
YOU GUYS SHOULD REALLY STOP COMPARING BIG WAVE SURF TO COMP SURF.
The Surfer's Journal a écrit:
The One That Got Away
When it's pumping and seemingly getting bigger by the minute, sometimes a wave comes through that nobody wants a part of. This Cloudbreak beast would qualify. Even ***spam*** both the world's best competitive surfers and the world's best big-wave surfers gathering on Tavarua for this swell event last week some waves bowled through unridden. Seems restraint can be the better part of valor...especially when you consider that the green board in the lip is about nine feet long.
Photo: Tom Servais
« One of the worst decisions in the history of the sport was not to compete at Cloudbreak – truly a missed opportunity of epic proportions both for the fans and the pro surfers themselves. A one-two punch to the head of the ASP = A black eye for the organization and a black eye for the best surfers in the world denied of showing the world what they can do in epic surf. »
-Shaun Tomson, 1977 World Champ
Kelly Slater:
« Man, it was a great week, but it seemed like everyone focused on the downside. They could have run four maybe five heats that big day, and even the big-wave guys all said it was the right thing [for the contest not to run]. Without having the equipment and without the flotation, and then only having two guys in the lineup it would have been really confronting for those two guys. But hey, everyone would have gone out there and done their best and got a few waves, just that somebody might have drowned, that’s all.” (coastalwatch.com)
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