August 10, 2007

The science of big waves. "The monster waves at Mavericks attract big wave surfers from around the world. But what exactly makes these Half Moon Bay waves so big?" From Quest, a production of KQED-TV, the San Francisco public television station.
posted by HawthorneWingo 17 years ago
  • Whoa! Crazy Buggers.
  • Wowzer! Apparently, with those really tall waves, the water at the base is only about 4 feet deep, with jagged coral and rocks below. Or is that somewhere else? Either way, don't fall off, or they'll never find all of you. I went surfing once, for a weekend in Newquay. Eventually stood up on the board at 4pm on Sunday, at which point I quit, having achieved something. The earlier bloody nose was a bonus.
  • thanks HW, that was pretty fascinating. I'll have to drive down to HMB sometime this winter to view those waves from the safety of dry sand :D
  • Gnarly! The heavies at half-moon are the hairiest crests around, bra! When you're shreddin' a Bombora and it starts to barrel you can just cut back and tube in the green room, dude. Just try not to get too amped in the bone yard or you'll eat it in a cruncher and get yerself a sand-facial! Later, hodads!
  • "it's all goddamn beach-break!"
  • Waaaaaaah? What is Rocket on about now? Somebody get that boy link to Babelfish!
  • In this case, I think rocket meant to say "hodads with huge brass balls."