It's go time!
Do you love those new flotation device air bladder vest things that big wave surfers wear? Those bulky, hulky things that make big wave surfers look like Tiny Mite football players all drowning in a sea of oversize?
I’m going to be honest with you here.
I don’t.
I think they make big wave surfers look needlessly silly, like Tiny Mite football players, and don’t know why technology can’t reduce the vest size. Like, of all the things technology could be concerned with, curing cancer, slowing global warming, solving world hunger, cleaning up ocean plastics etc. don’t you think making big wave surfers look as tough as they actually are should be a priority? If all the great scientific minds from Germany to Norway stopped what they were working on for just 24 hours and dedicated themselves solely to the task of solving this dilemma, I bet they could make a vest and/or wetsuit that inflates without actually ballooning.
There’s got to be a way.
Jaws has the green light for Monday which means it’s a go. Tune in at 7:30 am Hawaii time!
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calling for possible 60′ faces monday afternoon. serious biz
60 foot faces but 18 foot swell.
so it lacks the energy of truly giant surf.
the wave jacks up when it comes out of deep water and hits the reef,
60 foot faces at Waimea would be a totally different story.
“I bet they could make a vest and/or wetsuit that inflates without actually ballooning.”
Sure you could, but it wouldn’t float you and you’d die.
But you WOULD look cool, so worth it?
Brilliant
Olympics by 2099
These competitions would be more exciting if you got disqualified if you inflated your vest or were rescued by a jetski – yes I know it would be more dangerous but isn’t big wave surfing supposed to be dangerous?
I agree.
when you watch the early big wave chargers going out at waimea with no leash or lifegurds and riding relatively crudly shaped boards, it makes the modern guys look absurd.
You guys have the vest thing all wrong. It should be worn like a diaper that inflates to protect your junk.
Agreed, anyone who’s slapped corn ejecting from a wave knows this.
You could be the biggest baddest most evil mother fucker on the planet, and in a few years someone will edit you into a dance track with glow sticks in your hands. I say they should embrace the silliness.
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