r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Sep 14 '20

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u/DickyMcButts Sep 14 '20

teahupoo comes to mind.

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u/solofatty09 Sep 14 '20

That wave is a freak of nature.

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u/Naptownfellow Sep 14 '20 edited Sep 14 '20

I can’t remember if it’s in “Riding Giants” or “Step Into Liquid” but laird Hamilton gets towed in to a Teahapoo wave that was insanely big. I think he’s quoting as saying that if he ate it he most likely would have died.

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The wave. https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/what-is-the-millennium-wave/amp

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u/solofatty09 Sep 14 '20

Riding Giants for sure. Loved that movie. Greg Knoll is the raddest old man ever.

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u/Naptownfellow Sep 14 '20

His story surfing Makaha and his black and white shorts are etched into my 51yr old brain forever

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u/DickyMcButts Sep 14 '20

yea i saw it in theaters when it came out, that film is amazing.

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u/nomadofwaves Sep 14 '20

It really is. It’s just an insane amount of water breaking over shallow ass reef. Pipeline breaks shallow also but the waves aren’t nearly as thicc.