in My City - photo by kingy-bmx

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martini-sniper (Jan 25, 2009 at 12:37)

mad man!

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BigEBiker (Jan 25, 2009 at 19:15)

Holy f*ck... how tall do you think that is???

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martini-sniper (Jan 26, 2009 at 1:47)

hard to tell Big Grin

I would guess 30ft to 40ft but not sure Eek

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spongosauraus (Feb 1, 2009 at 14:46) (Below Threshold) show comment

tsunami

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Whoinventeduphill (Feb 5, 2009 at 21:30)

no. tsunami is bigger than you could ever imagine

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spongosauraus (Feb 6, 2009 at 13:49)

its weird cause in the videos of tsunami it looks so small but when u know tht its uber huge compared to this one its like ... WOW

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tinitimo1 (Feb 7, 2009 at 13:33)

excuse me you might want to look BEHIND you Razz

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jeffrupert (Feb 12, 2009 at 13:10)

thats sick

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csibamarci (Feb 19, 2009 at 10:29)

hey people if its non biking it could be POD.OR not???

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avery25 (Feb 22, 2009 at 10:31)

this is steamers lane, fyi

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mxdirtspinner (Feb 24, 2009 at 18:10)

Even tho its not about biking, Dirtiest Surfing Picture i have ever seen

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menkingking (Feb 24, 2009 at 18:28)

EPIC. thats all that needs to be said

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giantgl0ryh0le (Mar 3, 2009 at 11:32)

25ft tops, its taken from the crest of another wave so its looking down at him, not from the beach, huge and i love it

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travis657 (Mar 6, 2009 at 12:03)

have you ever thought about that, its like hes under the water

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giantgl0ryh0le (Mar 6, 2009 at 12:11)

yer comment confuses me

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travis657 (Mar 6, 2009 at 12:14)

like hes under the ocean

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giantgl0ryh0le (Mar 6, 2009 at 12:27)

o ok ya like relative to the wave he is below a f*ck load of water i dunno how to say it i know wut you mean tho

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liveyourdream (Mar 7, 2009 at 7:33)

...looks like Teahupoo (Tahiti), am I right?

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giantgl0ryh0le (Mar 7, 2009 at 9:36)

how can you tell, all there is is water, for all you know that could be another fukin planet

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avery25 (Mar 7, 2009 at 10:39)

"liveyourdream" its not teahupoo, its shipsterns.

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scrippsranchDJ (Mar 10, 2009 at 12:57)

definately taller than 25 feet, and look how thick that wave is!!!. A tall wave is one thing, this wave has so much weight behind it waiting to crush down. That is a super powerful wave.

The guys should be around 6 ft tall when he is standing, so I'm guessing it is over 4 of him tall.

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jamisbowtech (Sep 16, 2009 at 19:12)

omg! its like the whole ocean is over him!!! if he falls soooooo much weight is gonna crush down on him! scary shiz

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nocco6622 (Sep 16, 2009 at 19:12)

And this is why i bike. when you fall..you don't die

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artifact (Sep 16, 2009 at 19:15) (Below Threshold) show comment

this is the best picture on the site. it should probably be POD

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DAMZ (Sep 19, 2009 at 14:38)

yap, if it were a biker and not a surfer.... but its one of the bet pix i´ve seen. awesome!!!
btw, it were someting different if a surfer would be POD on pinkbike.... would start to polarisate the users Big Grin

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trekrider4mgm (Sep 20, 2009 at 8:51)

that shits at least 25 feet tall and who knows how thick that wall of water is!

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chrris (Sep 20, 2009 at 17:57)

giantgl0ryh0le is actually right
Because if he was wrong, then there would be a wave on a wave and plenty waves on a wave.
Sure it's still big but it's not as You'd really think
still crazy gnarly!

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rebuitwlverine (Sep 24, 2009 at 14:02)

when i looked at this pic, i thought it was a cobra in the wave , it looks so sweet there even a fang.

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scrippsranchDJ (Sep 24, 2009 at 14:09)

The only thing I can think of that would compare to this pic would be a biker riding down a mountain escaping an avalanche. And cool observation rebuitwlverine, never noticed that.

While gl0ryh0le is correct the water in the upper portion of the photo isn't going to be crashing with the wave, the angle of the photo makes it seem 10 times thicker.

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amando96 (Sep 27, 2009 at 10:36)

not all tsunamis are tall, they might be just 3 metres, but they can be hundreds of km long, meaning its a huge mass of water, instead of a thin, tall wave(normal ones)

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spongosauraus (Sep 27, 2009 at 11:35)

ahhh i dndt know that

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bunkey (Sep 30, 2009 at 8:40)

i dunno about you, but i would NOT like to be under all that water!

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dm-orange (Oct 2, 2009 at 11:44)

that scares me even thinking somthing can be that big

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balth (Oct 4, 2009 at 20:16)

is there a hole in the middle of the pic?? Cuz the waves look like they're creating a kind of sea tornado...

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scottmillphotography (Oct 16, 2009 at 20:47)

its called a barrel. or a tube.

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balth (Oct 21, 2009 at 16:20)

ahh...thanks

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kyman09 (Oct 23, 2009 at 13:57)

Just get PITTED man!

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martin-gunn (Nov 21, 2009 at 10:48)

the only thing i could think of to say is: O MY GOD THAT THING IS HUGE

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scrippsranchDJ (Nov 21, 2009 at 14:17)

Not the first time I've heard that Wink

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martin-gunn (Nov 21, 2009 at 14:38)

haha

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mitchboi (Nov 22, 2009 at 19:01)

it would take balls just to snap a pic of that

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warhorsey (Dec 6, 2009 at 22:35)

incredible. this guy just makes all us DHers look silly

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artifact (Dec 7, 2009 at 18:36)

Well to be honest when someone completely covered in sponsors logos from head to toe, and usually in spandex it doesn't take much at all to make them look silly.

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warhorsey (Dec 7, 2009 at 21:40)

true. but at least the hill behind us isn't looking to eat us. haha

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nz-brendan (Dec 16, 2009 at 13:37)

ouch

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ck408 (Feb 8, 2010 at 21:18)

*Tsunamis range from like inches to hundreds of feet ****Whoinventeduphill****

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a1bike4me (Jul 13, 2010 at 16:50)

if u look at the top left u can see the rope that pulled him in to it

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giantgl0ryh0le (Jul 14, 2010 at 8:18)

i just watched a vid of some guy winning a contest on a 75foot wave, they claimed it was huge, and it was glorious

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martin-gunn (Jul 14, 2010 at 13:22)

can i have a link~?

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giantgl0ryh0le (Jul 15, 2010 at 6:12)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2vkwy2vdP4

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despar66 (Oct 26, 2010 at 20:19)

massive slab

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kainedavis (May 27, 2011 at 17:54)

Whats that at the top Left of the wave??

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scottmillphotography (May 27, 2011 at 18:12)

Jet ski.. Did you think he was going to paddle into the wave. Facepalm

haha

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kainedavis (May 28, 2011 at 12:15)

Never know...people are gnarley!!

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raimundo (Jun 17, 2011 at 8:13)

Thats not real. it computer made.

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warhorsey (Jun 17, 2011 at 19:05)

Hahahahahahahahahano

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biker12344 (Jan 25, 2009 at 12:37)

scary shit

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norcoornothing (Jan 26, 2009 at 8:26)

ya and if he falls its go hurt like a bitch

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kyleeiji (Sep 16, 2009 at 16:26)

he better get the hell outa there!

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despar66 (Oct 26, 2010 at 20:19)

you would die

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Cuckoo-Park (Feb 9, 2009 at 10:58)

looks nothing like mavericks it's a left break, mavericks is a point break and tsunamis aren't waves just a large bulk of water moved by a diplacement of water this often means tsunamis aren't big just very powerful 'the tsunami' was 12ft above the regular point of water

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Russell1994 (Nov 26, 2009 at 6:34)

such a good picture, you can still see his line down from the lip of the wave, he must have got a tow from a jet ski for that, paddling and trying to duck dive that would probably leave you a bit dead! I dont think i'll be trying that anytime soon down at croyde bay!

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diogodavinha (Sep 21, 2009 at 16:52)

awesome!!!Huge and hard!!!
sick pic too,World Record,Kayak extrem,drop of the 38.7 meters in a waterfall,113 KM/H in 2.9 seconds of free fall. http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3222492/

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uwrider123 (Jan 25, 2009 at 20:00)

big wall for such a small gun

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lowrider123 (Aug 16, 2009 at 14:28)

a tsunami is not a giant wave as is the general concensus, a tsunami is in fact a surge of water roughly 1or 2ft high that is very powerful and will just keep on moving.

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clarke658 (Jan 26, 2009 at 13:01)

whats that in the top left corner??

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martini-sniper (Jan 27, 2009 at 12:12)

dare it be a shark? Eek

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JAMWELLMAN (Jan 29, 2009 at 12:57)

It's the trail of the tow in jet-ski and the rope/handle dragging behind him. On big waves these guys can't paddle in, so they get towed behind a skilled driver and at the perfect time he lets go.

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clarke658 (Jan 30, 2009 at 9:07)

ok , that makes sense haha

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docker0141 (Feb 7, 2009 at 13:40)

it looks like a swimmer just puting their arm back in the water to me. :S

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menkingking (Feb 27, 2009 at 13:54)

heres video of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUb0PrkHqm8

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kylespringman (Jan 26, 2009 at 15:48)

Thats so gnarly.

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shadowsav21 (Jun 29, 2010 at 0:57)

the actually wave isnt that large its how heavy it is that makes it so gnarly

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DJking22 (Aug 10, 2010 at 22:06)

I'll say the face of the wave is about 80 feet.
In hawwian measurements the back of the wave is 40

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Boxxer1990 (Mar 21, 2011 at 21:55)

That face is never 80ft man!

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giantfaith4567 (Sep 16, 2009 at 12:14)

not into surfing but when a 40 ft wave is about to eat you like a monster now thats dope. beast man beast

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amajors (Mar 18, 2009 at 10:58)

SWEET, I NEED TO GO SURFING!!! CANT AFFORD ALL THESE SPORTS!!!!

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pdxseth (Apr 27, 2009 at 6:47)

E P I C .... now this picture warrants this word

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FerrerF30 (Jan 29, 2011 at 4:00)

WTF!!!? he has tons of water behind !
and taht litle thing in the top left hand corner loks like a shrark

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mitch133 (Nov 22, 2009 at 10:36)

its so funny that this pic has so many comments on a bike website hahaha its a crazy shot tho that guy is a madman

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ratherbeoutriding (Sep 15, 2009 at 13:03)

that wave isnt super giant tall, but its super thick, which mean if it falls on him, hes f'ed

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dancharge (Oct 5, 2009 at 10:52)

look chuck norris is in that picture
if u cant see him u must be blind coz hes the biggest part of it

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Among (Jan 26, 2009 at 9:24)

it looks like the whole damn ocean is on top of that wave

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cozmo91 (Nov 5, 2009 at 12:13)

imagine the thrill that dude is going through...and props to the photographer.

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JCPhoto (Mar 22, 2012 at 3:40)

So sick! And such amazing colours!!! Favorite non biking pic on pinkbike!!!

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dabeno (Jan 25, 2009 at 13:10)

Thats a sickening huge lip! :O Amazing skills!!

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DoCenT-Zmc (Jan 26, 2009 at 13:09)

Yeah!! look at this one http://www.tgrmedia.com/BlogThreads/d56b8a15-f3a6-4827-bf59-4f5f6dda9fa8/photos/633682221744518587.jpg

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chaddles (Jan 29, 2009 at 19:29)

beat this http://www.surfposter.com/images/images_big/B02%20Shipstern%20Bluff.jpg

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chaddles (Jan 29, 2009 at 19:31)

or this http://www.jamiescottimages.com/cyclops/thewave/images/IMG_0235.jpg

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travis657 (Mar 6, 2009 at 12:22)

check these pics out:
http://www.tommo261.com/liverpool/modules/gallery/albums/Tommo261/BIG_ASS_WAVE_1.jpg
http://www.surfersvillage.com/img/st/0221_500_BillabongXXL08Lart.jpg
http://www.seekextreme.com/images/big-wave-surfing12.jpg

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recklessness (Jun 20, 2009 at 6:08)

All of you need to learn to do links properly (that's what the little round thing is beside the Bold and Italics icons. Regardless, thanks for the links!! Beer

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scrippsranchDJ (Sep 24, 2009 at 14:42)

If you guys like big waves, check this video. You might have seen it before but it is a must see. It gives me chills each time I watch it.

Laird Hamilton riding giants.

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chaddles (Sep 24, 2009 at 18:46)

yerr there cool and all but the wave we are comenting on is fckin huge not just in size but how heavy it is

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scrippsranchDJ (Sep 25, 2009 at 2:23)

yeah in the video the wave was in shallow water, really heavy but not very tall, and the water on the face moves really fast. If you fall, body suit or not your skin will look like hamburger meat from the coral.

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dh-andy (Sep 27, 2009 at 16:04)

if you think the tsunami looks tiny in videos look at the seconds one on this video its f*cking HUGE!

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dh-andy (Sep 27, 2009 at 16:04)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhuqKhXZkkY

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faith2downhill (Oct 17, 2009 at 15:23)

it looks like ther is a shark in the top left corner. if so that would make this pic even more epic

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simonsilver (Aug 14, 2011 at 20:31)

Shipsterns Bluff... Tasmania

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kingy-bmx (Feb 1, 2009 at 15:02)

is it real you bellend...go post somewhere else!

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jessenickell (Jan 25, 2009 at 19:17)

so gnarly

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pines309 (Nov 20, 2009 at 16:51)

ppppppppppppppppooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodddddddddddddddddddddddd

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cliffcornwall (Feb 8, 2010 at 7:26)

Photoshopped or not-the wave is still a sick mutant beast!!

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spskark7 (Sep 19, 2009 at 23:33)

sick pic!!!!!
but no helmet no pod (lol)

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cyberhawk Plus (Feb 3, 2010 at 3:52)

someone pulled the bathtub plug Razz

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tail-whip (Sep 20, 2009 at 8:51)

the whole sea s up there and hes down there dont mess up

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dh-Darren (Feb 2, 2010 at 9:30)

r u guys all thick , its been photoshopped!! duh???

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carlmontnative (Jul 13, 2010 at 17:10)

http://www.surfholidays.com/SurfHolidaysSite/files/64/64677aa5-a527-4a8e-9ea7-68fed89e0e43.jpg

proof

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kristjanstorrie (Feb 9, 2010 at 7:19)

well that looks a little bit scary!!!

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VitaminD (Oct 5, 2009 at 21:50)

damn, don't fall Mr Big Balls !!

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wellys (Oct 21, 2009 at 5:16)

holy craparooniiii

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derekt (Dec 12, 2009 at 18:37)

edit someone riding in there Razz

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epavichthesavage (Oct 5, 2009 at 10:51)

don't mess up all i has to say

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Stuart12342 (Sep 30, 2009 at 8:38)

damn. He would like die if he fell.

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fleshme (Sep 30, 2009 at 15:35)

f*ck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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keithwest (Oct 2, 2009 at 15:22)

I've seen people drown from doing things like that. Takes guts man.

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dhdemo840 (Oct 11, 2009 at 14:33)

that wave has waves on it

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allen87your-name-here (Mar 4, 2010 at 17:34)

dam that is a monster that dude has some big balls

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curtis60m2 (Sep 16, 2009 at 16:26)

if you go down your straight up DEAD

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ChiliPepper1 (Jul 25, 2011 at 20:33)

That is sooooo sick! Kamikaze and a few Bonsai to throw in there

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gerbers (Feb 22, 2009 at 7:28)

theres a wave on the wave

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wiering17 (Feb 19, 2009 at 10:06)

anyone know if there is video of this?

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Spec-Rider (Dec 19, 2010 at 21:08)

Is that another surfer up in the top left hand corner?

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Sir-Dirty-BIker (Jun 21, 2011 at 14:01)

the wave has a bonner! its HUGE Eek

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CAMMY-1 (Feb 24, 2009 at 12:22)

thats not a wave, its a huge step lol

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markusbloksa73 (Sep 8, 2011 at 13:44)

big drop !!!! ride or die!!.... and surfing

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STINKY-MINTY-1 (Aug 16, 2009 at 14:17)

that would suck to land on you

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brandonf (Sep 16, 2009 at 16:23)

theres like a wave on top of that wave!

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down-hilla-1 (Apr 27, 2009 at 6:45)

Is tHat Cyclops of WA N if it is thats it on a small day

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trekrider4mgm (Jan 26, 2009 at 13:01)

now thats a wall of water...literally

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leo-jing (Oct 2, 2011 at 6:23)

Perfect the wonderful arc waves.

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eldavo14 (Apr 12, 2010 at 13:00)

that wave has waves coming off it!

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JackStephen (Jun 17, 2011 at 11:52)

Cyclops!

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rampchamp99 (Dec 20, 2009 at 5:47)

little wave

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cliffcornwall (Feb 2, 2010 at 2:31)

Yea boy!!

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WoundedKnee (Mar 25, 2010 at 14:47)

massive

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energiemg (May 10, 2010 at 11:41)

just insane... Smile

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Nathanisfast (Jan 4, 2010 at 14:10)

sick

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serfer (Nov 19, 2010 at 13:32)

serfer!

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joslatapi (May 30, 2011 at 19:47)

i was the 1000 faver Razz

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ldwilson (Sep 27, 2009 at 16:29)

Sooooooo pitted

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jay-williamsonm9 (Feb 16, 2009 at 11:10)

f*ck that............

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RicardoAlves (Feb 16, 2009 at 11:14)

This is in the offshore reefs of Australia, the wave calls Cyclops.

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despar66 (Nov 17, 2009 at 12:13)

really sik but really photo shopped

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ma11 (Nov 22, 2009 at 10:30)

why would it be p shoped?? its real

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despar66 (Nov 23, 2009 at 10:29)

Only the top part looks shopped not the actualy wave or rider
but major props to the rider

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ovoc (Feb 16, 2009 at 7:01)

terrible! I've got no questions

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downhilldro (Feb 7, 2009 at 13:36)

wow, that a lot of water!

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silviubmx (Jan 31, 2009 at 9:30)

wow look at that wave:O:O unbelivable

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lirow (Feb 1, 2009 at 15:16)

sick man!

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Phil-rides-a-bike (Feb 5, 2009 at 15:04)

holy shit, i couldnt imagine a wave that huge!

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ruckusrider (Apr 16, 2009 at 14:51)

thats heavy!

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diogodavinha (Mar 6, 2009 at 9:38)

surf bike?

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xankas (Sep 27, 2009 at 11:18)

:O f*ck

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ratherbeoutriding (May 5, 2009 at 16:59)

that dude has balls.

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ProjectOmalley (Sep 28, 2009 at 21:59)

orr dad!

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natewynanscreations (Oct 1, 2009 at 8:17)

holy moly!

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konashred1994 (Sep 19, 2009 at 19:45)

succks to be camera man

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rampchamp99 (Oct 23, 2009 at 10:49)

whai?

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Daniel951 (Sep 19, 2009 at 2:52)

thats so sick

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kingy-bmx (Feb 1, 2009 at 15:03)

it is* lol

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Calikidd64 (Jan 25, 2009 at 20:06)

oh f*ck!

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the-lemon (Jan 25, 2009 at 20:02)

tiaphoo is so knarly!! look how think the lip is!!! props!

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avery25 (Feb 22, 2009 at 10:31)

not teahupoo

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ridebike2 (Mar 2, 2009 at 19:36)

shipsterns

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avery25 (Mar 2, 2009 at 19:39)

yuuss!! thanks, i was saying steamers lane, but yeah, for sure

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dhbiker12 (Nov 27, 2009 at 18:26)

teahupoo's a left and theres no way steamer lane would ever get that thick

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avery25 (Nov 27, 2009 at 18:35)

we said it was shipsterns

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dhbiker12 (Nov 29, 2009 at 20:31)

sorry brosiff

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tagster (Jan 29, 2009 at 12:55)

was the tsunami bigger? :O

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alistair14 (Sep 21, 2009 at 2:08)

yup

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extention (Feb 24, 2009 at 18:10)

It has such a heavy lip

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bicicleto (Feb 27, 2009 at 10:34)

PINKBIKE!! ...BIKE!

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josedjdh (Oct 1, 2009 at 19:42)

that is sick!!!!! shit

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