booger
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| posted on 12-7-2005 at 09:47 |
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heaviest wave in the world
chopes?
pipe?
shipsterns?
cyclops?
shark island?
come on fellas give us your opinion, or put up any breaks i have forgotten or dont know about.
i rekon chopes, shippies or cyclops dunno though hard to split any of them
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| posted on 12-7-2005 at 10:03 |
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I would have to say Cyclops, that scares me just looking at it.
I haven't heard of shipsterns before is it usually nicknamed something else?...and wheres is it it? 
But then again i reckon the shark island one can get pretty heavy...im confused with which one to say. Sometimes shark island does look
like cyclops.
Let's not forget Jaws...im not sure if you can call it a heavy wave because of the way it breaks, i dunno, but it sure is big.
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leonardo
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| posted on 12-7-2005 at 11:28 |
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Teahapoo for sure...but then again, it's all relative wrt swell direction, size and conditions on the day 
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bucski
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| posted on 12-7-2005 at 14:46 |
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yeah leo's got it def Teauphoo, it's got a lip as thick as most waves are high, and it just sucks so much it's ridiculous, doesn't look
like it should belong on this planet!
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justal
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| posted on 12-7-2005 at 16:43 |
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Teauphoo certainly is pretty mad, but cylops can give it a run for its money too... I think this counts as a pretty thick lip:
justal has attached this image:
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Airborne
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| posted on 12-7-2005 at 16:47 |
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oh yeh, i forgot Teaphoo That's a very heavy wave.
I've posted the same picture that Justal did somewhere else, and i have to say that it is still my choice for thick and heavy.
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justal
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| posted on 12-7-2005 at 19:10 |
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I thought this was the one you posted Airborne...
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| posted on 12-7-2005 at 19:17 |
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i thought i made the biggest wave when i fell off again
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| posted on 12-7-2005 at 21:04 |
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Hehe
Yup justal thats the one i posted ...i know i've seen the one you posted
somewhere before as well.
That pic ^ is like  ...i know i wouldn't want to be under that lip.
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leonardo
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| posted on 13-7-2005 at 11:21 |
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thatz some lip bru
LEN10 LOOPING..
www.sskiteboarding.com
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booger
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| posted on 14-7-2005 at 03:10 |
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heres a pic of shipsterns
[IMG]http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/9833/shippies5nq.jpg[/IMG]
heres a pic of chopes
[IMG]http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/4599/chopes9pu.jpg[/IMG]
chopes is a more perfect easier barrell to make i rekon then shippies cause shippies is so much more unpredictable. shippies would most
probably be more dangerous cause it is so seculded and breaks infront of a massive cliff and shippies holds way way bigger swells.
chopes goes dry more though
overall id say chopes for heaviness but shippies for sketchyness looks so hard to ride that bazz
dont really know that much about cyclops but looks hell think and hollow
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booger
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| posted on 14-7-2005 at 04:18 |
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have any of you fellas been to any of these waves??
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| posted on 14-7-2005 at 07:57 |
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woah! look at those pics
Pretty waves ...they're also pretty BIG. Im sure theres like 3 waves in
one on shippies. Terrifying. Loving the caption at the bottom of the first image: "ridiculous situation"
I still thing the cyclops image shows its thickness off well, sure is hollow, the sea before the wave actually seems to dip down and
suck round into the lip, like a big dent or bowl. However i have to say that shippies and chopes pics look hefty, its a very close call
because chopes does look extremly big and heavy on that image.
I haven't been to any of these waves before...it would be amazing to see them. One thing is for sure though; i wouldn't dare to enter
the water if it was like these pics...even if my mum let me lol.
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booger
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| posted on 14-7-2005 at 08:07 |
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that 2nd cyclops pic posted by justal is sik, have a look at how the wave pitches n throws, its would be damn close to throwing at 90
degrees straightout rather than down, on days like that cyclops is unsurfable from the peak, and how thick is that lip a few foot i
rekon
have you guys heard of other heavy wave places such as luna park in Aus, and a break called Dinner Plates in southern NZ?? i got some
pics of both, see if i can dig them out
[Edited on 14-7-2005 by booger]
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| posted on 14-7-2005 at 09:09 |
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yeh that pic is mind blowing, your right booger the lip does seem to defy gravity and chuck out at 90 degrees, and theres nothing
holding it up, freaky.
im sure i've heard of luna park and especially dinner plates...but never seen the actual wave or even where its exactly located, maybe
you should dig out those pics
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booger
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| posted on 15-7-2005 at 00:27 |
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here are pics of dinner plates and luna park, not that great these pics as they dont capture the tru power of the waves
Dinner Plates
[IMG]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8733/260bt.jpg[/IMG]
Luna Park
[IMG]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/7500/mitchtomkinsleft1hr.jpg[/IMG]
Mitch Tompkins at Luna last year
[IMG]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/495/rangadroppingin8640on.jpg[/IMG]
Brad Hughes at Luna
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| posted on 15-7-2005 at 12:49 |
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I recon those waves look good. The first image looks to be a clean ride, again both places do look big.
Check the hefty drops when taking off on a bodyboard Especially the
Brad Hughes one...im surprised they dont damage their arms or snap their heads back when they land. You gotta be good to handle that,
dont use your arms properly and land it then you will get a lot of pain in your ribs etc.
Hehe, the second image of Tompkins looks like he's riding a missile of some kind, not a bodyboard.
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| posted on 19-9-2005 at 06:13 |
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the south swell that hit chopes a few days back would have to give it a run did u guys see that if not chek out these pics from the
swell
http://www.tim-mckenna.com/trips-20050913-135530.html?cat=Teahupoo%20Big
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| posted on 7-12-2005 at 15:04 |
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Sweet
Teahupoo 9/11 tow-in-session looks so gnarly VERY BIG...i feel the need to
put: that was two days before my birthday 
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| posted on 7-4-2006 at 07:40 |
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It has to be cyclops.
Has anyone seen Tension 9?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alex-young/sets/72057594082032355/
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