The Camera can capture some fantastic moments....

[OllieBirmingham]

Bloody hell! That pic above of the race cars, the one going backwards in mid air, you can see the drivers legs hanging out of the car!

[rich1231]

Guys you may want to put a warning on this thread.
PH is not rotten.com and some of the pics obviously are going to be upsetting for some.

[mickk]

rich1231 said:

Guys you may want to put a warning on this thread.
PH is not rotten.com and some of the pics obviously are going to be upsetting for some.

Quite right, ive just seen Jeremy Clarkson

[Asterix]

Symbolica said:

Blukoo said:

You don't see that one very often, but it gets me everytime.

Always reminds me of..



A photoshop to be sure though.

[DangerousMike]

Flat_Steve said:

said:

Can I ask where you found this great pic Dangerous Mike

Edited by Flat_Steve on Friday 27th June 22:34

Edited by Flat_Steve on Friday 27th June 22:35

sorry steve, i missed that, Graham answered below your post though (cheers Graham)

[mat205125]

The Count said:

Buster Bakdorzin said:

10 Pence Short said:

Right. I'm going to make a stand here.

Some of them are true, though

nice hair...

Prefer the fringe about 6" longer

[Xenocide]

Tall_Paul said:

sstein said:

pablo said:

Tall_Paul said:

walm said:

GuildfordPaul said:

LukeBird said:

daveco said:

aa2008 said:

What's happening there then? Looks like one hell of a wave!

Exactly what I was thinking!
Possibly an earthquake and the effect captured in the water...?

tsunami?? or maybe just a photoshop!

Definitely photoshop - the surfers are all looking the wrong way. They should be looking to the right looking for the next wave.
I think the background is just a regular picture of a huge wave at Jaws surf site or similar - it really does look like that. The wave is going to the left and the white bit is the previous wave having just broken.

Its not a photoshop, or earthquake, its a real wave called Teahupoo in Tahiti clicky and is (probably) the worlds heaviest wave.

The surfers aren't paddling for the wave, hence why they are not facing the correct way.

Do a search for "laird hamilton teahupoo" on youtube and prepare to be amamzed

cant believe the first one is real, the wave is vertical and not in keeping with the forward motion of how a wave breaks, there is not enough "curl" behind it and the surfers who are on the picture appear to be too large in number for such a wave. they cannot all be capable of surfing 40ft+ waves and even if they could, you just dont get that number of people in the water around 40+ ft waves.

there is not enough disturbance at the bottom of the water either, thats a hell of a lot of water being sucked into the wave, you would expect to see some foam around the bottom and a dip behind the wall as it surges forward. i can not see how the "tube" for the wave would form, the "wall of water" is too vertical.

also it appears to be wrapped around the small patch of white land, waves dont break 180 degrees... i dont dispute that 40+ ft waves exist.

Someone posted a link to a youtube video of it, looked stunning! Wouldn't get me going in that water!

-

Stuart

Here's a couple...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9nR90ee-bM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91pK-2TUFg

This one is excellent, at about 1:00 it shows the wave at a similar angle to the photo above
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYQQtxb8wv0

Im pretty sure the picture's from national geographic.

[pissdupfool]

2 oldies but goodies:




first one is not faked, and is actually a dolphin.

second is prob. the most famous train wreck in history. montparnasse station, paris, 1895.
http://www.failuremag.com/arch_history_train_wreck...

[Hollywood Wheels]

pissdupfool said:

Very old pic, but still striking non the less....

[RobDickinson]

RobM77 said:

Oh, and that photo's definitely fake. For start there appears to be a buoy in the middle of the shot Plus I can't quite believe that all those people have just paddled up over the face of the wave as you would with, say, a 4 foot wave! You have to get onto waves that big with a jet-ski tow, you can't just paddle out like you would in Newquay!

Its 100% real. Choepes is a real wave, realy breaks like that.

Its about the only wave on the pro comp circuit that allows people to sit in the channel like that, watched the billbong(there) last month and there was people on lilo's etc in the channel - and a hut on stilts where the wave breaks far side to judge it.

Oh and none of the competitors (Including Kelly Slatter, went out round3) got towed in, want big enough for needing it, yet they were all getting barreled.

You can sit quite close to where it breaks, either in the channels or outside - its very consistent. And you wouldnt get me anywhere near it, or pipe...

[Buster Bakdorzin]

Hollywood Wheels said:

pissdupfool said:

Very old pic, but still striking non the less....

More info on the dolphin in the pic here

[hifihigh]

[dibbers006]

hifihigh said:

image

Is that real?! WTF

It will probably T-Cut out

[havoc]

hifihigh said:

The Australian toboggan team still hadn't got their practicing quite right...

[Blib]

[skid-mark]

someones removed half my frigging pictures i posted what a bunch of moaning , ph is crap

[puffpuff]

skid-mark said:

someones removed half my frigging pictures i posted what a bunch of moaning , ph is crap

Were they of fantastic moments?

The thread seems to have degenerated somewhat (see above).

[Marf]

hifihigh said:

Thats gonna hurt come winter.

[skid-mark]

puffpuff said:

skid-mark said:

someones removed half my frigging pictures i posted what a bunch of moaning , ph is crap

Were they of fantastic moments?

The thread seems to have degenerated somewhat (see above).

well they were to me being the fact that in the pics it showed what looked like the very worst thing that could happen, well in fact all the people that were in the picks walked away or survived with out any life theatening injuries.

Edited by skid-mark on Monday 30th June 19:19

[Gylen]

Xenocide said:

Tall_Paul said:

sstein said:

pablo said:

Tall_Paul said:

walm said:

GuildfordPaul said:

LukeBird said:

daveco said:

aa2008 said:

What's happening there then? Looks like one hell of a wave!

Exactly what I was thinking!
Possibly an earthquake and the effect captured in the water...?

tsunami?? or maybe just a photoshop!

Definitely photoshop - the surfers are all looking the wrong way. They should be looking to the right looking for the next wave.
I think the background is just a regular picture of a huge wave at Jaws surf site or similar - it really does look like that. The wave is going to the left and the white bit is the previous wave having just broken.

Its not a photoshop, or earthquake, its a real wave called Teahupoo in Tahiti clicky and is (probably) the worlds heaviest wave.

The surfers aren't paddling for the wave, hence why they are not facing the correct way.

Do a search for "laird hamilton teahupoo" on youtube and prepare to be amamzed

cant believe the first one is real, the wave is vertical and not in keeping with the forward motion of how a wave breaks, there is not enough "curl" behind it and the surfers who are on the picture appear to be too large in number for such a wave. they cannot all be capable of surfing 40ft+ waves and even if they could, you just dont get that number of people in the water around 40+ ft waves.

there is not enough disturbance at the bottom of the water either, thats a hell of a lot of water being sucked into the wave, you would expect to see some foam around the bottom and a dip behind the wall as it surges forward. i can not see how the "tube" for the wave would form, the "wall of water" is too vertical.

also it appears to be wrapped around the small patch of white land, waves dont break 180 degrees... i dont dispute that 40+ ft waves exist.

Someone posted a link to a youtube video of it, looked stunning! Wouldn't get me going in that water!

-

Stuart

Here's a couple...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9nR90ee-bM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91pK-2TUFg

This one is excellent, at about 1:00 it shows the wave at a similar angle to the photo above
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYQQtxb8wv0

Im pretty sure the picture's from national geographic.

Totally genuine - the guy I surf with has a huge print of it and the background to the photo is as posted above. I believe the phenomenon is known as a 'reef drain' though my terminology could be wrong - apparently the actual bare reef would be exposed shortly after.