Here comes the wave

SUBHEAD: Found this "Stuck in Tsunami" video of surfer on monster wave. How did I know on February 25th this would be of any interest? Dunno.

By Juan Wilson on 25 February 2010 for Island Breath -
(http://islandbreath.blogspot.jp/2010/02/here-comes-wave.html)


 
Image above: Still frame from video below. No, it's a wave not a tsunami. Yes, that's a surfer.  

 I don't usually post videos for the sake of entertainment unless it is satire. This clip caught my eye and breath. I cannot imagine getting onto such a ride voluntarily, but there are those that do. Once you start there is no getting off. Events just take you along and your heroic, yet incremental, efforts to shape the course ahead relies on skill, luck and experience. I guess we are all in that boat when it comes to where the Peak Oil wave is taking us. As my old friend Tom Teitge (once of Hanapepe Town) was fond of saying; "Surf all Things!"

Video above: "Stuck in Tsunami" video of surfer on monster wave. From (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlPqL7IUT6M)

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8 comments :

Carol Bain said...

I could not look away. Gr8 video.
Carol Bain

Mauibrad said...

That's Mike Parsons, by the way. At 77 ft. they say that was one of the biggest waves surfed. But check out this:

http://www.babelgum.com/119493/biggest-wave-ever-ridden-100ft-miguel-del-toro-billabong-xxl-winner.html

Juan Wilson said...

Brad,

So was that Jaws on Maui? Is it just a coincidence on the name Parsons?

Juan

Mauibrad said...

Actually, I use to think that video was of Jaws, but my searches today seemed to indicate that it was Mavericks.

That would be cool if Mike were a cousin or something, but we are not related.

jonathan jay said...

is this a record for comments?

Mauibrad said...

Well, with your comment, it might be.

Mauibrad said...

Here comes the wave indeed:

Current PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER Report on Chilean Earthquake http://bit.ly/cWr732

NOAA: IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THEIR ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL TIME IS 1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY.

Mauibrad said...

Re: "How did I know on February 25th this would be of any interest?" --Publisher

You must be psychic, Juan.

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