Caught inside!

[southwesterly]

 What would you do?

 

[socalgremmy]

Sh#t myself before dying?

[OUTSIDEWAVE]

drizzle drazzel drizzel zone time for this one to come home.......Help mr.wizard!

 I wouldn't be out  but if i was  I would  hold on to the board for dear life. and hope my leash was like  25 mill not a measly  8 mil.

look for the jet ski?

I have no clue!!!!

[OUTSIDEWAVE]

so you aren't gonna leave us hanging are you?  who is it how did they survive if they did? and where is it?   

[Zooport]

We are looking at my absolute greatest fear in surfing of any kind.  Wiping out on a wave does not bother me as much as getting trapped in the impact zone on a big, long set.   Even in waves that are big, but not of this magnitude. 

[SpaceCoastPaul]

Yep. Definitely poop first. Not sure what next. Dive I guess.

[TallDude]

I should have installed that tail handle!

[TallDude]

He's thinking... I may be a little deep, and it may be a late drop, but I could possibly make it.....

[stoneaxe]

I should have installed that tail handle!

I agree, a properly installed tail handle would allow you to more easily tuck your head between your legs to kiss your ass goodbye.

[chicagoflasup]

What would you do?

better start swiming down and kiss your board good bye

[outcast]

  wouldn't waste my time or oxygen scratching for a shoulder that doesn't exist. 

..time to chill...take a couple a slow deep ones and then push glide deep and into a ball as far away from the board as possible ...wait for the explosion 

  It least you are getting the pile driver, and not becoming the pile driver
 
  looks like photoshop

[Subber]

Duck Dive!
 

[Badger]

I would not want to be anywhere near the board when the wave breaks.

No way would I be wearing a leash in those conditions.

[Bean]

Naturally I would be on a standup so, late takeoff, go for the cover-up, wave to the people on the beach as I exit the barrel to really claim it...Hey, if it's photo shopped why would I do anything less?

[FeralInBaja]

On a gun (or even a regular board) you can pop to your feet for a moment before it sinks and do what we used to call an "Island Dive." It gives you 5 or 6 feet of penetration under the water with almost no effort, then 2 more strokes and your down 10 or 12ft. Without having to expend all that energy pushing a thick, floaty wetsuit down under the water. In the 90's at Mav's I got caught inside in a beast I'll never forget. Too big for us prone paddlers anyway. Tow-in guys were the new thing, and they were out with maybe 5 of us paddle-in holdouts. This thing caught all of us (prone) paddlers. I was on a Doug Haut 10' 4" x 22" wide x 3 3/8" thick beautiful pintail with vee in the nose. The nicest board I ever had. We were experimenting with leashes, I was never so glad to have a 20 ft. leash. I swam to the bottom of that leash, and still got caught by the boom and rag-dolled. I don't miss that part. I image searched and that's Isaac Stant at Peahi. Here's a vid with a few versions of my old "Island Dive"; most are sloppily executed, but the guy on the green board, at 19 or 20 sec... textbook.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX-55O-T5Io