Saw a sunilar story several months ago (maybe the Nat Geo channel) about an area in Alaska that suffered a massive landslide a couple hundred years ago. Geologists were able to surmise from the catastrophic damage that the resulting tidal wave was well over 100 feet, possible close to 200 feet tall. Farking awesome
Right the fock on fellers! KR i saw that doc too...they interviewed the guy in the boat i think. That musta been a sight to see.
Watching this and the Tsunami vids, I can't help but think of the feeling of making the drop, and then facing imminent doom. In my mind, and of course only in my mind, I imagine that the wave is makeable, for even a second. Then, whether you go straight or go over the back, it's the end of your life. Reminds me of the feeling you get if you slip or fall on a mountain/cliff, or the moment that you realize a car accident is absolutely imminent. Before you know it you're thrashed .... and in this case, f*ckin dead. Anyway ... I'm wondering if there are any surf stories out there about dudes having this feeling. You know, aside from Bodhi's. I'm thinking it's best to pull in, close your eyes, throw up the double shakas, and scream out ... 'Salt Lyfe 4 Lyfe!" Tsunami freight trains ... [video=youtube;UI-6h2UeYPU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI-6h2UeYPU[/video]
I don't know, slash, but, some tsunamis may be "make-able". Of course, wave selection is the key, big time key. Tsunamis do come in sets as well; if you pick the last one, drop in, travel a bit through all debris, then kick out?? Who knows? You might even get "Wave of the Day" by the idiots at Surfline?? But only if you have a fully up to date paid membership, of course....
The reform on this one is absolutely insane...hits a wall and reforms????? Otherworldly... Salt Lyfe 4 Lyfe
But the infernal Japanese yelling... If you look closely, you can see Roy testing his new canoe out over to the left. I mean the 10'6 short board cruiser, big surf bruiser. It kinda looked like not that big of a wave until compared to a tanker... Reminds me of bathtub tsunamis I used to create when I was two days ago.
Yeah Barry, I know it could be makeable, but I think you'd need to be wayyyy outside, like Sandy x 100 outside. Then, at the right spot, catch the last one, but kick out before coming in too far. I think, if you get anywhere near the debris, you're done. The debris kills. And Fitz, yeah, I don't know. So crazy that they decided to steam off at that moment. What a tough call! Do you go for high land, or steam out to sea? I wonder if they were moored or already untethered. Me, personally, I'd shotgun a bud light lime-a-rita, crank up the Jimmy Buffet, and full steam ahead. I ain't letting my ship go down alone. Specially' not after I put all those sweet Salt Lyfe decals on her.
the safest place to be during a tsunami is out at sea.dont remember where I learned that from,but its basically like ur sitting in the lineup.waves cant touch u unless u paddle for them,or a clean up set rolls through lol. its a lose lose situation tho,but id take the water move rather land.but being in the water,youll start off like 300 yards from shore,then once the tsunami is done ur in the middle of the ocean,but the middle of the ocean might be over a town so.its some fugged up sheit,the only thing the continental shelf is good for on the eastcoast.if I was ever in that situation and I survived id move to kansas
here's a link to a story that i saw in surfer's journal a few years ago. guy and his friend rode a tsunami wave and lived to tell the tale. its some heavy ****. he refused to tell people for like 5 years because it made him so anxious thinking about it. http://encyclopediaofsurfing.com/entries/pomar-felipe this is just a summary of it but in the surfer's journal article, his details in his recount of it gave me the chills.
There's Salt Lyfe - then there's Salt Whore. For the hardest of the hardcore. Or .... just a slutty low class ripoff version of the traditional high-concept Salt Lyfe. I don't know... Are you a Salt Whore?
