The word "insanity" comes from Old Latin in (not) sanus (well, healthy, sane) and today is defined as a state of being seriously mentally ill; a madness, and extreme foolishness or irrationality. The surf spot, Insanities, is a small stretch of reef between Off The Wall and Rockpiles that often closes out, but occasionally delivers a hell of a tube.



Due to a bunch of northerly swell, currents and wind, a shit ton of sand got pushed over the reef at Insanities, forming a ridiculously hollow sandbar that resembles Pipeline, 100 yards north.



Then John John Florence paddled out today and connected all the dots, personifying the definition of the place-name in his surfing. So you tell us. What is the most insane, utterly irrational part of this ride? The way he intentionally burned momentum on the drop to get in ultra late? The butt drag stall where he buried his ass, thighs and lower torso into the wave face to find the foam ball? The grab rail backhand pumps he took to make the last section? Perhaps one of these three angles will get to the bottom of this conundrum...

Video: Surfline

Credit: Water angle by Eric Tomlinson

Aerial angle by Ryan Moss

Land angle by Travis Kuhlman



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