Choose Your Life-Saving Wave: Teahupoo or Mavericks?

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The discussion centers on choosing between surfing Teahupoo in Tahiti and Mavericks in Northern California under life-threatening conditions. Teahupoo is known for its shallow coral reef, while Mavericks features colder, more powerful waves. Participants express their lack of surfing skills, with some humorously suggesting they'd prefer to face death rather than attempt either wave. The conversation also touches on the thrill of surfing and the idea of going out with a dramatic flair. Ultimately, the consensus leans towards the preference for warmer water, highlighting the risks associated with both breaks.
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Say someone put a gun to your head and told you that you had to surf one of these waves from one of these breaks to save your life. Which one would you choose?

Teahupoo in Tahiti:



Or Mavericks in Northern California:



Keep in mind when making your decision that the cold water waves of Mavericks hit much harder than warm water waves, but Teahupoo breaks on a shallow coral reef.

Btw, check out the drone in the Mavericks video, isn't that cool?
 
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I would say shoot me now since I am not exactly a great surfer. Besides, since I am going to die anyway the one shot at revenge I have is the 'someone' gets apprehended and is sent to a psychiatric facility.
 
Enigman said:
I would say shoot me now since I am not exactly a great surfer.

C'mon now, why not go out with a blast? Not a gun blast, but like Patrick Swayze in Point Break..

Enigman said:
Besides, since I am going to die anyway the one shot at revenge I have is the 'someone' gets apprehended and is sent to a psychiatric facility.

That's not going to work because the assailant is a ghost. Remember, this is Gedankenexperiment.
 
Warm water please. Haven't surfed in my life so nothing else matters.
 
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