Freak Waves

craner

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The legend of Jeff Clark:

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"My parents had no idea I was riding these kind of waves!"

Now, that's teen rebellion!
 

craner

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BW clip:

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You should all watch this beautiful film.

Anyway, hope you all enjoyed the clips.
 

craner

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Wait, one more! If you're lucky this guy will post the rest of the film. Or you could buy it. It's reduced grown surfers to tears, I warn you.

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craner

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I know I'm doing it again, but in a way this is my favorite bit:

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continuum

smugpolice
So on Monday I spent a long time watching youtube clips of freak waves smashing into massive ships, which I found a bit weird, and slightly worrying. When I anxiously disclosed this information to a work colleague, he told me that he'd once spent a disturbing number of hours on youtube watching footage of air disasters. I think we both need CBT.

I've done the same with air crashes. You can't get the extreme level of gore on YouTube now compared to when it first started but this video is good
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continuum

smugpolice
this is a classic that I believe is shown to all trainee pilots?
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nomos

Administrator
Two killed as giant waves hit Mediterranean cruise ship
The Louis Majesty was carrying nearly 2,000 passengers and crew

Two people have been killed and six injured as giant waves slammed into a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, the ship's owners have said.

The 26ft (8m) high rogue waves hit the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty off the north-east coast of Spain.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8548547.stm
 

craner

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More wave porn:

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craner

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The Eddie 09

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polystyle

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it was for you man ...
Cheers

Caught part of a Cable TV show on rogue waves the other night,
German scientist analyzing sat intel from middle of oceans, scanning it for large waves and ...
zoom - there one was. Out there by itself, moving from place to place.
Got to be pretty damn big to see it from space ...
 

craner

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Shall we?

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polystyle

Well-known member
The Big Red One

Not so far off from one account in the show I mentioned,
ships's captain described going down into the trough at the foot of the giant wave.
Talk about 'losing your *hit', hate to have to look up, up , up and see that mass above you ...
And coming out of the dark, not CG lit .
 

craner

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Some old Shipsterns footage - the pioneer days!


That is one terrifying fucking wave -- a real corkscrew. Over 15ft -- fuck me, unimaginable.
 
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craner

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Anyone remember Ace Cool's quest for the biggest ride ever? Man, he was funny.

Fail!

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craner

Beast of Burden
All told in this hilarious book, that also documents Ken Bradshaw and Mark Foo's epic exploits on the North Shore. I devoured this as a teenager, it was heroism to me, a mere Langland boy.

Ken was the Hero, Mark the doomed ninja, Ace Cool the Joker in the Pack.
 
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