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Old 02-14-2021, 12:30 PM   #1
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Anybody bored today - pipeline in Hawaii is in perfect conditions at the moment. Check out this live cam if you want to watch some elite surfing.

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Old 02-14-2021, 02:45 PM   #3
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I happened to be at the pipeline during the world tour of surfing and it was one of the coolest memories of my life.
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I happened to be at the pipeline during the world tour of surfing and it was one of the coolest memories of my life.
It’s a trip I’d like to take. When I visited the north shore it was pretty mild in the water that day.
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Old 02-14-2021, 03:45 PM   #5
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I misinterpreted the title of this thread from the first word forward.
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You should have put this in the other sports forum. Tried surfing once in Australia years ago and managed to stand up...using a board the size of a 59 Chrysler. Got spooked when the Instructor started getting concerned with Sharks. Not sure if he was looking to get out early and taking advantage of idiot tourists or if it was legit.

Another time in Brazil I was at a beach where they had one, but I got distracted by a bikini competition they were having at the same time. Which in today's world I think men wanting to look at women like that is illegal, and people will call for me to be fired for such a heinous act

Always fun to see the pro's surf live in good conditions.
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You should have put this in the other sports forum. Tried surfing once in Australia years ago and managed to stand up...using a board the size of a 59 Chrysler. Got spooked when the Instructor started getting concerned with Sharks. Not sure if he was looking to get out early and taking advantage of idiot tourists or if it was legit.

Another time in Brazil I was at a beach where they had one, but I got distracted by a bikini competition they were having at the same time. Which in today's world I think men wanting to look at women like that is illegal, and people will call for me to be fired for such a heinous act

Always fun to see the pro's surf live in good conditions.
It's not illegal. That's why it's a competition. Especially in Brazil it's probably fine. And btw, any beauty competition is watched by women not men.
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That’s a lot of people and boards in a small area....how often do people get hurt?
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At a place like that on a day like that - yes it will happen but probably not as often as you’d think.

Those are waves of consequence and the code in the water would be in full effect. Nobody would be ####ing around.


Apparently on guy on Sunday slammed his head into the reef and had to resuscitated on the beach. Cracked the helmet he was wearing. Probably saved his life.
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At a place like that on a day like that - yes it will happen but probably not as often as you’d think.

Those are waves of consequence and the code in the water would be in full effect. Nobody would be ####ing around.


Apparently on guy on Sunday slammed his head into the reef and had to resuscitated on the beach. Cracked the helmet he was wearing. Probably saved his life.
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2 Christmas’ ago, I spent the day I’m the Kauai emergency room after hitting my head on a rock after a pretty big storm. Had a pretty bad concussion and a few staples in the head - told multiple times I was lucky to be alive. Lucky my wife still lets me surf - she thought she lost me that day.
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Finals day for the billabong pro at pipeline. Super big waves today. Everything you want to see!



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Didn't know this was happening right now, maybe I'll drive up to the North shore tomorrow
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That’s a lot of people and boards in a small area....how often do people get hurt?
There was that HBO documentary, 100 Foot Wave, that talked a fair bit about injuries and those pro surfers get really beat up.
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Didn't know this was happening right now, maybe I'll drive up to the North shore tomorrow
Contest is over but the waves are cranking still. Go sit in front of pipeline tomorrow and just watch. I wish I was there
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Contest is over but the waves are cranking still. Go sit in front of pipeline tomorrow and just watch. I wish I was there
I saw it 10 years ago when in Hawaii. It was an amazing experience.
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