Biggest wave you've ever ridden??

Seriously? Don't be sorry......it's nonsense. Simple logic tells me that a man over 6 feet compared to the face of this wave = a big wave. You don't determine the size of the wave by where a person drops. That can be anywhere. You measure it from the peak all the way down the face till you hit the flats. Only Hawaii measures from the back that i'm aware of.

 

biggest wave youve ever ridden

99 pct of big wave stories are just stories. most of us would doodoo at the sight of truly big surf. 10 feels like 20 when its unloading in front of you. when in doubt paddle out. peace.....and chicken grease.

 

Ernesto '06 Saturday morning @ North IRI was the biggest I've ever surfed...definitely 15 ft. bombs that day...there we're s-loads of people on the beach, surprised nobody got pics from that day...the only footage I have been able to get my hands on was a video of Jerz on that day and it looked small compared to what it was at the inlet...I was paddling around on the outside and my shin hit something huge in the water, I turned to see what it was and realized it was a huge piece of telephone pole about 3' long...scary, if that f$cker had have gotten caught up in the lip when somebody was dropping in...

 

why argue whether a wave is 12ft or 15ft. Anything DOH+ on the East Coast is BIG and thats all that matters!

 

Anything over DOH is big...true esp. on the east. I'm not trying to argue....But, I originally said I would post a 15' wave. I didn't...... I'll admit that wave isn't 15'...but it's not far.

I have another pic from California lets see if what you guys think of this size. Actually I will start another thread.
(if I can find it) yikes

 

Agreed. Hawaii calls if from the back. That pic you threw up is easily a 13 ft+ face. Don't know what that other guy is talking about. It's nice and blue for Miss Atlantic btw...dig it.

 

Yeah man. Thanks! The blue was unreal that day.

 

Hurricane Cindy 1999 DOH in SNJ . Set were averaging 12-15 ft . Some of the longest heart in my throat rides i ever had .

 

for sure.ive lived 5 miles from the inlet my whole life and it was that big.no doubt there was logs and poles and other crap floating around out there.my buddy had a 10" 2x4 go over his head while he was duckdiving once there.stuff gets trapped in there alot when it gets big

 

If the guy was standing straight up, the drop would be how it looks. It's definitely 12-14 at least. We're not looking at it from the side, we're looking at it straight on. So the lip to him is the drop. And we're not in hawaii, we don't measure from the back. Otherwise we'd be saying head high days are 3-4ft

 

no joke; thats big and its always heavy at that size round these parts. never surfed tres but been caught inside in pr and it aint as punishing as here at the same size. me likey surfing

 

If the surfer is 6 feet tall, it's not an exaggeration or inaccurate to say that Aguaholic's wave has a 15 foot face. Saying that a wave is smaller than it actually is doesn't make a person more macho. Just makes that person wrong.

 

Here is some video of some of 12 footers I was ripping

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q71iNJgAoMo

 

As much as I wanted to avoid this conversation at all costs, because it usually turns into a blood bath and a pissing in the wind contest...

The largest waves I have caught were 20ft faces on sunset cliffs. Those waves are not all that heavy as they dont break top to bottom, but a 20ft face is a 20ft face and it was HUGE to me... Heaviest surf I have ever surfed is 10-12ft blacks and about 8 ft la jolla reefs.... Believe it or not, wave faces half the size of my largest were far more intense.... I have never surfed any beach break over 10-12ft, nor would I. I have witness 20ft blacks before, but I did NOT even consider paddling out. Even my 7'6 gun would be toast on that... There were some serious hell-man out doing it up though. Helicopters above shooting video and film... Not for me... I enjoy life a bit too much for all that.

 

may not be the biggest wave ive caught, but this one could be up there. got cut off and into a sketchy situation
puerto escondido january (guy to the left)

 

kelly who?

 

Blacks Beach, SD CA. doing its best Puerto Escondido Impression.... Nastiness.

Talk about "being caught inside"

 

OMG that is terrifying.

 

I would have to say It was Hurricane Earl during the dusk session. The ocean glassed up and was pushing 6-8 ft. smooth, rolling walls and easily some 9+ ft. set waves. The sunset made the whole ocean look kinda like lava. You couldn't ask for a better 45 mins - 1 hour. ever since that I haven't thought twice about backing off of a solid wave

 

8-10ft face hurrican earl sponging 6-8ft steady. Eastern shore