This wave amazes me everytime i look at it...

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This wave amazes me everytime i look at it...

Postby gulfsurfer » Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:55 pm

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Postby DanJS14 » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:17 pm

wow!! is a wave like this beach break or reef break??
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Postby Phil » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:03 pm

thats chopes in tahiti one of the heavest waves in the world its a reef break the wave kind of sucks up all the water on the reef to form the wave

the pic if im not mistaken is laird with his millinum wave he broke down in tears after that ride must have been quite an experance
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Postby tomcat360 » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:06 pm

flippin sweet! ive never seen a wave form like that

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Postby gulfsurfer » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:17 pm

ya its laird. Ive seen the video of that wave a million times and never get tired of it. Whats really funny is when they were filming the endless summer, the only wave in tahiti they could find was ins and outs. And now, teahupoo is one of the best waves anyones ever surfed.
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Postby sinistapenguin » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:34 am

It's all very nice, but I think I'll stick to my 6' beach breaks!!
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Postby globesurfer » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:34 am

Laird Hamilton -- The Millenium Wave


Yeah he broke down the barrier for all of us Chopes Surfers
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Postby temptations_wings » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:57 am

just looking at that wave gets your heartrate up quite a bit! :shock:
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Postby CruzinAlt » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:37 pm

You know damn well his balls must be made titanium, because balls of steel would melt riding something that big!!!
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