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gygax have you ever tried dramamine and did you make any noise music while on it?

thorJESUHOY (Thor), Thursday, 5 August 2004 03:40 (nineteen years ago) link

i am a chemical lightweight i'm afraid.

when i am on cold meds (gelcaps yo), i have very trippy behavior/thoughts. i've got the edge yo. xgygax!x

gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 August 2004 05:11 (nineteen years ago) link

GYGAX, WE SAW DOGTOWN & Z BOYS TONIGHT IN A BAR AND TALKED ABOUT YOU.

Ian c=====8 (orion), Thursday, 5 August 2004 07:04 (nineteen years ago) link

gelcaps = SEW KNOT PNHOISE

ddb (ddb), Thursday, 5 August 2004 11:21 (nineteen years ago) link

dramamine = worst drug experience ever

Holy Crap! Typhoon is Coming!!! :O (ex machina), Thursday, 5 August 2004 11:23 (nineteen years ago) link

I AM ON VICODIN!

AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 5 August 2004 12:35 (nineteen years ago) link

i ran out of vicodin :(

cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 5 August 2004 12:40 (nineteen years ago) link

i ran so far away

flock of seagulls (ddb), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:23 (nineteen years ago) link

cutty :(

AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I am on Hong Kong Milk Tea right now. It is a very potent buzz.

gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 August 2004 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link

ie, I will definitely be wide awake for this movie tonight.

gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 August 2004 15:04 (nineteen years ago) link

You are so cosmopolitan. Show me the way.

AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Thursday, 5 August 2004 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link

#1. Go to ABC bakery in Chinatown (650 Jackson)
#2. Order in Cantonese:

[phonetically]
"yet gaw yeet nai tscha mmgoy" = one hot milk tea please
"leung gaw yeet nai tscha mmgoy" = two hot milk teas please

[note: hong kongese slang/slur their L and N sounds so you have to pronounce L and N sounds like a cross between and L and an N... this is hard for my *ahem* western tongue to do]

#3. pay ($1.50 per) and say "doe-chay" = thank you
#4. Drink, enjoy and you will be riding high on caffeine for about 12-14 hours (if you are a lightweight like me).

gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 August 2004 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link

this is a great movie and highly recommended to everyone!!!

the only real negatives are sam george (he's in the movie about 10 minutes total). HOWEVER, you get some awesome archival footage of greg noll at waimea, jeff clark at maverick's, laird hamilton at 60'+ (measured hawaiian style = backs of the wave, roughly half the height of the face) peahi (aka JAWS), laird on that impossibly thick teahupoo "pipeline-on-steroids" ride... let me see if i can google that pic...

gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:49 (nineteen years ago) link

look at the thickness of this wave... remember: teahupoo breaks in about 3-4 feet deep water on top of extremely mangled and sharp coral.

http://www.surfingsantacruz.com/downloads/teahupoo.jpg

gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link

gygax, I wish there were better waves here. I ride my bike to go body surfing a lot during the week!

Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link

you should ride your bike while body surfing.

hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link

i get enough sand in my gears as it is

Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link

the best bodysurfing wave is at this place called "the wedge" in THE OC, check out this dude's pictures:

http://www.romanoskyphoto.com/html/wild_wedge1.html

gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:22 (nineteen years ago) link

yea, the waves i do are never more than 2/3rds the height of those.... except during HURRICANEs

Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:23 (nineteen years ago) link

hahaha:

http://www.romanoskyphoto.com/assets/images/3w12.jpg

gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:24 (nineteen years ago) link

the crazy thing about that break is that there are 2 waves, one coming from the left (due to the reform from the diagonal jetty) combined with a traditional shorebound wave which amplifies the amplitude.

Also, it breaks in very, very shallow water on to a sandbar. lots of broken arms, collar bones and necks. it's a crazy wave:

http://www.romanoskyphoto.com/assets/images/3w40.jpg

gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link

^^^^ you can see the 2 waves coming together in that one ^^^^

gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link

SANTA CRUZ REPRASENT

dean? (deangulberry), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link

MY BROTHER IS COMING, SHALL I TAKE HIM TO SANTA CRUZ? APTOS?

adam. (nordicskilla), Saturday, 7 August 2004 03:35 (nineteen years ago) link

W-W-W-WIPEOUT

thorHmono (Thor), Saturday, 7 August 2004 03:42 (nineteen years ago) link

Gygax, are you a surfer or just a surfer fanboy?

Ian c=====8 (orion), Saturday, 7 August 2004 17:19 (nineteen years ago) link

HE HEARD AUBE AQUATREMBLE

roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 7 August 2004 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't surf very often anymore but I like to when I get a chance.

gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 8 August 2004 22:57 (nineteen years ago) link

Me too.

adam. (nordicskilla), Sunday, 8 August 2004 23:05 (nineteen years ago) link

california.. blah

Sonny A. (Keiko), Sunday, 8 August 2004 23:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Indiana...blah

adam. (nordicskilla), Sunday, 8 August 2004 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link

are you posting from the vegan cafe in Bloomington, SONNY A??????

adam. (nordicskilla), Sunday, 8 August 2004 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link

I'M POSTING FROM A ROOM FULL OF CRYING BABIES. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD COMPUTERS AT THE VEGAN CAFE. WAIT, ,WHICH VEGAN CAFE?

Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:23 (nineteen years ago) link

The one...by a parking lot. I can;t be more specific than that.

I will be in FORT WAYNE this coming wknd!

adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Is that all? Just Fort Wayne? WHY? I know girls there

Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:28 (nineteen years ago) link

I am going to a wedding. There will be girls there too. In pretty dresses.

This vegan cafe probably has jam bands playing in it and it is very dark. it is on two floors.

adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link

I will be in South Bend too, actually.

adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link

FOOTBALL JESUS!

hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link

THERE AIN'T NO SURF IN INDIANA FULEX0RZ.

gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link

THERE IS IN MICHGAN

adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link

LAKE MICHIGAN (okay the waves are puny but still).

hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link

xpost.

hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link

TEH LAUGHING PLANET CAFE
ihttp://129.79.22.9/around_town/Thumbs/Thumbs1.html
I've never eaten there, actually

Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link

TOUCHDOWN!

http://freewebs.com/larry_hilde/tn_Notre%20Dame%20017.jpg

hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link

I'M SO OBSESSED ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL!
http://vmedia.rivals.com/uploads/938/136113.JPG

Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:36 (nineteen years ago) link

That could be it. It's been a while. I miss the Midwest. So cheap. ;*)

SOUTH BEND-My father-in-law, an ex-minister, gave me a tour of the campus and then promised not to try and "convert" me! ROFL.

He also bought my mother in law a pair of Notre Dame sweatpants without realizing that they had FIGHTIN' IRISH emblazoned across the ass.

adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:36 (nineteen years ago) link

As a people, we are quaint

How often do you come here, Adam?

Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:40 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm there a few times a year.

adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:44 (nineteen years ago) link

you gotta love a big-wave riding gynaecologist.

[tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Saturday, 7 January 2006 00:26 (eighteen years ago) link

towed in = lame

tylero (tylero), Saturday, 7 January 2006 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Wait, is your brother the dude that gets interviewed in Riding Giants (or maybe Step Into Liquid)?

gbx (skowly), Saturday, 7 January 2006 00:53 (eighteen years ago) link

he's a chiropractor. actually he does chiropractic biophysics. i guess they get a "dr" before their name? he went to school for 4 yrs.

i'm not sure if he's in either of those movies (i kinda doubt it), but he has Riding Giants playing in the office to entertain those waiting to see him.

towed in = lame

i can't tell from those photos if he was towed in. i don't see any jet ski in that first photo. also, why is it lame? could you surf those waves w/o it?

jaxon (jaxon), Saturday, 7 January 2006 01:00 (eighteen years ago) link

you can't even tell if that is a tow in since in the first pic you can tell he drops down on the wave instead of swinging into it.

man, all towing in is getting a ride to the party. nothing wrong with that.

ShawShank Rambo Connection (Carey), Saturday, 7 January 2006 02:59 (eighteen years ago) link

this stuff simultaneously amazes and frightens me. jealous of, maybe threatened by, those who have done it, and want to try myself. but i think i'd be too focused on savoring to be sufficiently in control. on second thought, i don't think i'd ever get past the fear enough to savor. hmm.

that thing in the movie about mavericks being like the grand canyon is pretty otm.

gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 7 January 2006 03:47 (eighteen years ago) link

i love the grain of the wave in that last photo

gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 7 January 2006 03:48 (eighteen years ago) link

i mean, i injured myself on a fricking sled

gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 7 January 2006 03:54 (eighteen years ago) link

it's pretty clearly a tow-in. in the first picture he's pretty far out on the shoulder for a paddle in, especially one at mavericks. Look at that long trail behind him...you can see a kind of fan of spray on the right hand side, where he was approaching the curl of the wave, and then turned to start going down the line. Even more clearly evidence of a tow-in is the fact that that is a pretty short board...looks like something in the 7'6" to 8'6" range. Paddle-in boards for mavs are more like in the 9'6" plus range.

The doctor in 'riding giants' (a pretty cool fick btw...especially the old 60's footage) was probably Dr. Mark Renneker, kind of a big-shot on the no-cal big-wave scene.

I've towed into pretty big surf (at todos santos), stuff that I'd have no chance of paddling into and making the drop, and given a 4 or 5 months to practice, I would tow into that wave. I'd never paddle into it though. It's really on a total other level of difficulty.

http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/images/curren_tom/jh_tcurren3_h.jpg

That is the quintessential surf pic for me. Like I said, given a few months of practice (and the will to do it...) I could pull off tow-ins at mavericks. Given a few years (and the balls) I could paddle in at mavericks.Given a few years of concerted practice (and the balls to do it), pretty much anybody could surf big waves. On the other hand, I could surf for hours and hours every day of my life and never ever do a cutback as clean and graceful as that one.

tylero (tylero), Saturday, 7 January 2006 04:26 (eighteen years ago) link

I know I know, not very noize. That's still a damn heavy wave your brother is on, and he deserves massive respect for doing it.

tylero (tylero), Saturday, 7 January 2006 04:29 (eighteen years ago) link

i hate the beach. i hate every thing about it. the sun, the sand, the water.

jaxon (jaxon), Saturday, 7 January 2006 05:04 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah yeah.

we know

[tuvan throat singer's profound lyric sheet-must read again] (nordicskilla), Saturday, 7 January 2006 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link

UN REAL BRO

Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 12 January 2006 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...
Check this heli-footage of Cortez Bank...

Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ol7XJJlz9E

Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link

apparently bro was in riding giants, but only for like 2 seconds

team jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link

I LIKE THIS VIDEO BETTER. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fok_AqspFa0

ADAM, VAHID, JESS, WHAT SONG IS THIS?

team jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link

HOLY SHIT THAT CORTEZ BANK VID

gbx (skowly), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link

jaxon, you really need a micro-korg.

Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link

i don't really like that song. but i would like the micro-korg

team jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link

When do you want to jam out?

Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 10 March 2006 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link

The fact that you think i would know that song makes me sad.

Cortez Bank Youtube = amazing

Adamrl (nordicskilla), Saturday, 11 March 2006 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link

shasta, i'm game, lets rave out.

adam, you deserve it after all the backpacker jokes

team jaxon (jaxon), Saturday, 11 March 2006 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link

one year passes...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/05/BAABTOFIF.DTL

A surfer stands by the covered body of Peter Davi, 45, a lifelong Monterey and Santa Cruz boarder who was killed while out among the huge waves of Ghost Trees near Pebble Beach on Monday

trying to surf 65 foot waves?!?

moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link

note to self:

IF (surf in ft) > (my age) THEN do not surf

moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2007/12/05/mn_big_wave_death_camon101.jpg

here's the pic that matches that caption

"a surfer" = hasselhoff?!?

moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 5 December 2007 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link

one year passes...
one month passes...

my brother just flew out to hawaii on friday to go surfing. dunno what island he went to though

jaxon, Wednesday, 9 December 2009 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link

one year passes...

"He went down the face of the wave. He made a bottom turn and he totally made the wave, but the water caught up to him and it just kind of engulfed him and raced him down," said the surfer, who did not wish to be identified because he had taken the day off from work but did tell his employers that he would be surfing.

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link

Pretty fucked up for his wife and kids.

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 17 March 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link

six months pass...

hodor

balls, Tuesday, 4 October 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link

ten months pass...

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Aceveda (admrl), Monday, 20 August 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link

five years pass...

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