Not yet.. the boys were too busy sailing, or lying on the grass trying to get their breath back!
It's still like that today apparently, so hopefully someone will have broken their quota of kit by now and will be taking pictures instead. It's tempting to flag work and just go out to watch! Too big for me to even consider attempting to sail.
It looks f. f. f. freezing!
I'm getting cold just looking at the picture.
What is it? 5 degrease multigrade? 
I'm not sure if there's much of a channel when it's that big, but there's usually a bit of a gap between that break and the smaller one slightly downwind. The biggest problem is that it's x-off, and relatively sheltered on the inside where it's shallow and rocky with a persistent cross current, and still cops chest high white water.
I wouldn't say it was 'easy'! Once out past the headland, the guys usually tear off up wind well out the back, come in upwind, and line up for a massive DTL ride right through and out the end of the break, to head out again through the gap, or just straight over the smaller break.
I'm not good enough with my jibes to risk the piledriving when it's that big!
Where is it and when does it normally work.
Was thinking about a trip to NZ sometime soonish and the last few pics I have seen from over there have got me keen.
Can't wait to get good enough to wave sail
Is wave sailing in the conditions above safer/easier then surfing it (not that i'd hit surf that big)?
And what about for normal 3-4ft beach/point breaks?
Yesterday was a bit less wild. Still blowing 30ish, but the sets of ten 1.5 x mast high monsters had moved on.
This was Pungarehu, Taranaki. It works in SE with any decent swell. It's not a frequent spot as our prevailing wind (when la Nina hasn't killed it) is SW. If it's SE though, that's the place to be.
We're spoiled in Taranaki as we have a beach for almost every wind direction, and the mountain tends to accelerate the wind around the coast.
Spring is probably the best time to visit - the water is still cold, but the wind is more regular.
one of the very nice photo's i've seen in a long while like the flattish water on the other thread 'burrums'..is there a reef break or just a big one because of the wind
More photos are coming to light.. This one is my new favorite!
There's also some video:
no wonder the mates are talking about freezing stuff..new z. is a lot lot colder than in say nsw? as long as i have neoprene wrap i really wouldn't mind..but waves that big let me practice first in 6ft.er's
that wave out the back is a bomb
