On the Pineapple Express*
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 12.05.07 | 1:43 PM ET
It sounds more like a train name than a weather event, but the Pineapple Express is, in one paper’s words, “a strong jet stream of subtropical air originating in Hawaii.” The same Pineapple Express storm that wreaked travel havoc on the Pacific Northwest is now delivering giant waves to California. One big-wave surfer drowned yesterday off Pebble Beach. Moments ago I took this shot off Sunset Cliffs in San Diego, where gawking locals were causing traffic jams and a number of surfers were dropping into double overhead waves—the wave breaking in the distance here has a solid 10-foot face.
Update, 1:05 p.m. PT: Big-wave tow-in surfers in Ireland on Saturday rode waves the size of houses. Um, the Shamrock Express?
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
TambourineMan 12.07.07 | 12:50 PM ET
For photos of the monster waves that hit Mavericks (Northern California) on Tuesday, check out this site:
http://www.maverickssurf.com/Home/