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Created by Al McLeod Al McLeod  > 9 months ago, 24 Aug 2009
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Al McLeod
Al McLeod

Al McLeod

VIC

633 posts

24 Aug 2009 11:11pm
the last wave is nuts!!
swoosh
swoosh

swoosh

QLD

1929 posts

24 Aug 2009 11:30pm
awesome!

looks like tough slog getting through the break for some :o
Greenroom
Greenroom

Greenroom

WA

7608 posts

24 Aug 2009 9:59pm
Thats intense!
stehsegler
stehsegler

stehsegler

WA

3557 posts

25 Aug 2009 1:15am
yeah it's nice doing it all in no wind... but looking at the size I would say Gnaraloo has a better wave most days in September/ October.

This was a small day for Teahupoo afterall...
... would have been good to see them do this when it's really big.
Gestalt
Gestalt

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

25 Aug 2009 1:33pm
OMG!

well that will shutup the surfers i work with.....

p.s. i added it to the video thread.
evlPanda
evlPanda

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

25 Aug 2009 6:37pm


^ Laird Hamilton (an old windsurfer).
Brien
Brien

Brien

NSW

172 posts

26 Aug 2009 11:10pm
It really isn't the same as when it is surfed. I wouldn't try to use that to impress a surfer. The footage from the last JP movie was a lot better. That was a bunch of shoulder hopping backdoor euro trash. The last wave was pretty big though.
whyner
whyner

whyner

NSW

762 posts

26 Aug 2009 11:27pm
And Laird in that photo could be at least another 5 metres deeper. Shoulder hopper
hardie
hardie

hardie

WA

4129 posts

27 Aug 2009 12:10pm
jsnfok
jsnfok

jsnfok

WA

899 posts

27 Aug 2009 8:53pm
Gestalt
Gestalt

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

28 Aug 2009 12:36am
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Brien said...

It really isn't the same as when it is surfed. I wouldn't try to use that to impress a surfer. The footage from the last JP movie was a lot better. That was a bunch of shoulder hopping backdoor euro trash. The last wave was pretty big though.


thing with the guys at work is that they recon windsurfers aren't up to waves like teahupoo...... this vid shows that's not the case.

i'd like to see them do it at low tide. wave would be a whole lot chunkier....

can you let me know which JP vid?
russh
russh

russh

SA

3027 posts

28 Aug 2009 9:23am
The JP movie was "About time" - he sails and tows in - and eats s**t big time.

Check the pictures from SA's west coast - the Fantastic noodles junior pro - could be the next big wave windsurfing challenge.

Al McLeod
Al McLeod

Al McLeod

VIC

633 posts

28 Aug 2009 10:07am
this is jason at teahupoo from about time.

they didnt have very good swell in the other video compared to this.
evlPanda
evlPanda

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

28 Aug 2009 4:21pm
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Gestalt said...

Brien said...

It really isn't the same as when it is surfed. I wouldn't try to use that to impress a surfer. The footage from the last JP movie was a lot better. That was a bunch of shoulder hopping backdoor euro trash. The last wave was pretty big though.


thing with the guys at work is that they recon windsurfers aren't up to waves like teahupoo...... this vid shows that's not the case.

i'd like to see them do it at low tide. wave would be a whole lot chunkier....

can you let me know which JP vid?


It might be the only place they will ever get tubed (which they're not).

That said I've never seen anyone hit the lip like Polakow at Teahupooooo!!!
Gestalt
Gestalt

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

28 Aug 2009 4:34pm
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evlPanda said...

Gestalt said...

Brien said...

It really isn't the same as when it is surfed. I wouldn't try to use that to impress a surfer. The footage from the last JP movie was a lot better. That was a bunch of shoulder hopping backdoor euro trash. The last wave was pretty big though.


thing with the guys at work is that they recon windsurfers aren't up to waves like teahupoo...... this vid shows that's not the case.

i'd like to see them do it at low tide. wave would be a whole lot chunkier....

can you let me know which JP vid?


It might be the only place they will ever get tubed (which they're not).

That said I've never seen anyone hit the lip like Polakow at Teahupooooo!!!


a windsurfer has already been tubed. i can't remember which video but i thik it was robby naish at pipeline???? someone else may know better.
Reflex Films
Reflex Films

Reflex Films

WA

1459 posts

28 Aug 2009 8:54pm
saw blair simpson get in there at Gnaraloo once - not deep - but he was in!
stehsegler
stehsegler

stehsegler

WA

3557 posts

28 Aug 2009 11:48pm
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Gestalt said...

evlPanda said...

Gestalt said...

Brien said...

It really isn't the same as when it is surfed. I wouldn't try to use that to impress a surfer. The footage from the last JP movie was a lot better. That was a bunch of shoulder hopping backdoor euro trash. The last wave was pretty big though.


thing with the guys at work is that they recon windsurfers aren't up to waves like teahupoo...... this vid shows that's not the case.

i'd like to see them do it at low tide. wave would be a whole lot chunkier....

can you let me know which JP vid?


It might be the only place they will ever get tubed (which they're not).

That said I've never seen anyone hit the lip like Polakow at Teahupooooo!!!


a windsurfer has already been tubed. i can't remember which video but i thik it was robby naish at pipeline???? someone else may know better.


I believe there is sequence in Rip It where Robby Naish get's very deep into the pocket. If not in the video I have certainly seen him in a photo in a windsurf mag.

As far as getting in the pocket in Gnaraloo... I believe it... I tried that last season... sadly I got sucked over the falls.

Here a shot from that week:


No, that's not me... and yes he did make it... got the whole sequence to proof it.
stehsegler
stehsegler

stehsegler

WA

3557 posts

15 Sep 2009 4:16pm
found this on the web. feeling sick just looking at it. I bet you could also ride the suck down from the reef for about 5 meters before you get munched:

P.C_simpson
P.C_simpson

P.C_simpson

WA

1492 posts

15 Sep 2009 4:30pm
Um yer, i would not even like to be where those surfers are, that place would scare the ** out of me, and i also cant really go left which would be a problem..
nasty
nasty

nasty

WA

153 posts

15 Sep 2009 5:48pm
From what I hear I think Baptiste Gossein (the french dude in the windsurfing movie) bust his back on the reef there while surfing a few days ago. Big wave, big consequences. All the best to the bloke
HAIL
HAIL

HAIL

SA

1160 posts

9 Oct 2009 6:57pm
just got the new windsurf mag. shows JP charging a 15 footer at teahupoo. awesome footage.
Gestalt
Gestalt

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

9 Oct 2009 11:34pm
^ Tim McKenna caught all of the action.

awesome photographer.

http://www.tim-mckenna.com/trips-20050913-125530.html?cat=Teahupoo





edit* and an article about it all.

www.getsalt.com/blog/2006/6/145_jason_polakow_talks_tahiti_039;s_teahupoo_swell
sausage
sausage

sausage

QLD

4873 posts

10 Oct 2009 12:29am
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Al McLeod said...

this is jason at teahupoo from about time.

they didnt have very good swell in the other video compared to this.


Thanks Al - That has to be some of the best wipe out footage I have ever seen, and not to mention some of the best wave riding.
ClaireS
ClaireS

ClaireS

8 posts

12 Oct 2009 7:57am
wow
MIKO
MIKO

MIKO

QLD

408 posts

14 Oct 2009 9:41pm
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Gestalt said...

^ Tim McKenna caught all of the action.

awesome photographer.

http://www.tim-mckenna.com/trips-20050913-125530.html?cat=Teahupoo





edit* and an article about it all.

www.getsalt.com/blog/2006/6/145_jason_polakow_talks_tahiti_039;s_teahupoo_swell


NICE !!!!!!!
Al McLeod
Al McLeod

Al McLeod

VIC

633 posts

17 Oct 2009 12:59pm
jason's latest trip
asdmuzak
asdmuzak

asdmuzak

SA

290 posts

4 Dec 2009 11:05am
I met A bloke in SA in july from Cactus, he was telling me how he saw sunny or paul gravelle get fully barrelled at castles and then get shot out with by the wind in the barrell propelling him out like he was doing an aerial, he landed and kept sailing.

A solid surfer who had no idea you couldn't do that at will, so i believed him.
Dave Whettingsteel
Dave Whettingsteel

Dave Whettingsteel

WA

1397 posts

8 Dec 2009 9:44pm
Wow, I went to Cactus with a bunch of Gero/pom guys probably 21 years ago now. Is sunny still living in that place with the stubbie wall? and he is still charging by the sound of it. he is a character. We went in Don Diegos van which **** itself and traumatised us poor euros but we did have a memorable trip. It was good to get back to WA with some decent wind I remember

Dave
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