Quiksilver Pro>>France

[Guest michael^heaven]

---The ninth stop on the Association of Surfing Professionals world tour. Watch it now live>>>

http://2005.profrance.quiksilver-europe.com/?CC=en&RID=home

[Guest dirtyhouse777]

hossegor is high on my list of need-to-go-but-still-havent been-cause-i'm-to-poor-to-go-to-europe spots. it has to be one of the most unreal (the best?) beachbreaks in the world.

so many places in europe with unreal waves. kicks the west coast's ass any day.

[Guest jbit]

it has to be one of the most unreal (the best?) beachbreaks in the world.

The title of best/unreal beacbreak belongs to Puerto Escondido, Mexico .... basically Pipeline with out the reef.

As far as Europe kicking the west coasts ass, not quite. Yes it has some classic places but it lines the atlantic ocean which is fickle and not as consistant as the pacific ocean.

[Guest jbit]

And yes the surf is pumping in France right now .... good webcast

[Guest BIOBLIZZARD]

Ahh I miss that life,

Take all the materialism away and give me an island with a 4-6 foot perfect left, light glass offshore , NE 20-25 knots, my girl, and my shaper thats my idea of paradise.

Hossegor has grown in popularity over the years, my favorite European break however is still Mundaka, can you believe its a rivermouth break .

[Guest jbit]

my favorite European break however is still Mundaka, can you believe its a rivermouth break .

Correction, Mundaka WAS your favorite surf spot. The sandbar is gone and the spot no longer exists...

http://www.transworldsurf.com/surf/news/article/0,19929,1095836,00.html

[Guest BIOBLIZZARD]

my favorite European break however is still Mundaka, can you believe its a rivermouth break .

Correction, Mundaka WAS your favorite surf spot. The sandbar is gone and the spot no longer exists...

http://www.transworldsurf.com/surf/news/article/0,19929,1095836,00.html

Sorry I forgot to add that,

I know they fucked it up royally with all the dredging they did and over the year's the spot has become almost unsurfable, the government and the toursim industry have been depressed and uncertain of what to do.

[Guest BIOBLIZZARD]

it has to be one of the most unreal (the best?) beachbreaks in the world.

The title of best/unreal beacbreak belongs to Puerto Escondido, Mexico .... basically Pipeline with out the reef.

As far as Europe kicking the west coasts ass, not quite. Yes it has some classic places but it lines the atlantic ocean which is fickle and not as consistant as the pacific ocean.

My vote for most insane" beach break" goes to Witches Rock near Ollies Point in Costa, when surfable it's a monsterous and powerful and break's over very little sand.

I gotta try to dig up some photo's........................

I still dream of one day venturing to "Cloud 9" in the Phillipines, also Tahiti to witness "Teahupoo" in all it's glory.

[Guest jbit]

Witches Rock is the tits, although hard to get to and not always breaking like may other spots in Costa. Boca Barranca and Pavones are up there as well, long waves that make you legs hurt (as well as you arms after paddeling back half a mile).

Tahiti is also a dream spot, but I think thats all I would be doing is "witnessing", i dont have any kind of death wish

[Guest BIOBLIZZARD]

Witches Rock is the tits, although hard to get to and not always breaking like may other spots in Costa. Boca Barranca and Pavones are up there as well, long waves that make you legs hurt (as well as you arms after paddeling back half a mile).

Tahiti is also a dream spot, but I think thats all I would be doing is "witnessing", i dont have any kind of death wish

Hahah paddling across that channel to get to Witches is a bitch, add on top of that the salt water croc's lol. The break is funny, because it's either flat or 7-10 feet and completely closed out lol, it reminds me of my old local spot that doesn't fire anymore"(Tresspass ;)".

The best surf in my life was October 1992 "Sweet Scream" I broke 4 stick's and surfed the outside on RC's I nearly lost my life and drowned several times that day.

As far as I know it's the biggest surf Florida has ever seen.

The fucking shore break was closing out at 7-8 feet .

[Guest Electric Eel]

Going to Hawaii next week and one of the things my friend and I have on our list as a must do is taking surfing lessons, lol. Don't think i'll do well at all but I have to try!

[Guest jbit]

aHH Tresspass, the secret spot EVERYONE knew about. I live in Deerfield so Im up and down that shorline contantly. I wish they would quite dumping sand on the south side of the boca inlet, thats a good spot when they do.

[Guest jbit]

Albeit not epic, things are looking up due to whats left of Phillipe, this is from Surfline.com today....

South Florida

24hr Outlook - Look for minor 1-2’ E wind chop on Monday with E winds 6-11kt.

48hr Outlook and beyond - 2-3-4’ NE ground swell fills in on Tuesday for spots north of PB, while far SFL will be in the 1-2-3’ range. S winds 6-9kt on Tuesday. NE ground swell continues for Wednesday and Thursday.

[Guest BIOBLIZZARD]

aHH Tresspass, the secret spot EVERYONE knew about. I live in Deerfield so Im up and down that shorline contantly. I wish they would quite dumping sand on the south side of the boca inlet, thats a good spot when they do.

Lmao how old are you pilgrim?, and how long have you lived in Deerfield, what boards do you ride?, I'm only curious because we might know some of the same people. D

Trespass was great 10-15 year's ago, and your right secret that everyone knew about lmao.

I have been out of the scene for so long but I have some great memories of that place, anytime the Pier was over 4 feet Tresspass was on fire!!!!

I surfed that place when the water was all the way passing the wall, no sand .

We knew the valiet guy at Deerfield Beach Resort and alway's parked underground, we even used to shower by the pool and hook up with girl's by the pool ahhh, the memories lol.

[Guest jbit]

DFrost

Sounds like were about the same age (30's), my fiberglass menagerie runs from 6'4" to my new 7'10" fun shape, my 6'10" is currently at island water sports being "re-assembled" right now (broke it dropping into closeouts at Delary 2 weeks ago). I've been living in DFB for 5 years but lived in S Fla my whole life

[Guest BIOBLIZZARD]

DFrost

Sounds like were about the same age (30's), my fiberglass menagerie runs from 6'4" to my new 7'10" fun shape, my 6'10" is currently at island water sports being "re-assembled" right now (broke it dropping into closeouts at Delary 2 weeks ago). I've been living in DFB for 5 years but lived in S Fla my whole life

Native Floridian here as well interesting, I have a collection of Quiver's from ranging in size from 6'4-7'7 thruster( all custom shaped to fit my specification's.

Judging from your post's I might have a few year's on ya ;)Hmm let me think, Some of the local shaper's back in the day Garth Cabral(JC shapes), Pete Daley(Uprising), and my personal favorite at the time Matt Kechele who now is charging as much as Al Merick(Channel Island) for a custom board.

[Guest jbit]

My 7'10" is a Kechele, my 6'10" is a Nomad .... all customs.

I know what you mean about the prices, especially with the epoxy boards that are out.

[Guest michael^heaven]

Tahiti to witness "Teahupoo" in all it's glory.

---I'm dying to check out that contest in person!! Just put me on a camera boat, directly facing the open mouth of Chopes at a solid 8-10 feet. Feel it roar!!!

[Guest BIOBLIZZARD]

What Laird Hamilton has accomplished in tow-in surfing alone is almost unfathomable, but to claim the heaviest wave on the planet and make it out alive I still get chill's looking at the photo's and video's.

http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=4123

This is quite possibly the greatest accomplishment in surfing that I have ever witnessed.

[Guest michael^heaven]

---Raimana caught this wave last year at Teahupoo. There is now debate that this wave was bigger than the one Laird caught in 2000. Regardless, much respect to all who challenge such large swells.

[Guest BIOBLIZZARD]

---Raimana caught this wave last year at Teahupoo. There is now debate that this wave was bigger than the one Laird caught in 2000. Regardless, much respect to all who challenge such large swells.

Michael,

I have no doubt larger wave's have been ridden since Laird caught the millenium wave in 2000. Given Lairds positioning so deep and far back, lip thickness, and sheer velocity of the wave, I still think this one take's the cake.

It wasn't the size of the wave so much as it was the thickness and closing out state, Laird's position so far back in the tube. The impossibilty of him making it out of that monster, that is what made that an epic wave.

Look closely at the photo's, I remember reading somewhere that it was estimated that 1 out of a million surfer's could have actually make that barrel at the depth laird was at in one point riding the wave.

Either way I agree anyone that can paddle out into these wave's is on another level of bravery.

[Guest jbit]

Not sure how anyone can calculate how many surfers could make it out of that barrel, but one thing is for sure, the envelope is getting pushed further and further every year. Specifically because everyone is trying to one up each other.

You will see some guys dying in the very near future with the way things are going, mark my words.

[Guest BIOBLIZZARD]

Not sure how anyone can calculate how many surfers could make it out of that barrel, but one thing is for sure, the envelope is getting pushed further and further every year. Specifically because everyone is trying to one up each other.

You will see some guys dying in the very near future with the way things are going, mark my words.

There have been alot of death's already my man, but now a day's you have so many guy's out there in the water its impossible to keep track, years ago there was only a handful of guys attempting waves of this size and power.

I still remember when Mark Foo was Killed at Mavericks, that guy was a legend, when I was in Oahu many year's back Brock Little almost drowned out on one of the outer reef's with Ken Bradshaw.

One of my close friends was rescued via helicopter when we were surfing behing the green's at a secret location in Oahu, I made it back to shore the surf jumped from 5-7 to 10- 15 foot(Hawaiian feet ;D). he was almost a mile out to sea, he just kept paddling out because he could not make it in.

[Guest jbit]

Not sure how anyone can calculate how many surfers could make it out of that barrel, but one thing is for sure, the envelope is getting pushed further and further every year. Specifically because everyone is trying to one up each other.

You will see some guys dying in the very near future with the way things are going, mark my words.

There have been alot of death's already my man

In comparison to how many guys/girls are now big wave hero's the number of deaths has been extremely low. Everyone’s got their near death experiences but when people keep trying to push the limits of nature without the proper training, bad things will happen.

[Guest dirtyhouse777]

Not to downplay the power of the wave, but my purist self believes towing in is something outside of surfing. the guys taking waves that size @ are watermen. sick stuff, whole different category. laird probably hasn't paddle into a wave in years.

on the topic of big waves, chile has quite an ample supply

Punta de Los Lobos, Chile

the inside on a smaller day

guys paddling into waves that big is nuts. the inside looks vicious...