Peahi clean up set

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Stu Nettle (stunet)
Swellnet Dispatch

Copping it on the lemon spread at Peahi this afternoon.

 

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thermalben Thursday, 22 Jan 2015 at 7:04pm

Oh my gosh.. that's crazy.

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goofyfoot Thursday, 22 Jan 2015 at 7:38pm

jeepers! You can tell some guys have got the "stand on board and dive off" technique more dialled than others
That must be a terrifying moment when your in the lip just praying you don't go backwards over the falls on a wave that size, its bad enough when it happens in 6 ft waves

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udo Thursday, 22 Jan 2015 at 8:03pm

A few of those guys doing the stand on board dive off technique are trying to get down as deep as they can with vests inflated......good fucking luck trying that with a balloon on your back. Guy at 10 sec right of screen in red undoing his legrope he dosent want 10ft or more of board still attached to him.

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goofyfoot Thursday, 22 Jan 2015 at 7:55pm

Yeah that would be one disadvantage with wearing one. Wonder how many people wouldn't be out there if they didn't have one?

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Rabbits68 Thursday, 22 Jan 2015 at 8:40pm

Frightening!! Imagine if another one is coming.........

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caml Friday, 23 Jan 2015 at 12:09am

dumb idea taking leggy off .unless you are not prepared to be in that position . ie dont know what your doing . captains jumping off the ship

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syril500 Saturday, 24 Jan 2015 at 11:34am

Pretty sure Mark Healey took his legrope off on that cleanup bomb at cloudbreak.

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wally Friday, 23 Jan 2015 at 5:32am

It is a point Shane Dorian has made a few times, that the main peril of paddling really big waves is getting caught inside. Because you have to sit, for hour after hour, right on the impact zone. When the extra big set comes thru at a place like Peahi, you almost certainly will be caught inside. It's a certainty. It's not really avoidable. So you'd better be mentally and physically OK with that, Shane cheerfully warns.