Snouts in Lava 1983 100,000 cfs

[@tjcambron4921]

Oh my word. That is great. I love seeing old video like this. I would be mortified to run it at that level.

[@duncanm6589]

Unbelievable stuff. Hope everyone got out ok.

[@Jeffe01]

Yep they did indeed.

[@tomfitzgerald9540]

Cool footage. It seems to me like boat three was intentionally aiming for the meat but that’s just hindsight I’m sure.

[@Jeffe01]

Might have been but... When we scouted it was pretty clearly a no-go zone, but everyone has their own run. More likely he wanted to hit what is normally the "ledge hole", which at this level was the most beautiful, smooth, exquisite ocean wave imaginable, right at the top. And he did. Thing is, we determined (rightly as it turned out) that anyone riding that wave was in for it since that water went straight into that monstrous hole downstream caused by what is usually called the "cheese grater" or black rock. In any case, he also lost his angle, and his snout riders turned out to be low-siders because they were upstream when he hit the hole. Bummer.