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drljefe
climber
Toostoned, AZ
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Jan 15, 2009 - 01:05pm PT
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He did.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Jan 15, 2009 - 01:12pm PT
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Heard Mavericks contest MIGHT be on for this weekend...
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Jan 15, 2009 - 01:21pm PT
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Word on the street is we are lined up for a big swell. None of the buoys are picking it up yet. SE Papa is 7.9 ft @ 14 seconds.
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drljefe
climber
Toostoned, AZ
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Jan 15, 2009 - 01:23pm PT
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There is usually a live webcast of the event...
GO GREG AND RUSTY!
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the Fet
Knackered climber
A bivy sack in the secret campground
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Jan 15, 2009 - 02:17pm PT
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One of my favorite aspects of Riding Giants is that it really got into the stories and adventures of discovering and riding these giant waves. It reminds me of the stories of FAs of big wall climbs.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jan 16, 2009 - 12:42am PT
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Good video footage of Jaws! Jaws is up the coast of Maui from Paia, launch at Maliko Bay and swim it out or get a ride on a ski or boat. There is a gnarly local boat launch there. Its a very cool place Maliko Bay, like something out of pirate movie, tropical cove, palm trees, cliffs, stream down to the ocean. I learned to scuba dive when some local boys took me out as shark watch for them so they could salvage abandoned anchors on the bottom out in the deeper water back in the mid 1980's. Its about 80 feet deep where the anchors mostly lay, some big fish come thru. There were some very old clipper ship anchors out there, as well as some huge more modern ones. Evidentally it is one of the few places when big ship can come into the North side of Maui and get fresh water. I hypothesize that they sailed in in the evening and rowed in to shore for fresh water from the stream. Then when the trades came up in the morning, it swung the big ship on its anchor chains and would have put them onto the reef, so they had to cut anchor and go. Only explanation for all those anchors littering the bottom out there. The local guys sold one of them to Mamas Fish House there in Paia back then, and it is the one you see on the outside of the restaurant to this day. It was painted white last time I saw it, old Popeye whaling ship anchor. Very cool old anchor and thats the story behind it. It has to be a pretty good swell to even get Jaws pumping and it is usually really light wind inside for windsurfing, very scary. Thats why generally those guys in the video are sailing it when it is howling 4.5 weather or more. More wind mo betta brah.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Jan 16, 2009 - 01:18am PT
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Loved the movie. Had a really cool experience in that the night we went to see it Laird was actually there for a Q & A after the film. We didn't know this and couldn't figure out why nobody was getting up after it was over 'til he stood up.
He's a super cool guy - really nice, down to earth. I asked him if any women were doing tow in...being a girl and all and having windsurfed for many years myself. He said there were a few but mostly they were too smart to do something so stupid...got a lot of laughs.
The soundtrack for the movie is amazing too - definitely worth buying or downloading.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jan 16, 2009 - 12:10pm PT
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Actually many ladies do tow in. No big deal. On Maui where I used to live, you can hire out a jet ski guide at one of the surf or windsurf shops and they take you to some sweet spots on the outer reef (Kings Reef) on the North shore off Sprecklesvile. Jaws is not reccomended generally for obvious reasons.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
the campfire just a ways past Chris' Taco stand
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Jan 16, 2009 - 01:14pm PT
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A few years back we were lucky enough to be in Maui and drive out and watch Jaws go off in person. Pretty McFrickin'™ impressive in person.
Riding waves like that is akin to A5 methinks. Of course, I doubt I'll ever try either, but you never know in this life!
Fletch
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marauders
Mountain climber
UT
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Jan 16, 2009 - 04:14pm PT
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Couldn't agree more. What an outstanding film. My favorite part is where Laird says, "I question that all year along unless it's 30 feet out and I'm surfing", then it shows some of the most stunning surf footage with no background music. Just the power and character of the surf. It gives me goosebumps every time.
I've probably watched the movie 30-40 times, and I'm not a surfer. It's probably the best "stoke" movie I've ever seen to help motivate you simply life and just get out into the mountains and climb, or do whatever you're in to.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Jan 16, 2009 - 04:40pm PT
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Studley:
As a one time N.Shore Maui resident and climber, you should come over and 'talk story' with Olaf. It be great to hear some more of your stories. You brought back many a memory for me just in talking about Maliko gulch (and being shark watch for fisherman lol I did the exact same thing as well about 2 weeks after I had moved there)
http://mountainproject.com/v/other_sports/surfing_and_wave_sailing/106292088__1
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jan 16, 2009 - 07:05pm PT
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Trundlebum
Hey, I checked out the Mountain project link, rad stories. Thanks man. Then I saw your post there and your photo. I recognize you dude! I moved to Maui in 84. Sailed Kanaha and Specks and Hookipa regularly. You mention Kanaha Team Slalom, I was on Second Wind team, with Peter McDougall. I lived in the Mamas Fish house complex and my roomates were Chris Seeley and Digger Jahrmarkt and Bill Antilla. Ring any bells? I saw you at the beach all the time and am sure we met but my memory is fading.... Man on man those were the days. I live in the Columbia Gorge now and still windsurf regularly but nothing compares to ripping shining blue walls in the Hawaiian sunshine. So many wild experiences and epics from those days. Maui was different then....
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Jan 16, 2009 - 07:37pm PT
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About five years ago we filmed the Red Bull Kite Boarding championships at Hookipa and man, did those guys and girls rip it up. The launch site was on that rocky draw at the extreme left edge of that big ass parking lot. I got to watch the windsurfers out right just tearing it up - impressive.
Wish I could have sen Jaws go off . . .
JL
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Strongerdog
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 16, 2009 - 07:41pm PT
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Check out the directors cut on the CD. Lots of insight into the stories, funny too.
Steve
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The beckoning silence
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Mar 12, 2010 - 01:46pm PT
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I loved this film so much after watching it via Netflix, that I went and bought it on Blu-Ray.... and I don't even own a Blu-Ray player yet!
I'm not a surfer (yet) either, but this film transcends just the actual activity of surfing. It's a truly well crafted story. Very engaging and moving at times.
I guess having experience climbing and of climbing history probably helped me relate to it as well in some way.
Eric
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Cracko
Trad climber
Quartz Hill, California
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Mar 25, 2010 - 08:25pm PT
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Just found this movie at the local supermarket for $4.00. Watched it today.....Incredible!! Anyone else see a similarity between the growth of the surfing and climbing clutures. The characters depicted in that movie, starting with Greg Noll, reminded me very much of the Stonemasters. Largo is a dead ringer for Greg Noll......or vice versa !!! Laird Hamilton riding that wave in Tahiti that made Pipeline look like Malibu gave me the same feel as being pasted a thousand feet up on El Cap !!!
Cracko
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 13, 2010 - 01:41am PT
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For you surf culture wonks here's a new book for ya:
Sweetness and Blood: How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, With Some Unexpected Results. By Michael Scott Moore. Rodale; 336 pages; $25.99
Of course the go-to review is to be found in The Economist:
http://www.economist.com/node/16537008
I guess one reason it is in The Economist is because "There is a fine section on the economics of surfboard rationing in Cuba..."
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Oct 22, 2014 - 09:57am PT
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The Right is the most crazy, mutant wave we've ever seen
http://www.networka.com/stories/34030/big-wave-surfer-ryan-hipwood-surfs-the-right
"Located off the coast of Western Australia in the middle of the Indian Ocean, The Right is the scariest looking wave in the world. And big wave surfer Ryan Hipwood decided it was a good idea to head back there after nearly drowning at The Right in 2012."
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