Looks terrible out...
A friend of mine is heading to HI on Friday to visit his wife's family for the holidays and I've pretty much told him I'll come out there and beat him up myself if he doesn't go check out the contest.
Looks terrible out...
A friend of mine is heading to HI on Friday to visit his wife's family for the holidays and I've pretty much told him I'll come out there and beat him up myself if he doesn't go check out the contest.
watch at work:
http://www.aspworldtour.com/triplecrown/
if the swell pans out, it's over tomorrow.
Elvis has left the building
I win!
Last edited by AsheanMT; 12-13-2006 at 07:32 PM. Reason: left that out
Vince Mokaloka to the White Courtesy phone. Paging Mr Vince Mokaloka
Elvis has left the building
Finals at ~3pm local time.
Elvis has left the building
Game on. First heat starts at 10 am Pacific.
slater's 10.0 wave, WOW
Three fundamentals of every extreme skier, total disregard for personal saftey, amphetamines, and lots and lots of malt liquor......-jack handy
I'm surprised at how clean it is out there. Trades are blowing at 25kts+ today. Look out for the afternoon chop.
Edit to say Pipe is so fucking dangerous on days like this. Breaks right on the shallowest part of the reef. Example, Jake Paterson's and Tamayo's gribbles in heat 7.
Last edited by MidwayJ; 12-14-2006 at 03:17 PM.
Nice to see some bombs coming through at Pipe! (love hearing them calling it 4-6 ft...)
Watching Slater thread his way through those tubes reminds me of ...
Sorry, always cracked up watching this clip...![]()
"A local is just a dirtbag who can't get his shit together enough to travel."
- Owl Chapman
5 minutes of semi #2.
Looking like a Slats/Mob/AI/Freakshow final.
Stick a fork in it.
edit: spoke to soon. fucking incredible AI
Last edited by cj001f; 12-14-2006 at 08:20 PM.
Elvis has left the building
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!! AI Killed it 19.8fucking7
HOLY SHIT, what a finish
Three fundamentals of every extreme skier, total disregard for personal saftey, amphetamines, and lots and lots of malt liquor......-jack handy
Vids are up.
http://www.triplecrownofsurfing.com/...rc_videos.html
Fucking mindblowing. The "missing" Mob waves are there as well.
Watershots are waaay more realistic than the land based shots and portray the heaviness of 6-8 foot backdoor breaking in 3 feet of water.
I haven't surfed Backdoor and probably never will, only similar waves compared to it such as Cloud 9 and P-pass in similar conditions... these two spots which gave me the most mind blowing barrels of my life also ended up in busted quivers or an up-close and personal encounter with Mr Coral Reef for us mortals. But it was so fucking worth the spanking. Kinda like banging a dominatrix supermodel.
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