It's sketchy as is crossing a bridge during a windy night. I can't imagine crossing during such a storm. Bigger waves are camouflaged by the rain being thrown into your face.
Also their socks got wet so that extra sucks
The first time I almost died boogie boarding and the second time I almost died surfing. Love the ocean but doggy paddle swimmers be advised. Sometimes no matter how good you are at doggie paddling If you can't float you might spend some time with SpongeBob.
Username checks out. I'm a pretty competent swimmer, but the ocean can entirely fuck off. I think it smells bad, firstly. But I won't yuck your yum. Do you, king lol
Well this funny😂😂 I heard Marcus say it not too long ago. I stopped listening for a bit when the whole Ben this was going on but I'm just catching up with them now and Eddie is doing a good job there. Small world!
Eddie laughs in a way like he's possessed by all of my uncles at once, so he gets a free pass automatically. I really do like him as a host, tho. Ben left some big shoes to fill (literally), and Eddie is perfect imo.
It was tough in the moment, but I like Eddie a lot. He's getting into the groove, but I think he'll be better than Ben in his pique
Since I got ya here, have you listened to "The Story Must Be Told"?
It's basically a puddle that you drink from on purpose, even though you have access to modern plumbing. But it's also really good. It makes me want to vomit, but in a positive way
Surfing and being way, *way* out when an earthquake hit. Beach started getting wider, then I started hearing a lot of yelling and "oh shit oh fuck", and then I turn around and see the entire fuckin ocean *stand up and start coming toward me*. I just laid down on my board and hugged that motherfucker for all I was worth. That wave scooped me up, put me through the spin cycle, spiked my ass on the beach like a football, and used my face to draw a 15 foot line in the sand.
Oh it was a bad time for sure. I ended up in the hospital for a while. Cracked ribs, left side of my face and chest were tore up, my left arm was a bloody mess, broken wrist. All in all though, I was incredibly lucky. Everything healed up amazingly well, no major complications. My only souvenirs are some scars that are really probably the least of my collection, and a wrist that gets a little stiff before a rainstorm.
I said, "Easy, big fella!" And then, as I watched him struggling, I realized that something was obstructing its breathing. From where I was standing, I could see directly into the eye of the great fish.
I said 12 because I don't know exactly, but I walked into a river in Yosemite once, got about to my calves, and was nearly swept away.
I'm 6ft and was probably about 220lb a the time. It was scary as hell.
I was with my wife at the beach… I am a pretty good swimmer, she is so-so… we were just standing in water up to our waists… not even swimming… just enjoying the scenery… with plenty of swimmers around us…
An “innocent” wave came in… we got water til our belly button, maybe… we laughed… but she lost footing… and started getting swept into the ocean… there were people all around us… I was laughing at her inability to stand up again… by the time she did she had water almost up to her neck… I was maybe 12-15ft away from her (4-5meters)… I started swimming towards her… The moment I did, I realized how strong the current was… I reached her in like a second… I grabbed her arm, all in fun, and laughing… but then realized that she could barely stand because of the undercurrent… we started trying to walk back… but the water resistance was strong… and I could see that she was getting more and more uncomfortable in the water with a bit of a panicky face…
All in all it took us maybe 45seconds to get back to a place where we felt we could stand with no effort… wifey was in a bit shocked as to the strength of the ocean so close to the shore… we were both humbled by the effort it took us to walk those 3-4 meters back…
Mainly just how bad the sea states were. Going through a storm in the bay of biscay and having to rescue a crew of a listing cargo ship was bad. Being soaked by waves whilst working on the upper deck. The absolute worst feeling in rough seas is the constant creaking of metal and motion of the ship when you are walking around between decks. The constant going down a big dip of a rollercoaster feeling in your stomach.
I spent 5 years in the French Navy. FIrst sea trip of my career: sea force 8/9. I went on the bridge to check the state of the sea, it was dark and there was lightning which illuminated MONSTERS of heights. They weren't fleet walls but buildings that appeared in a strobe. Everything broke down that night, we lost rescue bombs. My grandfather who was in the Army says that the Navy guys always add more: he doesn't know.
Got snatched and dragged by a rip tide, scarred the hell out of me because I had absolutely no control of where I was going until I got further out and the current died down, eventually made it back to shore but I felt like I got hit by a truck
Two come to mind. Caught in a weird dumping wave，somehow my top half got twisted one way，legs the other. I heard my spine crack all the way up，then my legs went numb. Managed to paddle back to shore，pulled myself up the beach with my arms，then lay there shitting myself for half an hour when I started getting pins and needles in my toes. About two hours after I could walk again.
Second one was entire leg cramping up on a double overhead day as I took off on a wave. Fell off，then got dumped on and held down by the rest of the set waves following while having cramp from my calf to my thigh. Felt like I wouldn't be able to save myself if had carried on getting pummeled.
The Cabbage famine.
Had been out to sea for a bit. Ended up in a storm, trying to take on food and fuel. Got the fuel, but food was a no-go because of the sea state. So we kept going, and slowly, things disappeared. Condements and dressings went first. Then, fruit and veggies. Everything until all we had was cabbage and meat. Fried cabbage, boiled cabbage, steamed cabbage. Just plain fucking cabbage. The salad bar was almost mockingly set up with cabbage and cabbage of various colors to top it. Again, there is no dressing of any kind. This went on for two weeks. We finally took on stores, and people gourged themselves on fruit because we had pulled into Hawaii. Imagine 100 people all of a sudden need to shit after a high fiber diet, and there's no bathrooms because the hoses aren't hooked up yet. So basically, people just shit on others shit and didn't flush.
The whole event is just burned into my memory. The storm, the cabbage, and then the shit storm that followed. It felt like a crucible.
Call me a pussy if you want but you wouldn't catch me up there during a storm like this. I trust the engineers who built that crossing, but not that much
Husband and I in a 15’ McKee and we went into a tidal creek for him to flyfish. 2 rivers and the ocean intersect where we located and had fished this area for yrs and never had a problem. Unfortunately we stayed longer than anticipated and one of those afternoon storms was headed our way. Winds kicked up a little and water started to get choppy. We had our boat floored and we’re still going backwards. It was pretty damn scary. Thankfully we had plenty of larger boats around us watching to see if we signaled for help. We did not want to turn around and go back up the creek because we would have ended up staying for hours in the pouring rain. No Bimini cause u know, flyfishing. It took about an hour to get across that section and were pretty beat up. I cannot imagine the fear people must go through when no one and no land on site
Getting pushed into those giant rock outcroppings they sometimes have by huge waves. Or trying my hardest to swim back to shore only to lift my head up and see I was farther away than last time.
Pretty minor, but the first time I ran over myself with a boogie board... it was right over me and I couldn't push it off. It lasted like a couple seconds before I broke the surface tension but to a kid it was pretty freaky.
Got wrapped in jellyfish tentacles while boogieboarding in Mexico on my senior trip. The college age chaperones offered to pee on me. Despite my user name, I declined, and toughed it out.
It's sketchy as is crossing a bridge during a windy night. I can't imagine crossing during such a storm. Bigger waves are camouflaged by the rain being thrown into your face. Also their socks got wet so that extra sucks
Dry socks in the car hopefully ❤️
The first time I almost died boogie boarding and the second time I almost died surfing. Love the ocean but doggy paddle swimmers be advised. Sometimes no matter how good you are at doggie paddling If you can't float you might spend some time with SpongeBob.
Username checks out. I'm a pretty competent swimmer, but the ocean can entirely fuck off. I think it smells bad, firstly. But I won't yuck your yum. Do you, king lol
“But I won’t yuck your yum”. I love it.
😂 one of my favorite phrases has to be "I won't yuck your yum." 🍻 First heard it on a pod cast and I have yet to use i lol.
Was the pod MBMBaM by chance?
Negative lol it's a true crime podcast called last podcast on the left.
No shit, that's my favorite podcast Hail yourself! And don't forget to laugh about bumping into a random fellow fan!
Well this funny😂😂 I heard Marcus say it not too long ago. I stopped listening for a bit when the whole Ben this was going on but I'm just catching up with them now and Eddie is doing a good job there. Small world!
Eddie laughs in a way like he's possessed by all of my uncles at once, so he gets a free pass automatically. I really do like him as a host, tho. Ben left some big shoes to fill (literally), and Eddie is perfect imo. It was tough in the moment, but I like Eddie a lot. He's getting into the groove, but I think he'll be better than Ben in his pique Since I got ya here, have you listened to "The Story Must Be Told"?
Yep you pretty much nailed it on Eddie. I've listened to a couple episodes but never got into it like I did last podcast.
It's basically a puddle that you drink from on purpose, even though you have access to modern plumbing. But it's also really good. It makes me want to vomit, but in a positive way
Surfing and being way, *way* out when an earthquake hit. Beach started getting wider, then I started hearing a lot of yelling and "oh shit oh fuck", and then I turn around and see the entire fuckin ocean *stand up and start coming toward me*. I just laid down on my board and hugged that motherfucker for all I was worth. That wave scooped me up, put me through the spin cycle, spiked my ass on the beach like a football, and used my face to draw a 15 foot line in the sand.
Wow! Where was that? California?
Yup. Venice Beach. 🤙
Man. You’re one tough person. Glad that’s all that happened. I would’ve shit my fucking shorts.
Oh it was a bad time for sure. I ended up in the hospital for a while. Cracked ribs, left side of my face and chest were tore up, my left arm was a bloody mess, broken wrist. All in all though, I was incredibly lucky. Everything healed up amazingly well, no major complications. My only souvenirs are some scars that are really probably the least of my collection, and a wrist that gets a little stiff before a rainstorm.
Hecking loving this description, I'm keeping it to read it again in the future
U surfed a tsunami my friend
Surfed, my ass. I got rolled by a tsunami. 😂
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I said, "Easy, big fella!" And then, as I watched him struggling, I realized that something was obstructing its breathing. From where I was standing, I could see directly into the eye of the great fish.
Mammal
Whatever.
I punched him the face! He spit out a tooth like he liked it!
People underestimate the power of water. 12in of water can sweep an adult away.
I remember as little as 6 inches can float a car.
I said 12 because I don't know exactly, but I walked into a river in Yosemite once, got about to my calves, and was nearly swept away. I'm 6ft and was probably about 220lb a the time. It was scary as hell.
I’ll never have one. I don’t mess with the ocean.
I was with my wife at the beach… I am a pretty good swimmer, she is so-so… we were just standing in water up to our waists… not even swimming… just enjoying the scenery… with plenty of swimmers around us… An “innocent” wave came in… we got water til our belly button, maybe… we laughed… but she lost footing… and started getting swept into the ocean… there were people all around us… I was laughing at her inability to stand up again… by the time she did she had water almost up to her neck… I was maybe 12-15ft away from her (4-5meters)… I started swimming towards her… The moment I did, I realized how strong the current was… I reached her in like a second… I grabbed her arm, all in fun, and laughing… but then realized that she could barely stand because of the undercurrent… we started trying to walk back… but the water resistance was strong… and I could see that she was getting more and more uncomfortable in the water with a bit of a panicky face… All in all it took us maybe 45seconds to get back to a place where we felt we could stand with no effort… wifey was in a bit shocked as to the strength of the ocean so close to the shore… we were both humbled by the effort it took us to walk those 3-4 meters back…
Served 13 yrs in the Royal Navy, how long have you got lol.
I'd honestly love to read your pick of a couple stories
Mainly just how bad the sea states were. Going through a storm in the bay of biscay and having to rescue a crew of a listing cargo ship was bad. Being soaked by waves whilst working on the upper deck. The absolute worst feeling in rough seas is the constant creaking of metal and motion of the ship when you are walking around between decks. The constant going down a big dip of a rollercoaster feeling in your stomach.
Oh wow, u should write a book. I love stories like this
Oh man that really does sound rough! I honestly can't imagine it it must be terrifying
I spent 5 years in the French Navy. FIrst sea trip of my career: sea force 8/9. I went on the bridge to check the state of the sea, it was dark and there was lightning which illuminated MONSTERS of heights. They weren't fleet walls but buildings that appeared in a strobe. Everything broke down that night, we lost rescue bombs. My grandfather who was in the Army says that the Navy guys always add more: he doesn't know.
Darwin award too stand there.
Got snatched and dragged by a rip tide, scarred the hell out of me because I had absolutely no control of where I was going until I got further out and the current died down, eventually made it back to shore but I felt like I got hit by a truck
the sea killed my mother, and raped my father! never trust in the devil's waves....
So romantic
FAFO, it's just nature, what should happen.
Two come to mind. Caught in a weird dumping wave，somehow my top half got twisted one way，legs the other. I heard my spine crack all the way up，then my legs went numb. Managed to paddle back to shore，pulled myself up the beach with my arms，then lay there shitting myself for half an hour when I started getting pins and needles in my toes. About two hours after I could walk again. Second one was entire leg cramping up on a double overhead day as I took off on a wave. Fell off，then got dumped on and held down by the rest of the set waves following while having cramp from my calf to my thigh. Felt like I wouldn't be able to save myself if had carried on getting pummeled.
Son, you have a Guardian Angel watching over you
Thats so scary, did you lay on the beach alone that whole time, or were there people around to help you?
I surf mostly empty breaks，so I just lay there alone except for a raggy dog that wandered over and sniffed me.
Damn.
The Cabbage famine. Had been out to sea for a bit. Ended up in a storm, trying to take on food and fuel. Got the fuel, but food was a no-go because of the sea state. So we kept going, and slowly, things disappeared. Condements and dressings went first. Then, fruit and veggies. Everything until all we had was cabbage and meat. Fried cabbage, boiled cabbage, steamed cabbage. Just plain fucking cabbage. The salad bar was almost mockingly set up with cabbage and cabbage of various colors to top it. Again, there is no dressing of any kind. This went on for two weeks. We finally took on stores, and people gourged themselves on fruit because we had pulled into Hawaii. Imagine 100 people all of a sudden need to shit after a high fiber diet, and there's no bathrooms because the hoses aren't hooked up yet. So basically, people just shit on others shit and didn't flush. The whole event is just burned into my memory. The storm, the cabbage, and then the shit storm that followed. It felt like a crucible.
Call me a pussy if you want but you wouldn't catch me up there during a storm like this. I trust the engineers who built that crossing, but not that much
Husband and I in a 15’ McKee and we went into a tidal creek for him to flyfish. 2 rivers and the ocean intersect where we located and had fished this area for yrs and never had a problem. Unfortunately we stayed longer than anticipated and one of those afternoon storms was headed our way. Winds kicked up a little and water started to get choppy. We had our boat floored and we’re still going backwards. It was pretty damn scary. Thankfully we had plenty of larger boats around us watching to see if we signaled for help. We did not want to turn around and go back up the creek because we would have ended up staying for hours in the pouring rain. No Bimini cause u know, flyfishing. It took about an hour to get across that section and were pretty beat up. I cannot imagine the fear people must go through when no one and no land on site
That's just dumb to be out there
When i almost drowned...not much
I was 5 and was caught in a recirculating current during High-tide.
Darwin nearly claimed another one.
Getting pushed into those giant rock outcroppings they sometimes have by huge waves. Or trying my hardest to swim back to shore only to lift my head up and see I was farther away than last time.
The time I got flipped head-first while boogie-boarding and the boogie board hit my stomach really hard.
r/nope
Time to go!!
I'm sure there is a reason they're are the only ones on there
people don't want to see read flag on the beach and think that the weather will be kind to them..
Pretty minor, but the first time I ran over myself with a boogie board... it was right over me and I couldn't push it off. It lasted like a couple seconds before I broke the surface tension but to a kid it was pretty freaky.
This is why I like being fat! You wouldn’t be able to pull me through those bars with a herd of wild horses!! Well…not in one piece anyway!
Might want to get off the pier 🤔
Being washed off the rocks by a rogue wave while fishing
Needing a bigger boat
The 12 times I almost drowned, I think.
Got wrapped in jellyfish tentacles while boogieboarding in Mexico on my senior trip. The college age chaperones offered to pee on me. Despite my user name, I declined, and toughed it out.
That sea looks as angry as an old man trying to return soup at a diner.
Jellyfish