Surf Pics!

**carpathian** · 02-11-2013, 08:11 PM

Here are some surf stoke pics!

Ho'okipo

Hamoa

1000 Peaks

Honolua

Stoked Roach, un stoked surfer

Chaos

**ill-advised strategy** · 02-11-2013, 08:55 PM

nice!

fkna

**Ottime** · 02-11-2013, 09:34 PM

Holy crowds. Are you on Maui? We're are these from?

**carpathian** · 02-11-2013, 10:51 PM

Honolua is crazy crowded on weekend with big swell. Yes on Maui.

**Piggity** · 02-12-2013, 11:57 AM

waves look really fun. I bet there are some collisions in the lineup with crowds like that

Look at the bodyboarders face in this one, that's caption worthy

**Ottime** · 02-12-2013, 02:51 PM

Can't really see on my phone, and the computer is dead, but from the looks of it the sponger is about to get run over my a kook dropping in while wearing a late 80s wetsuit. Is it really that cold there?

I like the pick with one surfer flat and straight in the pit, with the other one about to get tubed. Perfect demonstration of why I hate crowds. I prefer to not drop in on folks, assuming they know what they are doing, but at a certain crowd density, folks start sitting too deep and fucking this up.

**Piggity** · 02-13-2013, 01:02 PM

It's not super clear on my computer either but you pretty much hit it, except maybe it looks like a blue rashy, pink bottoms and yellow hat? Thinking maybe it's a girl or some new surf trend that I'm unaware of, thankfully. It's just the potential collision factor of that sponger looking at the nose of the board and then another guy dropping in on them both, classic stuff. I avoid dropping in on anyone at all costs, even my bros unless it's all in good fun.

If I had to pick, I kinda dig that photo of the whale's tail and no drop-ins, seems more peaceful than the aggro crowd shots.

**jtran10** · 02-13-2013, 02:22 PM

and I thought Swamis had a crowd!

**carpathian** · 02-14-2013, 08:40 PM

More Ho'okipo

**shera** · 02-23-2013, 06:51 AM

Haha, yeah Maui is freaking crowded on the water. I didn't learn anything about lineups really, but I was just at the rock wall in Lahaina. I'm really thinking about checking out the south shore of Oahu. Cheap hostel right there on the beach by Diamondhead. I could stay a couple of weeks in May.

I remember one kid that would come out and situate himself where he would block others. Then he would paddle like 5-6 times and pull up. Over and over again. Perfectly good waves. Little brat. But you're always giving kids more space out there. Finally I had to just paddle (starting further back) and blow by him. Jeez.

Great pics, btw!!!

**Ottime** · 02-23-2013, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by SheRa

I remember one kid that would come out and situate himself where he would block others. Then he would paddle like 5-6 times and pull up. Over and over again. T

That's how you keep kooks off the wave.

But then again, it sounds like you did learn something about line ups.

**Crampedon** · 02-24-2013, 03:36 AM

It's Ho'okipa....

Here is a couple from Peahi, just up the coast near my house, pretty good size. Look at the 30' boat for scale-

**shera** · 02-25-2013, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by Ottime

That's how you keep kooks off the wave.

But then again, it sounds like you did learn something about line ups.

OMG, shut up!!!!!!!!!!!

If that kid would just ride the freaking wave already. He knows how to surf. Or just go to the other side with all the shortboarder groms. Then he would be out of the way and I could have a turn. Seriously, who paddles like they are going for it and then pulls up over and over again? So annoying. Can't he judge the swell as it comes and make a decision? Really inconsiderate. Am I wrong here? I'm with little boys every day at ski school and I know what they are capable of.

As for my kookiness, I'm gonna stay in the beginner breaks where I belong. Someday Sunset Cliffs will be my reward. And I'm gonna stare at it so long and hard from the shore in the meantime that it will be an old friend. Aw, I'm excited just at the thought of paddling out there.