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March 1 2010

Surfing the San Diego Tsunami in La Jolla

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  1. jim said on March 1st, 2010 at 4:08 pm

    Nice! I totally felt the danger. šŸ™‚

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  2. Brittany said on March 1st, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    Wow! Iā€™m waaaay stoked for you! Especially making the Santa Cruz Sentinel hits a homer in my heart! Lets put my lessons in fast forward so I can make it out there for the next weather disaster. šŸ™‚

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  3. Whiteshorts said on March 1st, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    i am very proud of you. my little fishy is growing into a shark. next time I will film you …

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  4. Eric Itzkowitz said on March 1st, 2010 at 9:21 pm

    Wow, I cannot believe how far that water sucked out? Crazy! Did you enjoy your shack time? LOL!

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  5. purposeinc said on March 2nd, 2010 at 1:31 am

    @jim:
    The funny part is that although it looks pretty tame, on the way down to the beach, and when I was out in the water I had no idea what was going to happen. Only a 2 to 3 foot increase in ocean height, but expected to come at 600 MPH! I Imagined it possibly washing us in, across the beach, across the parking lot, and up the streets. LOL

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  6. purposeinc said on March 2nd, 2010 at 1:35 am

    @Brittany:
    It ended up on the Associated Press system, and showed up on at least 50 that I know of, of news papers and shows across the world.

    http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/ap/california-under-tsunami-advisory-after-massive-earthquake-strikes-off-chiles-coast-85677242.html

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  7. purposeinc said on March 2nd, 2010 at 1:38 am

    @Eric Itzkowitz: Going out after the water sucked out, was the part that felt the sketchiest. When the wave came, it was much more normal, and I didn’t expect much. Once the water sucked out though, it reminded me of every video I have ever seen where the tourists walk out to see why the water sucked out, and then they are killed when the water rushes in. Wild to think of the water rocking back and forth in the pacific basin as if it was a bowl full of water you are carrying across the kitchen.

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  8. woma08 said on April 8th, 2010 at 10:26 am

    Seems like you had fun. I’m not one to encourage such dangerous behaviour though.

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  9. stefmkd said on April 8th, 2010 at 10:31 am

    Damn it ! šŸ™‚ i wish I was in your place. Great video, it will pump your adrenaline šŸ™‚

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  10. Fernando Correia said on April 9th, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    Radical sports like this really make the heart beat faster and feel the body with adrenaline. Way to go! Keep them coming.

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  11. SnowBall said on July 17th, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    I laughed my ass off at the “You can feel the danger” caption as an old man ran by. I laughed for a good 10 minutes on that one. I think I ‘m going to rewind it and watch it again. And the shores is where I learned to surf when I first came to visit SD my senior year of high school!@purposeinc: if I saw the water suck out like that I would be running east at full throttle. Too many tourist horror stories about suck outs then the tsunami comes. That’s seriously crazy at the end when its supposed to be high tide but the tide is actually so low.

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