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Which is the ultimate in big wave surfing?

Jaws
6
17%
Cortez Bank
14
40%
Teahupoo
5
14%
Mavericks
9
26%
Pipeline
1
3%
G-Land
0
No votes
J-Bay
0
No votes
 
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Best Big Wave Surfing Place!

Postby globesurfer » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:25 am

Which, in your opinion, is the ultimate in big wave surfing

these might not all be huge waves, but they can get to big sizes

I've probably missed lots, but tell me what they are

can u add them once youve posted?

Has anybody here surfed any of these waves?
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Postby babyboarder89 » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:36 am

i hear the cortez bank is the place that has the ability to hold the biggest waves. what about the place in france starts with a b, or a d? not sure but it was on the bilabong oddessey, huge big crazy waves :shock:
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Postby deadite » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:29 pm

I can't believe how many people are saying Cortez over Mavericks. I mean Cortez rarely breaks well, so I hear. Mavericks, for me, is just below Pe'ahi.
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Postby Broosta » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:15 am

The reef just off Biarritz is Belharra.
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Not a bad size for the Atlantic :shock: and no I haven't surfed it :lol: .

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Postby babyboarder89 » Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:40 pm

that, to me, looks bigger than all the others, maybe its justa camera positioning thing, scary scary stuff :shock:
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Postby Lallylagirl » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:36 pm

Wow I got Billabong Oddessy today, there are some seriously huge waves!Whoa :shock:
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Postby NIrelandSurfer » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:07 pm

Got that show about 3 months ago, some of the shots in it are insane!!
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Postby Brian » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:50 am

Is that the shelf or w/e reef they went to in Step into liquid?? Those waves were massive, but super clean. It was hilarious how the boat captain got taken out !
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Postby oceangrrl » Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:21 pm

lol, i say mavericks cuz i live right near there haha
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Postby globesurfer » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:03 am

i bought step into liquid instead of Billabong odyssey, but tyhanks 2 my subscription to waves, i get a free Billabong odyssey dvd with my new sub
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Postby AJ_surfer » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:33 pm

Hi,
I think that teahupoo is the craziest, beast of a wave :shock: ,but I think that Jaws is the biggest (height) wave in the world!!!
C ya! :wink:
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Postby petrifiedpelicun » Thu Jun 02, 2005 5:34 pm

jaws, at the right times, i thnk produces the biggest waves.
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Well Well!!

Postby ?? » Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:31 am

What about some of those crazy brakes in the southern hemisphere? Shipsterns!! theres a couple others too!!!!
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Postby Ripper83 » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:18 pm

Defintely I would have to go with France. Keepin it huge and gnarly even in the atlantic.
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Holy Moly!

Postby San Diego Longboarder » Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:28 am

G's, if that surfer is, let's say, 5'10", that wave would have to be about what? 100' or more? Incredible!
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Postby sfsurfer » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:12 pm

I'm also going with MAV. We Nor-Calers need to show love to the big monster from Half Moon... least it eat our women and children in our sleep.
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what no?

Postby michaeldl » Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:08 pm

teaupau
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Postby MadeInNewJersey13 » Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:31 pm

Anyone into big wave surfing has to see Billabong Odyssey. HUGE waves and crazy surfers. :lol:
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Postby Weebl » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:31 pm

Cortes Bank by far, when it was firing off in January 2001 the waves were so big that it was showing up on radar... Mike Parsons holds the record for biggest wave ridden, from that very session on cortes bank. He rode a wave that's face was 66 feet high.
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Postby gulfsurfer » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:18 pm

Broosta wrote:The reef just off Biarritz is Belharra.
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Not a bad size for the Atlantic :shock: and no I haven't surfed it :lol: .

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I dont know how i missed this picture. Thats a very good pic.
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