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surfing a 40+ foot wave

This is a clip from the movie/documentary Step Into Liquid. this was shot at Cortes Bank, which is 100 miles off of the coast of San Diego. you think it's thrilling to watch here, try it in 5.1 and with a proper screen.

awesome video - awesome documentary.

did you know that the dvd comes with a high definition WMV disc of the entire documentary? a must have.

A 40 foot wave is cool...if that's all you can afford.

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:did you know that the dvd comes with a high definition WMV disc of the entire documentary? a must have.

ah nice - that's a good call on the producers' side.

btw for those that might be interested in building their own surf boards

http://www.surfersteve.com/introduction.htm

(no i've never surfed - bodysurfed once - but would love to learn some day)

GONNAFISTYA wrote:A 40 foot wave is cool...if that's all you can afford.

your comment made me think of an idea for artificial waves.

Wonder if it'd be possible to create 500 foot waves for hardcore surfers in controlled environments.

They could wear nanoprotective suits with portable oxygen in case they go under...

or something

wonder if there'd be an efficient way to create it though - would probably cost a fortune to run - one way might be to create a large circular pool so that the wave goes round and round and never breaks.

So energy would just be used to "maintain" the wave and people could ride it all day and night. But I wonder if there would be a cost in terms of the things you could do with a surfboard if the wave never broke. The wave gets more steeply curved as the breakpoint approaches, and this must add an element to play with while surfing.

ah well - imagination's gone off again

nice wave, bet he was shitting himself coming down the face,so thick (the wave, not him )

That would be a rather expensive proposition, IMO. Seems to me that you'd have to have the water running uphill to keep the surfer stationary. I think I've seen water parks do this with a structure that forms that height of the wave.
It would take an enormous amount of energy to maintain a wave of 500ft, even with a structural shell beneath it. The physics of waves are well understood, but IIRC, it's rather difficult to create a large wave taht doesn't want to immediately fall apart(a soliton).
Neat idea, though.

Juggernaut wrote:this wave gave me a boner

"eddie would go"

[xeno]Julios wrote:

GONNAFISTYA wrote:A 40 foot wave is cool...if that's all you can afford.

your comment made me think of an idea for artificial waves.

Wonder if it'd be possible to create 500 foot waves for hardcore surfers in controlled environments.

They could wear nanoprotective suits with portable oxygen in case they go under...

or something

wonder if there'd be an efficient way to create it though - would probably cost a fortune to run - one way might be to create a large circular pool so that the wave goes round and round and never breaks.

So energy would just be used to "maintain" the wave and people could ride it all day and night. But I wonder if there would be a cost in terms of the things you could do with a surfboard if the wave never broke. The wave gets more steeply curved as the breakpoint approaches, and this must add an element to play with while surfing.

ah well - imagination's gone off again

I guess the main problem with this idea is that you apparently think that we live in startrek world.

is that the guy who built that thing?

the guy who gets towed out ?

he's THE super surfer

MKJ wrote:

Juggernaut wrote:this wave gave me a boner

pensi

Jackal wrote: I guess the main problem with this idea is that you apparently think that we live in startrek world.

your problem is that you're a small minded banana

Julios,
your big wave tank idea is just the opposite of what big wave surfing is about. Read up on Eddie:
http://holoholo.org/quikeddy/
http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/aikau_eddie.cfm
see if you get what I mean from these sites,
plastic domes and fake waves and special suits

I spent years on the coast, hitting some nice breaks, wave pools are for disneyland and possibly las vagas, trust me on this.

S@M wrote:Julios,
your big wave tank idea is just the opposite of what big wave surfing is about. Read up on Eddie:
http://holoholo.org/quikeddy/
http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/aikau_eddie.cfm
see if you get what I mean from these sites,
plastic domes and fake waves and special suits

I spent years on the coast, hitting some nice breaks, wave pools are for disneyland and possibly las vagas, trust me on this.

Oh I'm not suggesting that artificial waves would allow people to be as in touch with the ferocity and beauty of nature in a manner similar to that of real waves in the ocean. I'm just interested in the pure physics of the surfing...

But I wonder if there would be a cost in terms of the things you could do with a surfboard if the wave never broke. The wave gets more steeply curved as the breakpoint approaches, and this must add an element to play with while surfing.

where the fuck is that thumbs up icon

That asian tsunami wave gave me a boner.

S@M wrote:where the fuck is that thumbs up icon

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