
Tamarindo (not the town in costa), but a break south of San Juan del sur in Nicaragua. Accessible by boat. Head high, 3 people surfing it.
Ollies Point. it was small, but waist to chest sets. We were the only boat there. So small that it was breaking very close to the rocks. I'm regular, so I couldn't see how close, but goofy would've been a little intense.
Hawaii- waikiki wasn't crazy, but just such a sight to see. sooo many people in the water learning to surf, beautiful women, catamarans taking waves, SUP's, it was just amazing.
I take "crazyest" to mean just that, as opposed to epic or super big. so I submit the following:
Lake Erie, near Cleveland, Ohio on a early fall day, conditions were about 2-4 ft windswell semi clean, basically few if anyone would've bothered in Jersey, and there were - no **** - over 30 guys out, 3-5 second rides maybe - and they're whooping and screaming like its DOH.
Haulover Beach Miami mid-summer tropical system, its waist-head and a bit choppy, way way crowded, like well over 75 heads out, but the "crazyest" thing about this session was the 2 butt ass naked Brazilian chicks who paddled out and yes basically took every and any wave they wanted
The craziest waves I've ever seen are most definitely in my dreams. Swimming pools, odd rivers in the woods, and other random inland waves. The wierdest thing is I always find these abstract surfable inland waves, but never get to surf them. Any Freudians out there can go to town psycho analyzing that!!
I remember those days. You might also add that the bottom is literally full of all sorts of crap that makes a razor sharp coral or lava reef pale by comparison. I don't miss the old slaughterhouse.
One could also Gas Chambers to the list in pre-leash days - your board was guaranteed to end of with some number of dings everytime you paddle out.
most crazy time i ever had surfing was in costa at a beach called avenalles i got stuck in the most epic lightning storm ever and i was way to far out to paddle in so i just had to wait for a wave while trying not to **** my pants