I know nothing about surfing but I picked up Barbarian Days on Audible https://www.audible.com/pd/Barbarian-Days-Audiobook/B00YMMTO... and I was captivated. After I finished it I started looking for surf schools within driving distance of my home, still looking for something on the (New) Jersey Shore or Long Island. Anyone have any suggestions?
xp84 1 hours ago [-]
The article appears a few days old since it was before they had the awards. Apparently they had the Big Wave 2025 awards two days ago, and declared that his wave was "only" 76 feet, but he did win the award for Biggest Wave for this year.
Source: (also the awards show is embedded here as a video)
Isn't there a place in Portugal (Nazareth?) which has even more massive waves than Mavericks?
strbean 1 hours ago [-]
It's so surprising that we don't use a precise method of gauging wave height for these records. AFAIK they still estimate the surfers height while riding, and then count those heights up the side of the wave in a photograph.
I'd imagine we would have a method closer to surveying techniques by now.
metalman 34 minutes ago [-]
there is a new, exotic method for measuring gigantic waves, that uses atmospheric disturbances to gps signals and gravity waves that ocean waves generate. SWOT
He rides BEHIND surfers in the barrel. Absolutely nuts.
throwup238 2 hours ago [-]
It’s how the size of the waves is calculated. They talk about it in the first season of the 100 Foot Waves TV show mentioned in the article. Video from several angles is analyzed using the surfer or another known object for scale.
It’s not easy to measure ocean waves unless you have a jetski riding right on the crest or a LIDAR system on shore which is expensive.
yostrovs 2 hours ago [-]
The underground rock formation that generates the Mavericks waves is actually pretty small. Photographers, rescue jetskis, and onlookers on small boats can be on very calm water, while surfers they're watching are riding a 100 ft wave just a few meters away.
dsalzman 1 hours ago [-]
There's a series called 100 ft wave on HBO. Great overview of the big wave community.
throwaheyy 28 minutes ago [-]
Also recommend the documentary Riding Giants.
bix6 2 hours ago [-]
Surfing is the best! Big ups Alo shaka
jmclnx 2 hours ago [-]
>riding (surfing) a world-record-shattering 108-foot-tall wave.
That is rather wild.
xp84 60 minutes ago [-]
Imagine being ten stories up on a freakin' wave. People like this guy are just incredible.
rognjen 2 hours ago [-]
This site needs to be banned from HN. It's borderline spam employing every trick in the book to maximise your pageview.
Clickbait title, interstitial ads, floating vid, back jacking, newsletter, notification...
When I open the page it's only a third that's content -- and that's only the clickbait title.
What garbage...
xp84 1 hours ago [-]
While I agree that it's a trash site and an embarrassment to its roots as The Chronicle's website, anyone like yourself who notices how bad it is would do well to take it as a reminder that your adblocker is missing or not working. It appeared as though it were a normal site to me with ublock origin.
imoverclocked 15 minutes ago [-]
Maybe we can just block the actual origin of the ads; No need for excess plugins.
apsurd 2 hours ago [-]
I'm going to read this article because the image is cool and I love California.
But I had to comment on how obnoxious this website is with my NextDNS mistakingly disabled. What have we done to the Internet! 3 popups to sign up for paid, newsletter and web alerts. scroll down to see auto playing videos, ridiculous full-banner ads.
wow
mikestew 2 hours ago [-]
Though The Chronicle is pretty bad, it is generally what I see when I surf without a Pi-Hole (or choose your fave ad-blocking tool). And, yeah, I honestly don’t know why people put up with it. I offered to put a Pi-Hole on my parent’s network. Mom wrote code for 30 years, she can handle the minimal intervention needed. Nope, they turned me down, they’re fine with things the way they are. First thing they did with that new TV was connect it to the Internet, too. For some folks, the slightest inconvenience is apparently enough to sit and look at ads all day.
Which reminds me that I need to pull a RPi off the shelf and provision another Pi-Hole for the camper now that there’s a Starlink attached. I’m not paying by the byte to have ads delivered.
hinkley 47 minutes ago [-]
I still believe there must be space in the universe for an ethical ad network that makes you less money but anyone caught fucking with your readership gets banned. There’s a bunch of sites that would appreciate a little supplemental revenue but just don’t use ads at all because it’s so scummy.
It just has to be better than selling your nonprofit’s contact list to other nonprofits.
jedberg 29 minutes ago [-]
When we first built the reddit ads system, this is exactly what we went for. We ran it ourselves, you could only upload a single static image.
Turns out you really can't make a lot of money that way. Especially now. If you don't offer re-targeting and bespoke ads, no one wants to pay you money for ads.
randallsquared 7 minutes ago [-]
Brave browser worked well, and I didn't see any of those, or the blank spaces another commenter was complaining about with their blocker.
hdgvhicv 41 minutes ago [-]
The question is in anyone actually reading it with those adverts?
apsurd 39 minutes ago [-]
That's why I was compelled to post. We forget that this is how the Internet is for large portions of the population. It's bananas.
My dad still uses yahoo for all of his news. I've realized it's not uncommon to hear people use Yahoo as the front page of the internet still in 2025. I get it. Also, it's depressing. (left for the reader to see why. just go to yahoo with blockers off).
jmclnx 2 hours ago [-]
FWIW, I use noscript and had no issues. Granted there were some blank spots which I guess where ads.
Yep, I've found blocking at at the dns level more convenient since I'd otherwise have to install script blockers per web-browser. I'm very happy with nextdns
I wanted to add that every time I use the internet without a blocker, it's so depressing to realize this is how a lot of people, mostly older, experience the Internet. Very sad as someone in the industry.
chrisweekly 1 hours ago [-]
Reader mode works wonders for me.
apsurd 1 hours ago [-]
ooh you're right, reader mode is great for this article. thanks
It doesn't always work though, I assume the major publishers are employing some counter-measures. Also generally javascript heavy websites.
Source: (also the awards show is embedded here as a video)
https://www.coastsidenews.com/review/news/santa-cruz-surfer-...
I'd imagine we would have a method closer to surveying techniques by now.
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/swot/us-french-swot-satellite-...
He rides BEHIND surfers in the barrel. Absolutely nuts.
It’s not easy to measure ocean waves unless you have a jetski riding right on the crest or a LIDAR system on shore which is expensive.
That is rather wild.
Clickbait title, interstitial ads, floating vid, back jacking, newsletter, notification...
When I open the page it's only a third that's content -- and that's only the clickbait title.
What garbage...
But I had to comment on how obnoxious this website is with my NextDNS mistakingly disabled. What have we done to the Internet! 3 popups to sign up for paid, newsletter and web alerts. scroll down to see auto playing videos, ridiculous full-banner ads.
wow
Which reminds me that I need to pull a RPi off the shelf and provision another Pi-Hole for the camper now that there’s a Starlink attached. I’m not paying by the byte to have ads delivered.
It just has to be better than selling your nonprofit’s contact list to other nonprofits.
Turns out you really can't make a lot of money that way. Especially now. If you don't offer re-targeting and bespoke ads, no one wants to pay you money for ads.
My dad still uses yahoo for all of his news. I've realized it's not uncommon to hear people use Yahoo as the front page of the internet still in 2025. I get it. Also, it's depressing. (left for the reader to see why. just go to yahoo with blockers off).
I wanted to add that every time I use the internet without a blocker, it's so depressing to realize this is how a lot of people, mostly older, experience the Internet. Very sad as someone in the industry.
It doesn't always work though, I assume the major publishers are employing some counter-measures. Also generally javascript heavy websites.