KyleLinsey
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I can't even believe this picture is real:
This is the greatest thread in history. Thanks for posting those pix.
something about this photo is just frightening. Size, viciousness, thickness... it could be used in one of those movie sequences where a whole city is taken out in one swoop. Whoever was there to witness it and didnt get goosebumps is a liar liar pants on fire.
And im sure you can hear it just creating a vacum sucking out along with a speed relative that this photo cant come up with.
when i look at this photo, i do hear the sound of that wave...that picture is unbelievable
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neinfore
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I can't even believe this picture is real:
This is the greatest thread in history. Thanks for posting those pix.
something about this photo is just frightening. Size, viciousness, thickness... it could be used in one of those movie sequences where a whole city is taken out in one swoop. Whoever was there to witness it and didnt get goosebumps is a liar liar pants on fire.
And im sure you can hear it just creating a vacum sucking out along with a speed relative that this photo cant come up with.
when i look at this photo, i do hear the sound of that wave...that picture is unbelievable
imagine that fraction of a second just before the lip crashes down...
an instant of 'silence' just before the mayhem!
peas,
9'4''
p.s. if we keep quoting each other on this one we can make it so small it will eventually go away! WeeeeeeeeeeeeeD!!!
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H2O
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Reged: 07/25/06
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Loc: Escondido CA
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I can't even believe this picture is real:
This is the greatest thread in history. Thanks for posting those pix.
something about this photo is just frightening. Size, viciousness, thickness... it could be used in one of those movie sequences where a whole city is taken out in one swoop. Whoever was there to witness it and didnt get goosebumps is a liar liar pants on fire.
And im sure you can hear it just creating a vacum sucking out along with a speed relative that this photo cant come up with.
when i look at this photo, i do hear the sound of that wave...that picture is unbelievable
imagine that fraction of a second just before the lip crashes down...
an instant of 'silence' just before the mayhem!
peas,
9'4''
p.s. if we keep quoting each other on this one we can make it so small it will eventually go away! WeeeeeeeeeeeeeD!!!
Holy sh1t, that picture is probably the best I've ever seen of Chopes. Fvcking unreal 
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huibear
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 06/26/06
Posts: 298
Loc: hawaii nei
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you da man bradda.poto is mental case with that paddle.like to see some more of those paddle shots. mahalo nui
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SurfsUpChuck
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Loc: Campbell, Ca
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I can't even believe this picture is real:
This is the greatest thread in history. Thanks for posting those pix.
something about this photo is just frightening. Size, viciousness, thickness... it could be used in one of those movie sequences where a whole city is taken out in one swoop. Whoever was there to witness it and didnt get goosebumps is a liar liar pants on fire.
And im sure you can hear it just creating a vacum sucking out along with a speed relative that this photo cant come up with.
when i look at this photo, i do hear the sound of that wave...that picture is unbelievable
imagine that fraction of a second just before the lip crashes down...
an instant of 'silence' just before the mayhem!
peas,
9'4''
p.s. if we keep quoting each other on this one we can make it so small it will eventually go away! WeeeeeeeeeeeeeD!!!
Holy sh1t, that picture is probably the best I've ever seen of Chopes. Fvcking unreal
I would think those waves would be showing up here too..
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obslop
Michael Peterson status
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Posts: 2616
Loc: san diego, CA
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Six pictures in it hit me that yes, as many others have observed, this is the best single post of pictures perhaps ever on this BB. Thank you!
The side shot with the ultra suck ledge is beyond words - how? why?
I would love to sit in the channel and watch . . . and when the swell drops to head high I'd be all over it (I've heard the wave is relatively easy and fun at that size).
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JuanKerr
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Reged: 01/12/05
Posts: 3585
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and when the swell drops to head high I'd be all over it (I've heard the wave is relatively easy and fun at that size).
I thought I read that at smaller size, it's actually a more dangerous wave because it shuts down ahead of you and there's even less water between you and the reef than on bigger days, and many locals call it the French translation of "No exit" and won't surf it....
Last month's TW Surf mag, maybe?
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obslop
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Posts: 2616
Loc: san diego, CA
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well . . . if that's the case I'll just take a pass. My dream wave is something like 2-3 feet OH scorpian bay (3rd point) or same in reverse as a left with an extra hundred yards or so . . . .
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ac2026
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 01/29/06
Posts: 421
Loc: East Coast, Sydney, Australia
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Hope everyone is enjoying the shots...........
Its such an amazing place
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ac2026
Legend (inyourownmind)
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Loc: East Coast, Sydney, Australia
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The pictures are back online after a few probs......... 
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ac2026
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 01/29/06
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Loc: East Coast, Sydney, Australia
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I forgot i posted this all that time ago..... 
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JJR
Duke status
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Posts: 21510
Loc: Cyclist hell
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Top for Malik!! RIP...
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Hootski
Kelly Slater status
Reged: 01/02/06
Posts: 8019
Loc: Alii Beach
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Mr. Poto got some nasty tiger scratches that day, have not seem or heard much from him lately.
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manjushri
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Posts: 1268
Loc: 638
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this is my vote for best shot
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gaiasdad
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Loc: Surfside Beach, SC
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this is my vote for best shot
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CJSB
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 04/08/09
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Loc: Santa Barbara
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Great Images
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this is what heppens when u r a lairdbording fag:
<pic of POTO>
take ur oar and go back to doheny with ur kayak
kook
lol. Vetea David practically pioneered that spot.  
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igotyourshere
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Reged: 03/29/06
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...wow...best post in my time on the 'erbb. Thanks, i now have several new insane desk top pics.
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slopokecr
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Holy mother of God. By far one of the best posts EVER. I can only imagine the videos..........
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KauaiDKer
Gerry Lopez status
Reged: 09/21/06
Posts: 1285
Loc: Besht lil island in da world
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Sorry NAI, gonna have to disagree. It was spongers that pioneered that spot. There were rumors of Tahitians riding it when it was small back in the day but the first waveriders to ride it when it was big were pro spongers Ben Severson & Mike Stewart in 1986. It wasn't initially considered a "real wave" just a mutant at the end of the road.
Tahitians didn't ride it as size until these two did. Us spongers don't mind being crash test dummies but credit should be given where credit is due.
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GoofusFootius
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Meh, I don't see what the big deal is. Looks about the same as what we get in Galveston every month or so. 
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KauaiDKer
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Meh, I don't see what the big deal is. Looks about the same as what we get in Galveston every month or so.
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Well then, I'm glad I used the term "practically". 
I was referring to him being a Tahitian hellman, not a kook.
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KauaiDKer
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Alright you dodge the charge of being "wrong" on the er BB on a technicality. 
& Poto is def. no kook even if he's an occasional sea janitor.
BTW, I think it's nuts that Malik's ridden much bigger, heavier waves at Chopes but ends up dying on "only" a 6-8' wave at Pipe.
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ac2026
Legend (inyourownmind)
Reged: 01/29/06
Posts: 421
Loc: East Coast, Sydney, Australia
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I always thought that this post would riase its ugly head again..
Here is one of my all time favourtite empty wave shots, and its not chopes
and this comes in second
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Sorry NAI, gonna have to disagree. It was spongers that pioneered that spot. There were rumors of Tahitians riding it when it was small back in the day but the first waveriders to ride it when it was big were pro spongers Ben Severson & Mike Stewart in 1986. It wasn't initially considered a "real wave" just a mutant at the end of the road.
Tahitians didn't ride it as size until these two did. Us spongers don't mind being crash test dummies but credit should be given where credit is due.
Ben on Teahupoo
Interestingly, a Kauai friend of mine said his father surfed the spot at medium size in the 70s. I believe my friend, who is a very accomplished and stylish surfer.
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Alright you dodge the charge of being "wrong" on the er BB on a technicality.
& Poto is def. no kook even if he's an occasional sea janitor.
BTW, I think it's nuts that Malik's ridden much bigger, heavier waves at Chopes but ends up dying on "only" a 6-8' wave at Pipe.
My understanding is Pipe is uber-shallow at takeoff and deeper in the channel, and Chopes is "somewhat" the opposite; deep at takeoff and uber-shallow on the inside section.
P.S. I used "somewhat" in my post and in quotes.
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featherboa
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Bump. I don't like this being on the second page.
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saltydog1963
Gerry Lopez status
Reged: 03/30/08
Posts: 1187
Loc: somewhere close to ventura and...
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Unreal! Every picture tells a story don't it.
Thanks to the poster who just sickined me in a good way!
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dirtypr
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amazing
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LAisntsobad
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F'in ridiculous. I don't care what you're riding in those waves
But, watch how all the SUP's start using that Poto pic to justify their non-sport. Just like when there's an LB pic on some 20 ft wave. Like what he's doing represents the difficulty of SUP'ing in normal surf.
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Hootski
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Reged: 01/02/06
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Loc: Alii Beach
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I always thought that this post would riase its ugly head again..
Here is one of my all time favourtite empty wave shots, and its not chopes
and this comes in second
Spam master digs up the goods.
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Clayster
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I can't even believe this picture is real:
This is the greatest thread in history. Thanks for posting those pix.
something about this photo is just frightening. Size, viciousness, thickness... it could be used in one of those movie sequences where a whole city is taken out in one swoop. Whoever was there to witness it and didnt get goosebumps is a liar liar pants on fire.
And im sure you can hear it just creating a vacum sucking out along with a speed relative that this photo cant come up with.
How in god's name does one paddle into that beast? I'd get sucked up the face and pitched. That is, if I was there, which I never would be.
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