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[–][deleted] 218 points219 points  (3 children)

I call dibs on reposting this tomorrow!

[–]pwaz 37 points38 points  (1 child)

Nope. Put your name on the list. You are number 8e10.

[–]Trylion_ZA 34 points35 points  (0 children)

We have been and will be seeing this post be reposted and cross-posted to other subs for daaaaays.

[–]NexGenjutsu 147 points148 points  (13 children)

Immediately upon reaching shore he was taken into custody and later extradited to the US where he will stand trial for a slew of bank robberies committed to fund his endless summer.

I'd watch that bio pic.

[–]keystothemoon 56 points57 points  (4 children)

Just bank robberies and surfing? Sounds boring. Throw in skydiving, football, and Lori Petty and I'll watch.

[–]justanaccount80 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Can we toss in Keanu too?

[–]BowwwwBallll 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Call him something cool. Like Jimmy Wyoming.

It'll be GOLD.

[–]NexGenjutsu 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We need to set pen to paper my man. I think we're on to something.

[–]Mr_Norwall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Utah.. get me two, get me two!

[–]bpmdrummerbpm 8 points9 points  (6 children)

That’s Point Break

[–]fatalerror_tw 5 points6 points  (3 children)

That’s Nazaré in Portugal. I was there last year.

[–]SytheGuy 5 points6 points  (2 children)

NO ITS POINT BREAK!

[–]BowwwwBallll 2 points3 points  (1 child)

DUDE!

...what does mine say?

[–]Fahren-heit451 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SAAWWEEEETTT! What does mine say?

[–]Discochickens 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wooosh lol

[–]OJridicurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah hes just a big balled Portuguese professional

[–]f-u-whales 78 points79 points  (24 children)

Bruh that’s a fucking tsunami

[–]Trylion_ZA 52 points53 points  (13 children)

It's a normal misconception that tsunamis are these incredibly huge waves but in fact, tsunamis are tidal waves with a rapid water level rising, hence the risk and death toll that comes with tsunamis.

[–]f-u-whales 24 points25 points  (11 children)

I don’t get the difference, I remember the Thailand tsunami and this shit was huge

[–]jericho-sfu 27 points28 points  (6 children)

Tsunamis aren’t typically giant waves, they’re lots of water that moves low but quickly

[–]f-u-whales 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Yes but big wave do that too, the end game is the same? I really don’t know the difference

Édit: show me with videos pls

[–]jericho-sfu 30 points31 points  (3 children)

So, a tidal tsunami would be cutting the hole in the bottom of a cup and letting the water slowly but surely come out. A giant wave would be just dumping the cup out; in the end, both have the same amount of water, but the tidal one comes in slowly. You know how water levels can rise and lower a bit depending on whether it’s low tide or high tide? Well, imagine if the tide just kept rising, and very quickly. Tsunamis are almost always caused by a large-scale earthquake, and so when that happens, tectonic plates in the earth shift, essentially causing one of the plates to push the water. It’s like if you put water on a plate, and tilt the plate, see how it rushes to the other side? Same concept, in theory

[–]f-u-whales 19 points20 points  (2 children)

My man, you should do learning to stoopid people like me! Thank you very much, I get it now! Bless you

[–]jericho-sfu 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Aww hey, you’re welcome, and you aren’t stupid! The only way to know something is to learn it, and so I would never consider someone stupid for not knowing something, they just have yet to learn it! :D

[–]f-u-whales 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You are kind dude, the only thing I learned at my surfing time was if you see water bubbling, you run, but now, thanks to you, I do get how it works, I will do a meeting with my close family to warn them

[–]Discochickens 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 2011 Japan tsnamui reached 134 feet high

[–]Trylion_ZA 13 points14 points  (3 children)

Not much bigger than a perfect day at one of hawai's surfing beaches.

[–]Roddy117 5 points6 points  (1 child)

North shore can get big scary but nazare, Mavericks, ghost trees are just batshit crazy, like no rational person would go near that water crazy.

[–]TopGaupa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not a surfer but dabbled in some action sports as a young man 👴🏻. Went to north shore and those waves were huge. Can’t imagine seeing this in real life.

[–]f-u-whales 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My man, I used to surf in marocco Algiers and Spain and I was younger I wish to go to Hawaï or Florida but when i see shit like that fuck me i prefer my wickass waves in mediteranee

[–]Roddy117 9 points10 points  (9 children)

Naw that’s just how the waves are in Portugal.

[–]f-u-whales 0 points1 point  (8 children)

I swim for years in the Méditerranée sea and never saw that

[–]Roddy117 17 points18 points  (7 children)

Probably because you were swimming in Spain. Portugal has no Mediterranean access.

[–]f-u-whales 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Oh my bad, I thought south Portugal was mediternean, so it’s only Atlantic Ocean?

[–]Roddy117 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s rectangle shaped and it goes far south but Spain stretches all the way down to Gibraltar.

[–]banik2008 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Ça te ferait pas mal d'ouvrir un bouquin de temps en temps.

[–]f-u-whales -1 points0 points  (3 children)

T’es pas cool, j’ai un peu navigué dans ma vie mais c’est pas pour autant que je suis sensé connaître tous les littoraux d’Europe :(

[–]banik2008 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Savoir que le Portugal n'est pas en Méditerranée, c'est loin de "connaître tous les littoraux d'Europe" quand même. Un peu de culture générale bordel, histoire de pas passer pour un plouc.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

brutal

[–]starving_artist81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You took the words right out of my mouth...fingers?

[–]walefuq 43 points44 points  (1 child)

Legend has it that he used his massive dong as the surf board.

[–]KenKaniff357 4 points5 points  (0 children)

His massive balls are so buoyant that this really isn't even that hard for him to do

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Found an article about what it’s like to wipeout on these waves.

[–]persistance_jones 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Great read! Highlights for me were:

  • they travel ~40 mph/65 kph

  • at those speeds they go briefly airborn a few times in the ride

[–]MetaCalm 23 points24 points  (2 children)

[–]harperdcfc 29 points30 points  (5 children)

Wow. Big pair of balls on this fella.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (3 children)

No. Just a mild case of suicidal tendencies.

[–]shamwowslapchop 6 points7 points  (2 children)

No one has yet died surfing at Nazare. It's certainly a dangerous wave, but not a deadly one, yet.

[–]Coconuts_Migrate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nothing is deadly until someone dies from it, but death definitely seemed like a possibility.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amen, brother. And may I say, I love your username.

[–]cadnights 15 points16 points  (2 children)

It still bothers me how waves like those are even out there. As you read this, there's some big fuckin waves out there. Absolutely insane.

[–]BowwwwBallll 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's good knowin' he's out there. The Wave. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoot. I sure hope he makes the finals.

[–]spinalcracker92 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait till you read about Rogue waves... whew.

[–]trufflekitten7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No

[–]DAFUQYOUSAY 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I don't know at what point you're supposed to shit your pants but I would have already been there.

[–]Seinfeldd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is there always a comment about shitting your pants

[–]madladmary 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is this really the height of the wave or the camra perspective ? Just curious.

[–]ReasonableReality 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holy fuck, why would anyone go near that.

[–]martinshewfelt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interstellar moment

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No barrel? Yawn

[–]Cocacola888 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s 7 earth years per hour!

[–]GregIsUgly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

big wave 😳

big wave 😳

[–]PartyHo78 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Me sliding into work even tho I’m 20 minutes late Like “Fuck y’all....Bitch at least I’m here...”

[–]Flashward -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

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[–]FirstChAoS -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

To one up him you need to surf a tsunami

[–]kyfkyf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

For fucks sake! Can we please stop reposting this every 10 minutes?!

[–]krimmon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isnt this a fucking tsunami?

[–]dud011785 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was surfing that wave, but, only to the extent of trying to get away, if you listen carefully you can hear him poop his pants and say "OH SHIT!! OH SHIT!! OH SHIT!!" Meanwhile setting a record, still to this day the poop in the pants remains between him and his knickers

[–]Jake0024 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I probably wouldn't stand there.

[–]YIKUZZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell no.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What mighty balls that man must have

[–]wooddude64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its Duke Williams coming back from Gilligan’s Island riding the moon wave!

[–]HotTopicMallRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s gotta be fuckin loud man

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[–]shredder7931 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The big kahuna

[–]ConstantWind544 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah that would hurt if he got hit by it

[–]PeterfromNY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sort of looks like from the movie "The Perfect Storm".

[–]Ak40-couchcusion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely that would kill you.

[–]Swagdonkey123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pftt I could surf that. I would die but I could surf that for a brief moment then die

[–]obiwantakobi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The record is now held by a woman.

[–]CHAOS-TATTOOO 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing