Surfing the Trench

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Surfing the Trench

Post by Royal » Tue Aug 28, 2018 9:07 pm

WATCH: Hawaii Man Surfs Drainage Canal 'Like Ninja Turtles' After Record Rainfall

As Hurricane Lane approached Hawaii's big island, it dumped record amounts of rain on the city of Hilo, on the island's eastern coast, causing flooding, landslides, and damage to homes.

But as all that water began draining out to sea, it also created the perfect conditions for Shawn Pila to grab his surfboard and jump into the concrete drainage canal near his home.

When it rains hard, Pila said, the torrential flow interacts with the shape of the canal to create a standing wave, "and we found out that we could surf it, so when it rains like this we're surfing the trench like Ninja Turtles."

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/27/64235641 ... lanes-rain


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Re: Surfing the Trench

Post by Pigeon » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:57 pm

I've seen this done in other places.

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Re: Surfing the Trench

Post by Royal » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:08 pm

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Re: Surfing the Trench

Post by Royal » Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:57 am

Another form of surfing the trench:


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