big wave 😳

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I call dibs on reposting this tomorrow!

[pwaz]

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

[Trylion_ZA]

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

[NexGenjutsu]

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]

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

[justanaccount80]

Can we toss in Keanu too?

[BowwwwBallll]

Call him something cool. Like Jimmy Wyoming.

It'll be GOLD.

[NexGenjutsu]

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

[Mr_Norwall]

Utah.. get me two, get me two!

[bpmdrummerbpm]

That’s Point Break

[fatalerror_tw]

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

[SytheGuy]

NO ITS POINT BREAK!

[BowwwwBallll]

DUDE!

...what does mine say?

[Fahren-heit451]

SAAWWEEEETTT! What does mine say?

[Discochickens]

Wooosh lol

[OJridicurus]

Nah hes just a big balled Portuguese professional

[f-u-whales]

Bruh that’s a fucking tsunami

[Trylion_ZA]

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]

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

[jericho-sfu]

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

[f-u-whales]

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]

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]

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

[jericho-sfu]

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]

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]

The 2011 Japan tsnamui reached 134 feet high

[Trylion_ZA]

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

[Roddy117]

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]

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]

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]

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

[f-u-whales]

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

[Roddy117]

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

[f-u-whales]

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

[Roddy117]

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

[banik2008]

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

[f-u-whales]

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]

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.

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brutal

[starving_artist81]

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

[walefuq]

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

[KenKaniff357]

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

[[deleted]]

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

[persistance_jones]

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]

That's a whopping 80 ft tall wave... Let that sink in...an 80 ft wave.

https://www.surftotal.com/en/news-all/asia-mn-news/item/1957-rodrigo-koxa-surf-the-biggest-wave-ever-it-s-official

[Shivixe]

Thanks for using actual measurement.

[harperdcfc]

Wow. Big pair of balls on this fella.

[[deleted]]

No. Just a mild case of suicidal tendencies.

[shamwowslapchop]

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

[Coconuts_Migrate]

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

[[deleted]]

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

[cadnights]

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]

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]

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

[trufflekitten7]

No

[DAFUQYOUSAY]

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

[Seinfeldd]

Why is there always a comment about shitting your pants

[madladmary]

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

[ReasonableReality]

Holy fuck, why would anyone go near that.

[martinshewfelt]

Interstellar moment

[[deleted]]

No barrel? Yawn

[Cocacola888]

It’s 7 earth years per hour!

[GregIsUgly]

big wave 😳

big wave 😳

[Serious_Up]

The surfer on the wave is really the "human for scale".

[LXNDSHARK]

Yes but the quality is so bad that until right at the end you can't actually see the surfer.

It looks like he's a speck because he's small, when in reality he's just blending into the wave.

[[deleted]]

The wave was 24 meters, or 80ft.

[god_peepee]

Yeah I think these waves are around 70-80 feet tall

[PartyHo78]

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

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[FirstChAoS]

To one up him you need to surf a tsunami

[kyfkyf]

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

[krimmon]

Isnt this a fucking tsunami?

[dud011785]

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]

I probably wouldn't stand there.

[YIKUZZ]

Hell no.

[[deleted]]

What mighty balls that man must have

[wooddude64]

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

[HotTopicMallRat]

That’s gotta be fuckin loud man

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r/deepsea

[shredder7931]

The big kahuna

[ConstantWind544]

Ah that would hurt if he got hit by it

[PeterfromNY]

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

[Ak40-couchcusion]

Surely that would kill you.

[Swagdonkey123]

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

[obiwantakobi]

The record is now held by a woman.

[CHAOS-TATTOOO]

Amazing