James Moolenschot at Sunsets
Shaun Timoney photo

posted by Elementree on Sunday, 16 March 2008

James Moolenschot at Sunsets

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dcmikeMike Dei-Cont
30th March 2008 22:54
If I may... hehe!
Okes have been staring at pictures of Pipe for as long as any of us have been alive. Before that, there weren't pictures and the guys were riding it. All that shared knowledge passed down and yes, it's heavy but it's been done a zillion times and will always be a bench mark.
I've never surfed Pipe, never even been there, but like I've told many times before: I was yelling "GO! ! ! ! ! !" over the roar of the engine and it wasn't for the rider - is was to boat pilot and we were far away compared to the booger in the line of fire! (not this shot obviously...)

It's faaaaaaaaar from the shore compared to Pipe...
It's daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark compared to Pipe.
It's shiiiiiiiiifty compared to Pipe.
It's cooooooooooold compared to Pipe.
It's not Pipe.

All respect for paddling in where others only imagine it!
TiaanKTiaan Kriegler
30th March 2008 08:01
jeez manne stop being such a bunch of ladies! hahaha how about congratulating the man? Madness, I probably didnt ride a wave half that size...
kimonKimon de Greef
29th March 2008 14:40
I'm still not convinced that this is bigger than some of the other shots...
ElianderthehatefulNico Boshoff
28th March 2008 11:24
HOLD ON GUYS!!!

You are acting like I'm dissing the comp and results!!! That's not the case at all!! My jaw dropped with every submission and I'm lank stoked for the guys!

All I'm querying is whether or not these type of waves aren't being surfed every season in Hawaii? If so then maybe the bar needs to be pushed even more? Can it be pushed further?

And sorry, but it's only fair to compare this to Hawaii, since we want international attention!

Can't go saying don't compare the Nashua Titans with the Proteas when Zimbabwe beats the Titans!!!

I know the environment is MUUUUUUCH heavier than in Hawaii, but size wise and actual wave wise, are we really breaking SERIOUS new ground here?

It just seems that what we need is a guy paddling in to a 30 - 40 foot Dungeons behemoth, but if I'm not misstaken the sport's actual science won't allow that type of surfing without assistance from engine power...

And just to set the record straight:

I'm a small-medium size wave donk. I suck at this sport when you look at what these guys and even your average laaitie down at Caves or Llandudno is doing.

I'm not playing any achievement down here guys!!! Just trying to get some questions answered.
peterbeePeter Brandt
28th March 2008 11:05
Yeah, it's been so cold lately, a 3 foot close out at Hoek has me instantly breathless ...

But anyway, I reckon people should ask the tough questions!
Spy DudePierre Marqua
28th March 2008 10:59
Peter, with all due respect, Eli wasnt asking about riders, but about waves. This was the first proudly South African Big wave bodyboarding contest, to shoot it down in flames by comparing it to warm tropical Hawaii isnt right.
1) Cold water
2) Waves are far out to see
3) this isnt an international compo so technically hawaii, Oz, Irleand big waves dont count.
4) Its the first, so its setting a benchmark to work off.
5) I dunno when i see Al taylor charging a 20ft wave at Mavs i am as equally stoked as to see you towning into 25ft Sunset.
6) The whole hawaii thing in my opinon is a little jadded, because its hawaii, you expect okes to go large.

peterbeePeter Brandt
28th March 2008 09:41
Respect to Eliander for asking a difficult question that was bound to get a few hackles raised. I'm sure a lot of people have wondered the same thing!

It's inconsistent to say we should just not compare to Hawaii, when each international success by a local rider is celebrated by us - but if you want to do it that way, let's compare Saffas with Saffas: take a look at the South Africans charging 15 foot Pipe in the 1997 finals, incl Al Taylor and a seriously young Andre Botha.

Huge respect to Peter et al, but let's explore the question a bit, rather than just shutting it down with a kneejerk!

ElementreeGareth White
27th March 2008 16:36
Eilander...the answer is a simple one.

South Africa is not Hawaii!

Don't compare the two.
ChinnychinchinBrian Petzer
27th March 2008 16:31
All these ou's are frikkin HARDCORE if you ask me, the water is about 10 degrees or so and that somehow makes the water heavier. When you're bieng held down buy big, cold water seems to wanna crush the life out of you, it takes the breath outta you and it's dark, very dark. Sure Hawaii is VERY heavy, but I doubt if even one tenth of the crowds from the North Shore would suit up and paddle out in world renown great white shark waters, all the way to Sunsets or Bayview.....RESPECT.
ElianderthehatefulNico Boshoff
27th March 2008 13:55
Guys, without stepping on any toes or taking any shine from this awesome achievement, can someone maybe indicate how this size/power wave compares t a big day at Pipe? Because right throughout this comp I saw the submissions and, aside from some of the huge stuff surfed at Bayview, I thought that if these waves were surfed during the Hawaii season then no one would have really gone ape shit about it?

I'm sure I've lost some gross perception, but can someone please clarify this for me???
JmoJames Moolenschot
19th March 2008 16:00
Not sure I claimed it the phattest barrel? Certainly not a top-to-bottom tube because Sunset doesn't really break like that. It was one of my sickest waves though.
ElementreeGareth White
16th March 2008 18:37
Nooit...according to James he pulled around the section and got the phattest barrel. Shaun had to stop shooting to get his boat out of the way. Too bad we couldn't see those shots!
StJohnLombard_BodyboarderStJohn Lombard
16th March 2008 17:57
Isn't he going to wrong way??

Photo Details

Rider:South Africa James Moolenschot photos
Surfspot:Western Province, South Africa Sunsets photos
Photographer:South Africa Shaun Timoney photos

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