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Hurricane Katrina - Monday August 29, 2005
OK, HERE'S
THE GOODS, TELL
WADE THANKS FOR RISKING HIS BUTT (AND SAVING A FEW TOO)
TO BRING US THESE PICTURES OF WHAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST SURF
EVER RIDDEN IN TEXAS, MANY MORE EPIC PHOTOS TO COME!
NEW Hurricane Katrina pictures:
-Boca Chica from DoubleJay
of Ain't
No Surf In Texas - 1
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-Dolphin Cove by Rachel - 1
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-Isla Blanca by Paula Lewis - 1
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-Horace Caldwell Pier by Joe Sulak - 1
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-St. Jo's Island by Paul Kaderli - 1
-Bob Hall Pier by Mark Norris - 1
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-Surfside Beach by Mikhail - 1
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-Surfside Beach by David Nelson - 1
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-The Morning After by
Mike Daily 1
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Hurricane
Dennis - Monday July 11, 2005
Hurricane Dennis surf on Monday July 11 was some
of the biggest cleanest waves many surfers had ever seen in Texas
(until Katrina a few weeks later), perfect surf with sets breaking
past the end of the jetty near 15' with a few larger sets, clear
blue water with calm glassy conditions until afternoon. Thanks to
Wade Dunkin for taking out his boat at midday with TANSIT's videographer
John Johnson to film this incredible surf to be included in a new
Texas surf movie. (JJ is such a classic character, I mentioned
that his shots could be in the magazines, he laughed and said "Whatever,
no way, these are for all the Texas surfers") Check below
for some frame grabs from the video, and pictures from some of the
lucky surfers that were here.
HURRICANE
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Below is a video frame grab, we were at
the end of the jetty filming from a boat
around 12:30pm when the horizon darkened,
the buoy disappeared and this massive
cleanup set breaking well past the jetty.
This wave threw out top to bottom into the
biggest most perfect barrel I've ever seen
here, unfortunately we were running full
throttle to escape, the video is very sketchy
but the audio is pretty funny and it will need
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is the third wave of the set.
Notice no surfers anywhere near it, thats
because this set broke 200 yards past the
end of the jetty. Never seen so many boards
tombstone at once. There were at least 4
broken boards Monday, plenty of broken
leashes, and lots of surfers and boards
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8 video frames by Gene. NOTE: These were shot around 12-1pm
while I was taking a lunchbreak on Wade
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Send in your Dennis stories
and pics!
"I drove down from Houston with the wife and kids, skipped
work, and caught the single biggest wave of my life. I have been
surfing the Texas coast for 22 years and have never seen the waves
that big. I would like to thank the surf gods for such a blessing.
Lastly, I would like to thank everyone on the outside for being
so aware of their surroundings. To all the surfers in the lineup
that day, we will always share a special memory. Till the next
time. Aloha,Gabe"
"...I did see some 10 foot backs that transfered into
some 18 foot faces. In my 28 years of surfing SPI that was the
sickest I have ever seen.
DC"
"you guys are scoring bigg time, ill be there sat or sun
hope to bring some waves with me.i was telling bruce grimes about
when he and i caught florida all month long with dean, gabrielle,
hugo and ivan and a couple others i cant remember bur we had about
50 days of good surf total that summer 1989. well see everyone
soon
joey delagarza"
"I ignored your warning and was guilty of jumping off the
jetty, however in the short time it took me to walk out- I saw
one young surfer get washed over into the channel and get cut
up, one surfer get his board washed out of his hands and smash
the nose and an ignorant lady face plant into a piling after a
wave knocked her feet from under her. This was all in a matter
of 15 minutes. I have never been so happy to get off that rock!"
"incredible shots! I flew in from Costa Sunday night after
a two week vacation and obviously had to be in the office Monday
morning. I caught two nice swells down there but saw nothing like
that. So freakin cool to see SPI can handle that kind of size.
Wish I could have been there… sure makes me proud yall were!"
Hurricane Emily
Checkout this amazing picture shot at Quintana Jetty
across from Surfside Beach, swells from Hurricane Emily reached
heights of 15' even on the upper coast.
Photo: Mark Norris
Check out these photos
submitted by Jeremy...
"Here are some photos of what the waves
have been like the last few weeks
when its good. These are all from NW Indiana.....Indiana gets the
best waves
on the south part of Lake Michigan. That pic of the iced up surfer
is a girl! Don't know her,
but she's one of the only female surfers on southern lake michigan,
and I've seen her out the last few weeks. Water temp is between
32 and 35, it fluctuates a lot
here. There is some ice on the lake, but its not everywhere"
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