When sitting on the beach, have you ever wondered where that wave came from? Pro surfer and wave expert Kyle Thiermann joins Trace to surf the science of waves, their origins, and why they’re about to get even bigger.
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the biggest wave i saw was 1 cm
it was at my bathtub
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Deez Nuts
I'm actually a windsurfer, but a friend of mine is going to teach me regular wave surfing next year, and I'm really looking forward to it ^^
So, as someone who's never surfed, this would mean that surfing an approaching hurricane would be really bad, right?
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I surfed in Australia before. They never taught me any of this.
big powerful organized waves.
1:15 Correction: Amplitude is measured from the resting position of the wave (the line drawn between the top and the bottom of the wave) to the peak of the wave know as the crest.
ive surfed 260ft waves.. was a few years ago in peugo los ferros
what is this, science for toddlers? sigh…this is just basic information.